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| Mastersound Evo 845 or Line Magnetic 219ia miqueca,I have the 518ia, I swapped in NOS GE 6L6GCs & 12ax7s, and NOS Mullard 5AR4, they take the amp to another level | |
| Where do you guys buy tubes? Agree tctubes, tube depot; add Brent Jesse | |
| Great female voices Anita Baker | |
| Gato Barbieri RIP Agree sad - love his sax and music | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Clyde Hopkins - Cd's Don't Mistreat a Friend, Lonesome Road & Cross CountryBlues Gold - compilation of 40 songs by various artistsBilly Cox & Buddy Miles - The Band of Gypsys Return (some great guitarts on this cd | |
| Mastersound Evo 845 or Line Magnetic 219ia kot, did you listen to the LineMagnetic with stock or NOS tubes? Just curious. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Don't Mistreat Your Friends , Clyde Hopkins (blues) | |
| CHINESE tubes? My Line Magnetic 518ia's 845s are labelled Line Magnetic but are either Psvane or Shuguang, quiet , nice sounding, reliable so far. | |
| CHINESE tubes? I have found the Shuguang Black Treasure CV181s and KT88s provide very good sonics and reliability in my Modwright LS100 preamp, and Ayon Spirit 2 integrated, respectively. I use either NOS Phillips or Mullard 5AR4s in my Modwright LS100; Elyse DA... | |
| Morrow Audio or Transparent ? second Clear Day Cable | |
| CD Transport for a reasonable price (pref under $500) Have the Cambridge in my second system; nice unit | |
| WARNING - USE UPS FOR SHIPPING RATHER THAN FEDEX Here's my recent FEDEX & UPS experiences - FEDEX guy hand carried each of my 95 lb Daedalus speakers from the end of the truck to my front door and gently put them down. UPS guy dumped my 90 lb LineMagnetic amp off the back of the truck to my... | |
| First Hand Experience? Aside from the speaker impedance you need to consider the input/output impedances of the pre an power amps | |
| First Hand Experience? Somewhere along the line you'll need to consider the impedance match between whatever power and pre amps you get; so you might want to decide which of each you ultimately will get regardless of timing. Another consideration might be to go the inte... | |
| Best KT88s (specifically for VAC Auricle Musiblocs) I don't have your amp, but IMHO you are better off with the Gold Lions than the base Shuguang tubes, and the Black Treasures are far better than the base Shuguang. To my ears teh Black Treasures are worth the money., and in my experience found the... |