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| PSVANE 12Au7 12At7 12Ax7 "-T MKII" 2020 production run of small signal/driver tubes Does it have to be 2020? I have a set of the 12Au7s that came with my PS Audio BHK Signature preamp that I bought at the end of last year. I think they sound great, better than the highly rated Radiotechniques that I just got. In this circuit, whi... | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? I believe RVs argument is something along the lines of having separate wires for the highs and the lows helps prevent back EMF from the large magnet in the woofer from interfering as much with the high frequencies. This I learned from a biwire que... | |
| Recommendations for a tonearm upgrade on a VPI Classic 4 turntable When I ordered my Classic 4, I had a new SME 312s sent to VPI to have it installed. The arm sounds excellent but after having lived with it for three years, I have the following minor criticisms:1) VTA adjustment is imprecise and not doable on the... | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? With my Vandersteen 5A Carbons, the Vandersteen M5-HPA. | |
| van den Hul Colibri, Koetsu Rosewood Signature, SoundSmith Sussurro Mk ii I just got a Soundsmith Sussurro Mk 2 and I love it. According to this review of an earlier model, it tracks better than anything he tried except for the Shure V15 series, and my listening tests confirm that: https://www.dagogo.com/soundsmith-suss... | |
| PS Audio BHK preamp owners This has been discussed on the BHK preamp thread at PSAudio. I’m quite sure that you are supposed to only use the bias setting that matches the tube type: 12au7 gets 4ma; 6922 family, which also includes the 7 volt types, 5ma. I believe Bascom him... | |
| best phono stage under 10k I recommend the Pass XP-27, which is a major upgrade from the XP-17 and not just in terms of convenience. It is dead quiet and I doubt pretty much anything else can convey as much detail, while also sounding full and rich like a tube unit. | |
| Considering Rogue Audio or P.S. Audio I just put in an order today for a BHK Signature preamp. I used to have an RP-7 and I thought it lost out in terms of neutrality, bass power and transient attack compared to the Pass XP-22 that replaced it. As much as I like the Pass, I’ve also co... | |
| Cartridge loading i have a Kiseki Purpleheart mounted on an SME 312S feeding a Pass XP 17. I don’t know the capacitance of the included tonearm cable, though I may try to find that out. I’m pretty sure that when I did the tonearm/cartridge resonance calculation, th... | |
| What are the best Room Accustic Treaments members have found? GIK Acoustics Soffit traps dramatically improved the bass in my room by adding punch and enhanced definition. | |
| PS Audio new Stellar Phono PreAmp? I would love to hear of any comparisons to the Pass Labs XP 17. | |
| What's more important in a difficult room, room correction or higher, clean, power? In my 12 * 22 * 7 foot room, with an additional space under the basement stairs that makes the room L shaped, I got pretty good bass definition with my Vandersteen 5A Carbons. But there were some bad dips between 72 and 120 hz that I could not suf... | |
| Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18 After waiting a grueling three weeks after I placed my order, I finally have in my possession a set of M5-HPAs. I have them connected between a Pass XP-22 and Vandersteen 5A Carbons. Cabling is AQ Water interconnects and four foot Anticables 3.1. ... | |
| Finally got to hear the new Vandersteen Kēnto's with the I took a look at those speaker cables. I know I can’t afford them after ponying up for those amps! I will see how my Anticables do. I thought they were just fine when I demoed those same amps a few months ago. | |
| Finally got to hear the new Vandersteen Kēnto's with the It was Nathan Milstein playing the Dvorak violin concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1957, a Capital LP reissue by Cisco. It’s one of my best. The Glazunov violin concerto is on side 2. |