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| Most Musical 6NS7 tube for a Preamp? @atmasphere 8,170 posts04-29-2020 9:00am...The best sounding 6SN7s of current production are coming out of China. We’ve seen fairly short lives out of the Sophia tubes, but otherwise the Chinese boutique 6SN7s seem to hold up well. I would stay aw... | |
| Erhard Audio? yes, most who buy it are off listening and done, no need to keep searching, few buy/try resale as a few folks I know kept looking for used. Holger’s EH preamps and amps are fairly well praised by their owners. A friend has his 6SN7 based preamp, a... | |
| Better amp or better tubes? @emildecooney, Upgraditis. Too much free time on my hands. I can easily live with what I have now but isn't this the nature of the hobby?Sure, it can be. Or, until you achieve the title of your post and what is most engaging for you by the way of ... | |
| Mundorf (non-oil) Silver / Gold EVO MCap Supreme coupling caps in your tube amp ??? At 4hrs vs 30hrs was a notable change and then steady improvements continued through 100-150 hours. Up to 200hrs, noticed a nice slow steady change with the Mundorf EVO Supreme SESG Silver Gold coupling caps. Same musical results in my current mon... | |
| Quicksilver Mid Mono Tube Rolling @abhi123 OP4 posts04-22-2020 7:31amThanks for the suggestions. i do have the Tesla EL34's and GL KT88's .. Any suggestions on whats the best 6DJ8's that I should be looking to try ? Regards - What preamp are you using with your Mid-Monos? - What ... | |
| Better amp or better tubes? @emil emil,What do you NOT like about the current sound -or- is it just curiosity / upgrade-itis? Other factors that impacted my QS amps negatively or positively, assuming your speakers are good, there are other things to review too:-Your preamp... | |
| Best tube preamp for Quicksilver V4 tube mono's (newest KT150 version) @audioconnection I would make sure you try the latest Quicksilver 12 AT7 line stage and put more into your front end....Agree with @audioconnection - I recommended the same to a few friends in the past few months, and both of them are super happy ... | |
| Quicksilver amp owners The 8417 Triode amp was made over 28 years ago. Discontinued. Made only two years from 1990-1992. Some folks still using them. Several new amps since then. | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R The Hexfreds just added a little faster/tighter bass in my former V12R. I felt having the right coupling caps and interconnects was most rewarding. Overall, the stock EL34 Ruby (Shuguang made EL34BSTR) tubes were great. If you change too many th... | |
| Quicksilver amp owners @mcgarick Quicksilver amp ownersHelloWould/can anyone here describe the "Quicksilver" sound so to speak.No dealers in my area.Thanks@hilde45 Old thread but good fun. Newest member of the QS club can tell ya, now after some good burn-in on his rece... | |
| Bookshelf speaker for an apartment @rbstehno 04-19-2020 4:52pmthe focal and b&w’s don’t have any low end. If you like Totem, get a used pair of the Model 1’s or spend a little more and get a used pair of the Hawks or Forests. Then in the future if you want to upgrade your amp, ... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R @oldhvymechHe was a Mac tech for his daily job, but did mods and built amps all kinds of crazy rebuilds and such on his own. Retired now. Built all his own amps, that kinda guy. I helped him on design and build of three pairs of large horn Altec... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R re: Heat, my local tech-friend (40yr Mcintosh tech, Repair/Modifier guy) was adamant I did not need to run the bias up to spec, had me running it as low as 200ma per side. Felt it was a waste of energy and extra heat for no reason. I tried it at ... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R They all pop up for sale periodically, particularly during summer time and function even better over the winter season. With twelve power tubes and four input/driver tubes, the collective sixteen tubes in a V12R also functions well as a great room... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R Yes. Three versions. Early V12, then V12i for 'Inspired", & V12R for "Race". Most "R" models were Red chassis. The "R" had the larger "Blue Wire" transformer and the change on input tubes, the 6922 to 12BZ7 in particular. Some people sent... |