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| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET I see Quicksilver Audio mentioned here. I stopped by their Website yesterday and it seems that Mike is now only manufacturing two lower powered pairs of monoblock amplifiers (The KT mono and Mid mono) and an integrated amplifier. He still has a f... | |
| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET @charles1dad Totally understand, and would love to have that setup myself. I’ve only seen the triode 300b version and more recent PSE 300B from Dennis. If you don’t mind the ask, which direction did you end up going for 300b monos? | |
| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET @charles1dad fyi, fwiw. Between my former Cary SLI-80 and Cary V12 amps, Denis built me an Inspire Hot Rod with KT150s. He really wanted me to try it given my past with his former Cary designs. I used my Cary SLP-98 preamp to drive it for about a ... | |
| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET A buddy has Dennis’ latest Inspire 2030 preamp. It’s used alternately in front of his two other Inspire Triode 2A3/45 and SEP KT88/6L6 amps. He was about to buy Dennis’ 300B amp, and decided not to pay the premium for the new WE300Bs. All of its ... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes @tonydennison "..I am looking for suggestions on affordable SS that sounds as good as Tubes." Aren’t we all. Best of Luck on that. Plan on spending 5x the cost of your Quicksilver tube amps to try and get closer to "there" with solid state.... | |
| Another Fedex problem... I’d also venture to guess too that It’s a local issue. If you really want to know, its best to drive to your local FedEx hub and talk to the hub leader directly. Tell them you want a 3-way conversation with the driver to discuss. If in doubt, some... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? Several here stated having true success with new production tubes, and compared to their vintage tubes. Inventory is starting to pick up again for the new big bottles. It’s worth noting where Sophia Electric and some of these tubes are actually O... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? @jtcf decooney I am thinking the same about how many people have actually tried several new production tubes before dismissing them as sounding horrible... Yep. I’ve not let go of my best Mullard, Sylvania, RCA, Tungsram vintage tubes yet (keep... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? @macg19 AG is nothing compared to the Harbeth user group. Try posting anything about a tube amp there. They’ll rip your head off and stake it. The proud new owner of my former modded Cary V12R tube amp, and his Conrad Johnson mono tube amps... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? @tonydennison ..Listening to Black Plate RCA’s and Mullards in my system, even for a short time made it glaringly obvious that modern manufactures are embarrassingly inadequate. There is absolutely no comparison. I have 1950s & 1960 vint... | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions @paulcreed I haven’t read every post but the op decided not to buy an amp. He’s going to buy speakers. Missed that, and worth noting. Depending on what speakers are chosen by the OP, a speaker change could potentially open the door more for ... | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions @pwerahera +1 @decooney "Your speakers needs a good SS amplifier. Some may not agree, but when your impedance drops below 4 ohms, it is a problem for tube amps to drive it. " I’m glad you posted this to help the OP more. Some people are ... | |
| I used to think pricey interconnects were snake oil... @asctim ...I don’t see much review of cheaper cables. You’d think there’d actually be a lot more variation between inexpensive cables, resulting in a lot of very interesting perceptions to report on,... People don’t report much because there... | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions If you want "blunt, I’d pass on all of the tube amps on your list, and ditch the Benchmark DAC, I had one and could not stand it. One of the most un-engaging dacs I’ve owned. As for your speakers, and this graph, (and I’m a 100wpc mono tube amp o... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? @ricevs "...I doubt it. I am not an expert....". Interesting comment. And you just poked the bear. It’s a very smart bear too, who knows these woods well, better than most who travel these forests. LOL 😂 |