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| Preamp Deal of the Century Congratulations! I also considered going from the Chardonnay to a line stage "Grange," or the "all out" version he was starting to build as he had time. When I asked about it Mick wrote, "The “all out” version is the 6J5 line stage which I use in ... | |
| The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses @lordmelton All these type of fuses are up to 250V, 115V included, whether properly labeled or not. Interesting experience last night. At 105 hours and wondering about continued "matter-of-fact" dryness, so turned it around in P15. Well, everyth... | |
| The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses Ted Denny III wrote about burn in: “And you don’t need music running through the system, just leave equipment on where they’re applied.” Ted, What does “on” mean? Wouldn’t a trickle current suffice for gear that has that, as opposed to necessaril... | |
| The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses The Orange is warm, with the top end less well controlled than the Purple. The Ultimate Premier a little less warm, but otherwise a clear improvement over the Orange. Just got an email that SR is running a 3-for-2 sale on the Purple through April.... | |
| The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses While I await a couple of QSA Reds, my system has been using a combo of SR Oranges and mostly AM Ultimate Premiers. The SR Carbon Discs didn’t work so well here, so I exchanged them for a Purple fuse. It went into a PSA P15 regenerator, thus affec... | |
| High Fidelity Cables? When I heard word of this, I put in an order with the Cable Co. hoping they had what I wanted in stock. They didn’t but said a shipment is expected next week. Their understanding is that there’s a reorganization going on, which if true suggests a ... | |
| Synergistic Orange and purple fuses popping @gregtheis -- I just read the initial posts. Since you went up 1A, go up another amp or two. I did that successfully throughout my system with the SR Orange, with only one failure in a preamp when I plugged in ICs for subs (tho they weren't powere... | |
| High Fidelity Cable replaces NPS 1260 @willgolf There should be some left on the other end of the connection. Doesn’t hurt to reapply though if connections have been remade a few times. 1260 does seem to help USB and HDMI connections. The case is useful for neat storage, but AI’d s... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Hopefully, very soon. I skipped trying to Sachs back when was because unlike Mick, Don didn't offer balanced out and wanted to charge me a lot extra for caps to handle the impedance of my ATC speakers. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread @aldnorab3 I got a Chardonnay a couple of years ago, wanting to dip my toes in first, but my hunch is you’d not be unhappy moving up right off, if you can handle it.. I’m now going to a 6SN7 Cabernet and glad to hear someone say what I’ve been hop... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century There’s a “Reference 6SN7” thread on head-fi and a “Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes” here on Agon. Another with the same title on What’s Best Forum. Then there are tube dealer charts, as mentioned above. I have several older 6SN7 and 6F8G pairs availa... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century @audio123 I’ve been using all Synergistic Research Orange fuses. Recently, SR has gone one better according to the reviews with their Purple version. The past couple of weeks I’ve inserted a couple of Audio Magic Ultimate Premier fuses into my ATC... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Congrats. It's always satisfying when small changes yield big results. Still, unless Mick dug into his special stock of tubes, there's a lot of room for improvement. And also the fuse and umbilical too. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I’ve never dealt with Andy, but have always been impressed with his site. At least for information, Brent Jessee’s site is very useful too. That said, if I’d known what I eventually learned about the newer Sophia and Treasure Globe tubes, I’d have... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Sophia Electric Aqua 274B, Grant Fidelity Treasure Globes (6SN7) and early 1960s RCA 6L6GC’s. Best combo for my tastes I’ve come across, after trying many others. Everything one likes, plus a touch of warmth, tho the latter ultimately depends on b... |