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| change amps or speakers @majorc IF you decided to sell them, your current el34 based Monos would make a nice setup for someone within the higher-efficiency speaker crowd, kind of desirable amps on the used market. Could recoup some funds there. And of course, the other o... | |
| change amps or speakers @ditusa Your super cool el34 quad-output-tube Silver 60 amps (with larger V4 amp transformers) are close to 2x the drive compared to the older and smaller dual-output-tube EL34 monos. Now your amps would definitely drive @majorc ’s LFT8b speakers.... | |
| Upgrading Quicksilver preamp or amp caps -- warranty impact? If I were a mainstream mfg, I too would likely focus on Reliability, Availability, and Cost to stay in business. All key factors. As long as the "standard" version lasts and sounds "good enough" for 95% of the mainstream consumers, it keeps variat... | |
| Upgrading Quicksilver preamp or amp caps -- warranty impact? +1 what @johnss said. If you are going to do it, don’t skimp, buy very high quality caps. Leave the work to a competent professional, and don’t forget to discharge the caps if you do it yourself, proceed with caution. While people do it hoping to ... | |
| Upgrading Quicksilver preamp or amp caps -- warranty impact? @hilde45, only Mike @ QS could confirm warranty info for you for yours.re: capsI’ve come across 50+ Quicksilver amps and QS owners with upgraded tubes and upgraded coupling caps in them. The bones of the amps are great! The design, transformers, c... | |
| change amps or speakers @yogiboy Do you have the older 60 watt Quicksilvers? Or the new ones?+1 @yogiboy Agree. This is an important question for @majorc to answer to first. @majorc FYI, my local dealer who’s carried Quicksilver amps and Eminent Technology speakers since... | |
| change amps or speakers @majorcI’d get a good matching tube preamp no matter what. Tons of threads on this topic alone. If you do order a Linestage preamp from Mike at QS, heads up, for $50 upgrade service fee, he can convert the TapeOut to a 2nd set of PreOuts if yourde... | |
| Experience with Cary CAD 808, "Rocket 88" @bgrossKeep us posted on how it goes with the Spendor Sp1/2e combo if you got that path. While I’ve never heard those, always wanted to test them too. Agree on your comments on the box/design and sound. A buddy has some Harbeth 3-ways like those S... | |
| change amps or speakers @majorcBy chance have you heard your LFT8 speakers in an audio store with quality tube amp or monos at 100wpc+? (or solid state amp) I’ve heard them locally with 100pc tube amps (QS Mono 120s with KT150s) in fact, and they are wonderful sounding s... | |
| change amps or speakers @majorc Did not realize you had older Mono 60s with EL34s. Great tube, less drive. +1 on earlier KT88 suggestion. Genelex Gold Lyon KT88s, a good tube preamp, and good OCC interconnects could give you more drive and transparency you are looking fo... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC @hilde45 The Pagoda has a tube. Is there much debate about tubes needing break in? Mine definitely changed over first 40 hrs. To add on to your point - It's not just the stock supplied tubes that take time settle in, the new caps inside need to s... | |
| Experience with Cary CAD 808, "Rocket 88" @bgrossI fully understand, and have owned multiple amps from DH, Cary, Inspire, and R models which included his design and love for the grainy sounding 12BZ7 tube. He use to call them easy-to-find TV tubes... And, of course while all of these amps... | |
| change amps or speakers @majorcBy chance are you in Sac? Familiar combo here locally. I’ve heard the LFT8bs on the larger 100w QS Mono 120s, and the smaller LFT16s on amps as low as 10w. In either case, neither were super loud but sure are musical. Neat speakers. It depe... | |
| Experience with Cary CAD 808, "Rocket 88" @bgrossBetter matching 8ohm & higher sensitivity speakers can help. | |
| Experience with Cary CAD 808, "Rocket 88" While the "R" model is 10w more in Triode mode than the standard model, it appears your SF CD speakers are 88db/1w sensitivity (4ohms). You might not be getting replies as the std model is less rare than the higher power R model. Also, many have... |