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| 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 😂 | |
| Cary SLI-80HS modifications @doyle3433 can you look at your order build sheet to confirm which coupling caps they installed in your HS model? Also, I'm not familiar with what stock tubes they come with now days, is it still Electro Harmonix or something else now? I'm helpi... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Linear Tube Audio 40 Reference Amps @bluethinker a question above is worth answering to, i.e. "you need to decide how far off the neutral center you want to be."? I agree with @cellorover's question and notes on KT150s. You've already commented hearing the Art 150s in your system,... | |
| I used to think pricey interconnects were snake oil... @tonywinga My point is: If you want to play in high end hi fi you have to pay. Everyone loves showing off their gorgeous new speakers or shiny amplifiers but do not want to put much money into cables. I don’t like buying expensive cables either b... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Pay little attention to those who rant and yet cannot share which brands/models of higher end design cables they've actually tried or owned in a worthy system. | |
| I used to think pricey interconnects were snake oil... While more expensive is not always better, and there are some lower-cost competitive cables that have surfaced over the past decade, I would not buy anything costly without having worked with a retailer or local dealer to demo it first. After my ... | |
| Music exposure observation @r042wal give that neighbor kid a small AM/FM radio, and see if he'll use it. At age 13 I was mowing lawns for people on weekends and had 2 paper routes. My first was a Radio Shack Patrolman 6 for listening to UHF VHF CB FM AM RADIO. It sat nex... |