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| Jeff Rowland model two sounding thin With Mini Utopia @stereo5 The Model 2 is an old school mid-90s Rowland amp. Guessing it's just the different sound of the two amps i used to run the Micro-utopia with a PP EL34 tube amp and it never sounded thin. | |
| Puzzling preamp problem You could also just swap tube channels and see if the issue moves to the other channel. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? "Music From Big Pink" The Band on Tidal | |
| If your system were a car! Old 97's 'El Paso' ....'if my heart was a car you would have stripped it a long time ago." | |
| Tube life $1500 for an octet of EH 6550's seems excessive to the point of gouging. Even if that includes the smaller signal tubes it's still very excessive. I would buy my tubes from any of the vendors mentioned above before giving c-j another dime for tubes. | |
| Damaged speaker rubber on Focal Electra 1008 Be. Return or Keep? As others have said the dent in the rubber surround will not affect the speakers at all. From your second set of pics the speakers look in great condition and sounds like you got a good deal. Enjoy and happy listening! | |
| Tube life For around $320 you can get a 8 matched Tung-sol reproduction 6550's from Upscale Audio. That's where I buy my tubes these days excellent quality and reliability and good service. What brand is c-j offering these days? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? "The Squirrel" Dexter Gordon on Tidal. | |
| If your system were a car! I liken my system to my current actual car, a 2003 VW Passat. It's a city care and pretty beat up on the outside, but I've taken great care of the engine, suspension, etc. So it doesn't look like much but performs like a dream and is super fun to ... | |
| Tube life It's a simple difference in sensitivity of the speakers, The Quatros are 87db efficient and Kensingtons 93bd, so you need higher volume to attain the same loudness. On the subject of tubes 5 years is a decent long time you may want to look at retu... | |
| Tube Matching... Nope no need to match 6SN7s with your preamp the tubes in preamp and amp are doing different jobs. Though same type you will likely find a tube that’s better in your amp vs your preamp. Have fun and congrats on your new amp! | |
| Audio note ANK Kits EL84 Vs Audio Note Oto PP As they say horses for courses and I don’t disagree at all ANK makes great kits and fine sounding gear. Interesting about diverging designs I guess that’s a smart move considering their split. Would be curious to hear the mentor preamp in particul... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? 'Soul Espanol" Oscar Peterson | |
| Takes one to know one I am a huge fan of The Band what a unique and fantastic brand of music they produced, and I am a fan of Rick Danko in particular. He played a lot of solo shows during my college days 87-91 I never got to see him myself but lots of bootlegs of his ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? "Midnight Blues" Jimmy Witherspoon ripped CD. |