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| Most Musical 6NS7 tube for a Preamp? I’ve tried lots of the 6922 and 12xx7 variant pre-amps.I totally agree In the assessment the the 6SN7 is the best tube for application.I still have many Pre’s with this tube, Wyetech Opal my current fav, Supratek Chenin, ASL Flora. The other I’ve ... | |
| My Demo results: I feel like I'm at a frustrating block in my speaker journey “If the Tannoy XT6Fs sounded dark in your system, I suggest looking into a different amp. These are anything but dark.”Only a 10 minute audition and they went back in the box. My Tannoy's took 100 hours of break in before they were decent, and it ... | |
| Ayre VX-5 vs. darTZeel NHB-108 Brian, how did you make out on finding the right piece for you system? I ask because the in reading about the DarTZeel has me intrigued. I also looked on HIFi Shark to get a baseline on what they’ve sold for used, I guess you might have found one... | |
| Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...." Miller - I’ve personally like and have all forms of front ends. Tape, Vinyl, CD, and computer/DAC. All have there pluses, and minuses. To me nothing wrong with having a CD player.I’ve got cases where any one of these formats might have the winning... | |
| Vacuum tubes: Radio tubes, TV tubes, Audio tubes Succinct history lesson on the audio vacuum tube with some good advise thrown in for good measure Steve, well done. | |
| New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice I’ve just acquired a grey base Ariadne Signature with QP. I would like to learn what to look for in order to assess the condition so I can plot the changes needed to get this table reach it’s potential.through the kind help from Scott Leventhal I’... | |
| Where are Conicident Speaker Technology electronics made ? Interesting to read the comments on this thread. I’m in the camp of not knowing where the electronics are made currently. Just like the car industry, there is a percentage of local content that must be achieved to qualify for the domestic status. ... | |
| Power cords can make a tremendous difference in Digital Audioman, great to hear you experienced better sound with the Furutech, that’s what really counts | |
| Power cords can make a tremendous difference in Digital @audioman. When you say “I Built my own using Furutech Occ-6-9s pure Copper awg 14“and when I see the VH link you provided and it mentions Triple C Comstruction with 99.996 purity, with no mention to OCC, might this be something other than 6 nines... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Adamaly, that’s great news to hear, thanks to you and callaway for the encouraging feedback. As good as the EMLs I’m using now are, having another level of improvement beyond that is a wonderful thing. | |
| what would you do? +1 on the DeCappo excellent in small to medium rooms. Can be had used for the a little less money too, particularly the non-beryllium tweeter version which has the nicer wood finishes. If your passionate about the last octave of deep bass, put a ‘... | |
| Shocked removed spikes, used blue tack, what other non spike footer “No two spikes, springs, discs, cones or wood blocks sound the same if they are shaped differently, even if they are manufactured from the same material. As an example, pick up any two different brass products and listen to their performance as th... | |
| What in your mind represents real technological advancement. +1 cd318While I had a grasp of Ed’s audio accomplishments, I wasn’t aware of his profound success elsewhere. Fun read, thanks for sharing! | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? The Modwright is a fine Preamp and particularly with good NOS tubes, it sounds fantastic. However It’s only when you compare it to the Supratek does one draw the conclusion it’s a little more grainy. Let’s put it other way..... the Supratek more; ... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? @facten The Syrah was replaced by the Chenin around 2003. The main difference was the tubes used in the preamp phono section and the Chenin uses the Cortese phono circuit. The Chardonnay model is the current line stage iteration with no Phono sect... |