markusthenaimnut
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| 6SN7 variants circa 2019 - tone, longevity, reliability, value " You’ll find countless forum threads on various sites dating back to early to mid 2000s when good NOS 6SN7s were more readily available, more affordable. And, more recent debates the past ten plus years on various rebranded Chinese, Czhec, and... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Cool story. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread mr_slate - Yah, I think we all get the same feeling of satisfaction with our gear from Mick. For me, simply speaking, it's virtually life changing. Music just sounds so GOOD. Addicting. It draws me in so deep. And with Spotify broadening my horizo... | |
| Luxman - Shindo - Mcintosh ? Whoops. My bad.Sorry, I was under the mistaken impression that you were shopping for a preamp.Never mind. However, if you're considering a tube power amp you might find it enjoyable and educational to read Roger Sanders' "transistors vs. tubes" wh... | |
| 6SN7 variants circa 2019 - tone, longevity, reliability, value Excellent point about *where* the 6SN7 is installed and its intended function.I'm using the 6SN7s in my Supratek Cortese preamp. It comes with Russian (Foton, I believe?) 6H8C tubes. There are multiple threads around regarding the Supratek preamps... | |
| 6SN7 variants circa 2019 - tone, longevity, reliability, value Guys - thanks for all the info you are sharing. I think this thread is very useful, because many of the other discussions regarding 6SN7 tubes out on the web trace their origin back 10 or 15 years, and many of the vintage tubes preferred are now e... | |
| What’s the most badass $2k amp I can get? How about an Inner Sound electrostatic f300 Poweramp? If you go to the Sanders sound systems website you can read the review from absolute sound. That would be within your budget and a killer amp. It would drive any speaker with loads of Headroom. | |
| 6SN7 variants circa 2019 - tone, longevity, reliability, value Thanks for those additional brush Strokes in your picture. Helps to provide some context for your recommendation. | |
| Beginner Audiophile. How to chose a right amp? Recommendation for my setup? What a fun journey to start! I suggest you read Roger Sanders white paper on transistors versus tubes or something like that. It's on the Sanders sound systems website. | |
| Luxman - Shindo - Mcintosh ? Hi Mark, Fun quest!As you are just starting your journey I suggest you take a look the "Preamp Deal of the Century" thread to learn about the Supratek preamp and also do a search on Don Sachs. When new these are very high value options and you als... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? Cal3713,That's gonna be a shootout I'll be interested in hearing the results of. Please post here. Thanks | |
| 6SN7 variants circa 2019 - tone, longevity, reliability, value ALL, Thanks for sharing.Noromance,Which other 6SN7s have you tried?Thanks | |
| Upgrade Speaker Cables or Interconnects Lots of talk on here about power, and I concur. I have addressed this element of my system via a Goal Zero lead-acid battery generator. This generates are perfect, noise-free 60-hz sine wave. It has dropped the noise floor in my system significant... | |
| $30K DAC in a $70K system - wise or ridiculous? I humbly suggest the OP also consider installing something like a Goal Zero Yeti lithium-ion battery generator as his power source. In my system such a device lowered my noise floor (I didn't even consider that I had a "noise floor" in my system, ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century 1. Phono stage (LCR in my Cortese) is superb. Note that Allnic charges many many thousands of dollars (I'm not confident of the prices I've seen in my searches on the 'net tonight and don't want to guesstimate) but it is included in the Cortese. T... |