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Question about wpc on tube amps
@timintexas as you've already concluded, in your case - I'd second the notion of buying a really good tube preamplifier and pairing it up with your Bryston instead.  
millercarbon
If you click on the "Reviews" tab at the top of this site, the last update shown is 11/16/22. Hope MC is okay - maybe visiting some other forums or something.   
Best amp pairing for Focal Kanta 1s
@niko79 "But what in hi fi audio is? :D" Perhaps my suggestion was that some lateral moves can be frustrating to spend good money on something with little to no improvement for the sake of "making a change". Perhaps I made a few curious lateral... 
Best amp pairing for Focal Kanta 1s
@niko79 imo I’d probably stick with the BlueHeaven cables you have now unless you were to jump past the Iridium up to something like the 4-wire Cygnus with Cardas. Even between Parsec and Cygnus, a different result. And between Cygnus and Clear Re... 
Siemens EL 34
@jjss49 In the 1980s there were International brand EL34s made by RFT same tube that RFT made for Telefunken, Siemens, and others. Not sure if there is a connection there or not.  I recall my buddy who passed had some Telefunkens in his RM-9 MK II... 
Describe the "new HiFi sound"?
@hoodjem re: "Tube preamps that don’t sound like tubes".   Watched a reviewer last week who reported something about a new tube integrated amp that sounded just like a basic solid state amp. Imagine if we had [new] vinyl records coming out wh... 
Does a weave of cables really make a difference?
    @decooney you haven’t opened up every component you own and changed out internal wiring to all be same???? and i thought you were a serious dedicated audiophile.... shame on you! 😂🤣   @jjss49 its funny you bring this up, tonight I met up... 
Speaker recommendations wanted for Quicksilver M135 amplifiers
@thermionicemission how are those Magnepan LRS speakers coming along paired up with the Quicksilver M135 amps?  
triode versus pentode
Resurrecting an interesting old thread from '14.  Helpful replies for reference, comparing different types, compensating configurations, and sound descriptions.   
Does a weave of cables really make a difference?
Remember the wiring inside each of your components is not the same from one component to the next in the chain.  The theory of a perfect loom is fractured anyhow. Therefore I don't "buy in" that all cables must be the same brand, level.  Having i... 
Don't sell your tube amps
@samureyex "Who knows how long the NOS supply is going to last and who can afford it."   That ship sailed a few years ago. All my NOS tubes are in boxes to be sold off. The latest iterations of newer tubes from psvane and a few others are plen... 
Speaker recommendations wanted for Quicksilver M135 amplifiers
+1 @bdp24 i've actually heard both the LFT-8b and LFT-16a speakers through various older generation and recently new Quicksilver amps at my local dealer multiple times. Interesting how the ETs are very low efficiency yet the QS-ET combo sounds ver... 
Speaker recommendations wanted for Quicksilver M135 amplifiers
@thermionicemission nice setup and choices for tubes. I’m a huge EL34 fan myself, in the right amp with good transformers. Curious to know what you think of this particular M135/tube setup now - compared to your MC240. Which is simply more engagin... 
Top two most important sound qualities
Tone & Texture  
Speaker recommendations wanted for Quicksilver M135 amplifiers
@thermionicemission  are your MX135s running the KT88s or EL34 output tubes? If so, which ones. Originally I believe they came with EH KT88s. Can taylor the sound some from there or with the smaller 12FQ7, 12AU7s if you choose. Good sample of diff...