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| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Brent is standing behind is product. i spoke with him and we are replacing the tubes with some VT231's. Hopefully these will work out.Helomechi - I did order some RCA's from Andy. He does seem to think they are the best sounding. I need two pair... | |
| Finally Settled on a Preamp—Don Sachs Model 2 Custom Linestage Second the tube rolling. I have had my DS2 for about a month now. I transitioned to SS power amp with tube pre from a 300b power amp. Nice to have some watts. Caps are cooked now. Not sure why Don likes those Chinese tubes so much though. One o... | |
| Tube Preamp for SMC Audio power amp. (300B?) soix - I checked that Sachs on Audio Mart, 4 yo and only $500 cheaper than the newest version. I checked with Don and he is not offering any more upgrades for that one, so I pulled the trigger and got on his waiting list - sounds like December. I ... | |
| Tube Preamp for SMC Audio power amp. (300B?) Soix - I just talked to Pat at SMC. The standard RCAs are 100k, apparently the balanced inputs have a lower impedance. I do not have balanced inputs on my amp.drew. | |
| Tube Preamp for SMC Audio power amp. (300B?) One other question - to those of you who use the Don Sachs - any issues with power on, noise, surge etc. The SMC guys are concerned about tube preamps having power up issues.thanks. | |
| Tube Preamp for SMC Audio power amp. (300B?) Audiotroy - thanks for your helpful feedback. Very direct and useful. I am not sure if these hit the market used but I'll keep my eyes open.drew. | |
| Tube Preamp for SMC Audio power amp. (300B?) Thanks for the feedback - I have been doing research and am very interested in the Dehavilland, either model. Dehavilland is not building right . Sachs is not taking orders now either. The Manley looks great but is a bit out of my budget. I thi... | |
| R.I.P: Rest In Peace Roy Johnson, Green Mountain Audio's Genius I am reopening this discussion for a specific purpose. I too have long been a fan of Roy's speakers and owned a number of his models. I still have EOS and had ordered (and paid for) the RX (Ribbon Tweeter) upgrade. I am sad at Roy's passing and I... | |
| Warmest sounding Green Mountain speaker? Buy a pair of these digital plate amplifiers. They require a pc to set the crossover settings. You will then need to unscrew the drivers and then desolder the wires and wire some cables onto the drivers and pass them out of the port (or from the... | |
| Warmest sounding Green Mountain speaker? I currently own EOS HDX, and have owned just about every model of GMA speaker over the past 10 or so years. I run them with a 2A3 SET and couldn't be happier with the sound. I would describe them as being detailed and revealing. Once you have hear... | |
| Opinion on Elekit 8300 300b Oops - Viridian it is! I will definitely let you know and will likely have questions about caps as I get more deeply into it. Thanks for the tip about the Hammerton paint. | |
| Opinion on Elekit 8300 300b Hi Veridian - I'll let you know how it goes. It is supposed to ship this week. I am taking everyone's advice from the forum - build it stock then upgrade!Might make a goldpoint the first upgrade - love the way they look and right in the signal pat... | |
| Comparison - Kimber 4tc to Anti-cables Just a quick update, after spending a few weeks with these cables, I am liking them more and more, (Please insert all the usual descriptive phrases). I even went back to the Anti-cables and immediately noticed all the qualities that had been bothe... | |
| Opinion on Elekit 8300 300b Just pulled the trigger and ordered the 2a3 Stereomour. I have the manual but the kits are awaiting transformers.Viridian - Thanks for your input. The Bottlehead Forum is really helpful too. | |
| Opinion on Elekit 8300 300b I know, the Miniwatt is not much of an ammp but a friend had one laying around. I was interested in just getting a baseline around output. The Bottlehead looks very nice and is not based on PCB's. Definitely a contender. So I guess I really need t... |