jaytor
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| Tubulus Argentus I2s I am currently using this cable between my Denafrips Gaia and Terminator Plus. It works very well, but the improvements are fairly modest compared to a relatively inexpensive hdmi cable that I used temporarily while waiting for this to arrive. I... | |
| Roon The nice thing about Roon is that you are not tied to a single vendor's server or DAC technology. I started out running Roon on my PC, then on a DIY NUC server running ROCK, then a SGC sonicTransporter i9 optical. I've used multiple connections t... | |
| GIK alternatives I have used GIK on a number of occasions including recently for an art panel. I ordered it on Jan 1 and it just arrived today. Frankly I was pretty disappointed in the slow service. A few weeks ago, I decided to try some QRD diffusor panels from... | |
| Roon Bought a lifetime subscription a few years ago after the first year. It's not perfect, but overall I'd say it's the best bang for the buck of anything I've bought audio related. | |
| Western Electric or Takatsuki 300Bs? I decided to go with the Western Electric tubes for now. I’d like to try the Takatsukis at some point, but the WE tubes are sounding very nice. @larryi - I don’t know why I would be concerned about one tube being weaker than the other. This wi... | |
| What software are you running on your music server Roon running on custom Linux from SGC. | |
| Any tubes currently manufactured in the US, Japan or Germany? The NuTube has been around for a while. It was developed to provide a way to add low order harmonic distortion for Korg’s synthesizers. It is somewhat popular in the DIY community and their are a number of designs available including one from Nels... | |
| Is rectifier tube arcing a problem? @gte357s - besides the arcing problem, are you enjoying your ANK monoblocks? Are these driving your Spatial X5s? Are yours the parallel SET amps? What 300Bs are you using? I'm also using mine to drive OB speakers - GR Research NX-Oticas - which a... | |
| Is rectifier tube arcing a problem? That’s my amp on the Steve Hoffman forum. I haven’t had any issues with arcing but as you can see in my thread, I used a soft start before the mains transformer, and also have a lot less capacitance hanging on the output since I used a Maida regul... | |
| AN Niobium versus Tantalum resistors? My favorite combination is using the z-foils in series positions and the AN silver tantalums in shunt positions. The higher wattage silver tants sound a bit richer but don't fit everywhere. I haven't tried the Niobiums. | |
| Long XLR cables - help me decide I was asked by a member to follow up on this thread with my experience with the Neotech NEI-3001 Mk III. This cable is very thick and it was hard to find connectors that would work. I had connectors from several brands on hand including Neutrik, D... | |
| To Roon or not to Roon? I'm using an Auralic Vega G2 as a Roon endpoint in one of my systems and have had no problems with it. But I only use the lightning app for simple setup functions, not for managing or playing music. | |
| Best AMP for GE Triton Reference Speakers I used to own a pair of Triton 2+ speakers. Not quite the References, for sure, but they were in a fairly small room and were a good fit for the situation. When I got them, I had a Krell FPB-300 that I had owned for about 20 years. This amp was ... | |
| First tubes in 30 years @noromance - I have a build thread on the Steve Hoffman forums. Build Thread | |
| First tubes in 30 years @noromance - I'm using a Jensen input transformer for the balanced inputs. The driver stage is coupled to the 300Bs using a c-core interstage transformer. Then another c-core transformer for the outputs. The 300Bs each have a Tentlabs filament s... |