jmolsberg
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| Old Legendary tubes vs New Kids on the block Amperex/Siemens/Tele vs Psvane/TAD/Shugaung I have had success with NOS and new tubes. Which works best depends more on the tone one is trying to achieve. In my LTA, the best combo I’ve found is amperex 7062 and shuguang we6sn7. | |
| New tube preamp My neighbor owns the microzotl and it is exceptional! He also owns the Don Sachs pre and it is exceptional! They are different sounding pre amps but both wonderfully musical. If your system is slightly bright or fatiguing, the Don Sachs may be the... | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror I can safely after a month the maxed out / SE version of the Tubadour iii is just wonderful. For a while I kinda wanted my old dac back. Break-in was tough! The mods offer a more layered and beautiful resolution, greater impact, smoother, and lowe... | |
| First Moving Coil (MC) Cartridge Acquisition You have some nice gear! I’ve been using a dynavector 20x2L with a Herron vtph-2a and have no desire to make any changes. The 64db is plenty of gain in my setup, exactly as Keith recommended. Besides the dynavector being a great sounding cart, it ... | |
| Tube amplifier suggestion for 101 dB speakers Linear tube audiohttps://www.lineartubeaudio.com/products/zotl-40-reference-amplifier | |
| Finally Settled on a Preamp—Don Sachs Model 2 Custom Linestage It’s a truly remarkable pre. Luckily my neighbor has one 😊correct, you can’t post a snap. | |
| Get your First Watt SIT-3 now? ^ I think you’ll love the synergy. The mz3 driving the omega ho is no slouch either 😊 | |
| Otomon Labs. Soundgate Japan Thank ya. | |
| 6SN7 variants circa 2019 - tone, longevity, reliability, value The Shugauang WE plus easily bested the NOS 6sn7 I purchased from Andy (VTS) and the NOS 12sn7 shipped with my microzotl. I can’t speak to the long term reliability as they were installed this summer. It’s my understanding if they don’t fail withi... | |
| Otomon Labs. Soundgate Japan ^rpm are you using a pre? | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror This little guy bested any audiophile fuse I tried in my linear tube audio https://www.mouser.com/Littelfuse/Circuit-Protection/Resettable-Fuses-PPTC/RHEF-Series/_/N-bm931?P=1... | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror Mesch I was so happy with mine stock but the not knowing got the best of me. Luckily for you, you went right to the top. | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror Appreciate terry... the dac is really settling beautifully. The soundstage with the new caps is very impressive - the whole dac for that matter 😊 | |
| Linear Tube Audio Those are brand spanking new. My guess is they sound unbelievable much like all their other offerings... | |
| Help me upgrade my Mac system?! Don Sachs pre or linear tube audio pre sounds great with my friends Mac. better than the Mac pre he was using and by a considerable margin. |