decooney
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| Linlai 6SN7 Just checked my Psvane CV181 tubes in front positions (warm) and TJ Full Music 6SN7s (slightly warmer) in rear positions in my Cary SLP-98 preamp. Can hold my fingers on both, neither are "hot" or burn fingers. Put my tongue on them, no issue the... | |
| Cable brands that work well with Cardas? The short cut is to pay to do the cable library program with TheCableCo. Pick three, keep one, send two back. Otherwise wasting buying/trying/reselling cables like many of us us foolishly do. One route is fast, the other is slow and expensive and ... | |
| Cable brands that work well with Cardas? @jl1ny I’m in a different camp, after 25+ years with Cardas, I started intermixing Analysis Plus Crystal (Ohno, OCC) copper or Apature Silver over copper in with my Cardas collection at different locations. Liked it so much, sold off most of my Ca... | |
| Disadvantages of buying old solid state. @roxy1927 I had to sell off a few beloved 20+ year old Class A/AB SS amps for scrap parts because the boards were deteriorating and no longer available. Gave up after 2-3 board repairs, traces going bad, cracks from heat. Roll the dice. Some of ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @rocray that video is what caused me to buy the premium matched Psvane CV181 MKII set which comes with the harder case box with foam encasing inside for each tube vs. the paper thin individual box versions sold to dealers in large lot boxes. While... | |
| JJ Vacuum Tubes In Stock Some of the larger output tubes are showing up in stock again too, checking several sources. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Some times triple-boxing is required. Check your tracking number and shipping history, did they go through Shenzen China sorting facility here?: 😫 | |
| Cary Audio SA 200.2 SE power amp (latest version) This is a bummer learning more than a few of you experienced this humming issue on the non-ES and newer ES models of the SA-200.2 Mine was dead quiet, and reluctantly sold it. What's concerning here is the initial response from Cary. May need to... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @rocray congrats on trying and learning the differences first hand. Having a few different types of 6SN7s is fun when you’re in the mood to mix it up every once in a while. My gray glass gold base Psvanes cv181 mkIIs are a bit rounded sounding on ... | |
| This cable game is making my head spin @ghdprentice Thanks for your thoughts and responses. Actually, I'm referring more to varying levels of cool/warm within higher quality copper ICs. I bailed on silver and silver over copper a few years back. Nice, but not my cup of accentuated tea... | |
| This cable game is making my head spin @ghdprentice that makes sense given the other cables you are comparing to. You hear what you hear and that’s what matters. I wonder if you’d feel my other Analysis Plus Crystal OCC RCA interconnects are warm sounding too. Different from all of my ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @aldnorab its possible you may notice more change after 100hrs. I thought my Psvanes were done settling after 60-75hrs, nope. Maybe after 100hrs it was still smooth, noticed a wee-tiny bit more bit transparency coming through, something new I did ... | |
| This cable game is making my head spin "Cardas are warm, accentuate the bass relative to the details and can hide some noice / hash from some overly detailed electronics." No, not all Cardas are warm. Depends on which cable model/version you are referring to. Having owned, tested... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @rocray for comparison, I would not characterize the bass on the Gray Glass / Gold base CV181 MKII Psvanes as being tight or super fast either. It’s not flabby, yet slightly more on the "bloomy" side, which I like. I have been sort of looking for ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @rocray curious to learn more from your feedback on the blue globe Psv. I now have well over 150hrs on the Gray/Gold PSV CV181 premium pair tubes in my preamp. They are a unique tube, different from everything else in my stash. They are not crisp... |