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| Tube rolling with Quicksilver Mono 60s -- from KT77 to KT88? KT 120? etc. @decooney Thanks for the information. I wonder why the manual says that the KT88 can be used? BTW, I use the KT88 with my QS Silver 70 amps and Mike told me that can also use the KT 150 if I wanted to give them a try. This is from the M120 manual!... | |
| Tube rolling with Quicksilver Mono 60s -- from KT77 to KT88? KT 120? etc. hilde45No one has said a word about KT90s....Bleh. Stay with GL KT77s or for your upgrade, go with GL KT88s or TS KT120s instead vs. KT90 IMO. | |
| Tube rolling with Quicksilver Mono 60s -- from KT77 to KT88? KT 120? etc. @yogiboy @decooney My friend has the QS 120 amps and he has used KT88 tubes with those amps. It states this in the QS M120 manual!Mono 120 for web (quicksilveraudio.com) @yogiboy IF they are the latest Mono 120s with the large transformers, have y... | |
| Do tubes require burn in? Yes, and, low voltage in a tuner, may take longer, like 100hrs or more... give it time. | |
| Tube rolling with Quicksilver Mono 60s -- from KT77 to KT88? KT 120? etc. @hilde45, your small input/driver tubes from Brent J are fine may I suggest. I’d recommend you leave those for now and rotate the power tubes (in your specific case). The original stock KT88s were just okay, as aI recall. The KT77s you have now ar... | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? Short story, using quality well tested tubes matters. Good matching of voltage/impedance between the preamp and amp(s) matters. | |
| SQ impact from a tube preamp after signal leaving an AVR? Funny, good analogy and pivot. And, no use of sunglasses or equalizers in the house here. Later learned how much more we could see and hear without them. Oh the memories. Messed with a number of ADC, SoundCraftsman, Sansui crossovers in the 70s a... | |
| SQ impact from a tube preamp after signal leaving an AVR? emergingsoul, the AVR itself is the signal quality impact. Ditto what millercarbon said, re-read his last two sentences again, "G-D" right. | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? CONTACT Quicksilver, go to: http://quicksilveraudio.com/contact/Just chatted with Mike Sanders at QS again over email a few times. He wanted to re-share he "responds to all emails" and suggested people may not be using the correct email address ... | |
| Buchardt A500, KEF LS50 Wireless, etc. What are your top 3 downsides? @mfgilliadecooney When one small thing went wrong with the A500s Mads sent me out a new module, which contains all of the electronics inside one small box. It took about three days to arrive and five minutes to install. Didn’t ship anything back n... | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? @gochurchgodecooney 2 emails and 2 voicemail. It’s fine. Things are running and I’ll be moving on the QS next year anyway. Hmm. I did notice QS changed their contact page some. No more fill-in page. Shows email address only. He did respond back qu... | |
| Buchardt A500, KEF LS50 Wireless, etc. What are your top 3 downsides? 1. when the manufacturer no longer makes that model, or amp replacement inside, the whole unit becomes a throw-away. i.e. think old subs, "oh, we don’t make that model any more, we’ll give you a discount on new model". 2. one small thing goes wron... | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? @slaw "Why not talk to Mike Sanders?"@gochurchgo ... "Emails and voicemails unreturned. Sh*t service".Really, no response ???Mike at Quicksilver just emailed me back in 10hrs, on a Saturday weekend day mind you. Fast response. Use email. He’s fin... | |
| Hi end tube preamps, it’s all about functionality!! Because it sounds better. | |
| 802d + Carver 350 Plenty of power, big transformers, with some drive. You are talking about a pair of the 350 monos for your 802d speakers, correct? If so, I'd call Carver and ensure you get a worthy preamp to drive the monos properly. ' |