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| Crucial TUBE question If the Prima Luna employs two tube rectifiers for a split power supply, as their ad copy says and a photo of the underside seems to confirm, and one rectfier isn’t working, then only one channel would work. So I don’t know what you put in there bu... | |
| Speakers that disappear Some do it better than others. ;-) Planars have been mentioned, Joseph Audio. ProAcs are well-known for "disappearing" and throwing a big, open, coherent sound stage. That's one of many things I like about my old Response 2's. I'm rarely, if e... | |
| Biwiring make any sense? Depends on the speaker. I have *always* biwired my ProAc Response 2's. They just sound better that way--fuller, deeper soundstage. | |
| Integrated S.E.T Amp and Bookshelf Speakers Recommendations Second the Reference 3As. A friend has a pair and loves them, and he's very fussy. He has several amps but the 3A's work well with his Dennis Had single-ended KT66 amplifer. | |
| TAD vacuum tubes? You might consider the new Psvane Horizon series, which are available on Amazon. The EL34-AT is supposedly a pretty good tube. | |
| TAD vacuum tubes? TAD rebrands selected Chinese tubes. In my experience they are more reliable than buying stock Chinese tubes, but are not as good as Russian-manufactured tubes. In another thread I mentioned testing a series of 6L6/KT66 family tubes in my Willia... | |
| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? "Curious, I read herein that the feedback level related to the amplifier is important to consider for purposes of evaluating whether it really makes much of a difference to tube roll power tubes. Anyone know why that would be?" I've seen quite a ... | |
| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? Just to be clear, I was certainly not recommending anything other than the correct tube type for the OP’s amplifier. I was simply pointing out that the quality of the output tubes can make a difference, in terms of both power output and the amount... | |
| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? @jasonbourne71 I’m sorry, what are you talking about? It’s very easy to substitute an 807 for a 6L6 or KT66 with an adapter socket you can buy on eBay. You just have to be careful to observe the lower dissipation rating and keep the plate and scre... | |
| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? Yes, power tubes are important, and not just for "tone." I recently tested a variety of output tubes in my Williamson amplifiers. Just to give a few examples, the Gold Lion KT66 produced the most power before passing 1% THD, 22 watts. The Chine... | |
| Amp for Vintage Heresy Speaking of push-pull EL84s, a musician friend recently heard the little Black Ice FX10 at the Tampa audio show and said it "rocked." Might be a good fit here. | |
| Do different speaker stands can really make a big sound improvement? When I bought my ProAc Response 2's 25 years ago, they came with matching custom-made MDF stands that looked wonderful but sounded awful. I finally found a used pair of Sound Anchors, and it wasn't until then that I was able to stop fiddling with... | |
| Is It Worh Modding An Amp I vote no. There's not much to mod, maybe 6 film caps? That's about it. I wouldn't mess with the electrolytics. The limited factors in any tube amp are going to be the circuit and the output transformers, maybe the power supply if it's really ... | |
| Looking for 5AR4 rectifier tube most like solid state @boxsoft If it's any help to you, I have yet to find a new-manufacture 6SN7 that sounds any good to me. Some of them actually generate measurably more distortion than NOS versions. And with the price of good new 6SN7s today nearing $50 a piece, ... | |
| Solo streamer Yes, that would be true. |