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| 2a3 ? I have been told by someone who should know that a 2a3 is, essentially, two 45s in one enclosure. When I used to own a 300B amp I was always a bit puzzled about the reverence shown to the 2a3. I wondered why praise of the 300B was not universal? W... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread One other thing that has really improved the sound I'm getting from my Cortese are some Cardas cables. I'm using old, but new-to-me Cardas Neutral Reference wires from DAC to preamp and from preamp to power amps. Also Cardas NR speaker wires. They... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread I don't have a Supratek power amp. If I needed a lot of power and wanted to stay with tubes I'd seek out something along the lines of an @atmasphere or a @donsachs Kootenai. If I didn't need a lot of power because I had highly efficient speakers ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Greetings Fellow Humans - I just popped by to see what's new in this "most popular all-time" thread in the amps & preamps forum. Nice to see that the thread is still drawing visitors and folks are as enthusiastic as ever. I'll post a "four+... | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes Fun to revisit this topic.🤪 And just to add to our obsessive collecting horizons, may I remind you all that the predecessor of the 6SN7 was the 6J5? A 6SN7 is basically two 6J5s in one bottle and the change was made to simply reduce costs. Mick M... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Somehow your post about upgrading your order to the Signature Grange... well, it really got me thinking. That might be a really nice next step from my Cortese LCR. | |
| 300b lovers I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. This is such a great thread. Oh! And hi @eddie138 ! Nice of you to drop in! | |
| 3C24 tube amp recently converted to 812 ouput power tubes. Dan, Please help a brother understand. Who initiated this redesign? Was it Paul’s idea? Or was three something more you were looking for from the 3C24 amps that had him recommend this update? Oh, and how much power do those tubes / amps put out... | |
| 3C24 tube amp recently converted to 812 ouput power tubes. @islandmandan Cool. You might recall I auditioned a pair of Paul's 3C24 amps in my home for a while. They sounded very good, though I ended up keeping my AES SE-1 300B Amp. Can you record here the story of what precipitated this change? | |
| 3C24 tube amp recently converted to 812 ouput power tubes. @grannyring Do a search on the Seattle Craigslist using the term "triode" and look for an ad for a pair of exotic looking triode amps. That’s Paul. He's currently listing a pair of 811A amps. Crazy looking and gorgeous. Paul is a superb builder. | |
| 300b lovers This most genial, thoughtful, educational, respectful and generous thread of all time deserves to be a "sticky". Not only is it full of wonderful history, a person can learn a lot from it. A little ways up @donsachs used the expression "nutshell"... | |
| Best Tube Amp for High Sensitivity Speakers: 45, PX25, or 300B? Rambling thoughts - All this talk of "not enough power for your speakers" makes me wonder how loud everybody is listening. I mean really, on a day-in and day-out basis. I seldom get louder than 80dB. Sometimes I go louder, but not as a matter of ... | |
| Best Tube Amp for High Sensitivity Speakers: 45, PX25, or 300B? @gregjacob I think you're going to have to try some different options in your system. while i appreciate the opinions of those who have a strong technical understanding, my experience is that things that should not work DO work for me in my syst... | |
| Best Tube Amp for High Sensitivity Speakers: 45, PX25, or 300B? Great question - great idea for a thread. I previously used a vintage (Cary Audio/Dennis Had designed) AES SE-1 300B stereo amp, from the ’90s. It sounded great and I loved it with my 93dB sensitive/efficent/whatever JBL studio monitors. Then I ... | |
| 300b lovers I want to share my thoughts about this equipment and about the show, and a little about my experience in the room. The opportunity to hear the Raven and Blackbirds and (hopefully) meet two people I’ve only "met" on the internet was a major reason ... |