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| Are tubes really “warm”? I believe absolutes in this hobby are best avoided. @ Nobel100, well sure, in general, ss amps display a characteritic, which tube fans have no desire to ever go back to. Speaking of ARC, I've only heard a ARC system with a speaker that may... | |
| Jadis Defy can't sing with super high Fidelity PART 2 Hey DaveyYeah my tech guy jumped on me about making rash, , unreflective/not well resrached deciosions about rolling tubes,, Like swapping the 12au7's for the awesome looking E80's, = The Defy nor the Lite pre (12at7) liked the E80 in the socket.... | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? All my systems since 1992 featured a tube preamp with a solid state amp. To me it just sounds right. are you sure, the tube sonics/nuances are not being canceled out as they run through ss components?Preamps make a dif in how a amp sounds,... | |
| forum.audiogon.com Upgrade ahh ok you mean like this mozartfan-you already have the ability-copy and paste. forgot how highlight/copy/paste works.thanks,,, | |
| Ported versus sealed speakers: is one type better? Ported, ,,all the way,, | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? *are tubes warm?*, depends on make of amp/design. in general , no , not muddy (=warm). but most ~~certainly~~ not sterile sounding, that is not clinical as their nemesis, the *other* amp design,(hint = ss amperage)yeah i am #1 basher. of ss des... | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? @ arro222Yes I should qualify some of my dogmatic, rigid ideas vented on my above posting, I can agree there are some highly priced *refined*n ss amps, that have gorgeous bass/highs,, and mds,, not bad, not bat at all. But as others have chimed i... | |
| There's a lot more bass in a 6.5" driver than most of you think I agree, ck out the small but potebnnt 6.5 Seas magnesium mid woofer here in my system. lots of bass here in Miles Davis Kind of Blue. I still have a sub that will add ina new upcomming YT vid. Adding for classical muisc,,But here in this jazz, ... | |
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| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? The old SS vs Tube battle arises yet ,,once again,,, I thought that war was finished and over for all time, ,,guess not,,battle lines have been drawn. I am a front line warrior for tubes. For me, ss technology is ,,dinosaurish.Now I will say qua... | |
| Jadis Defy can't sing with super high Fidelity PART 2 @ daveywell your are correct,, the roll to a 150, although Jadis does list a few amps which can accept the 150,, this Defy is ,, maybe cerca 2000, so not built fora 150,,my bad,, now i consult with my tech guy on any mods.btw each tube has a ... | |
| Jadis Defy can't sing with super high Fidelity PART 2 Facts are1) had not consulted with tech guy2) Jadis no where says , can not use 150 in Defy3) had no idea Jadis did not employ a separate bias screw for each tubeHad I consulted with randy Cohen,,,I am sure his research would have advised agains... | |
| Jadis Defy can't sing with super high Fidelity PART 2 1 channel is out on the Defy,,, all mod YT vid uploda s are on HOLD at the moment,,should be 2 weeks and she'll be and running with ~~New Electrolytic caps~~~ + many other new mods,, Look for New and fantastic mods comming in 2 weeks.New DIY powe... | |
| Power Tube shootout 34,6550,88,120,150 My tech guy down here Randy Cohen, mentioned the KT150's need to be perfectly matched, so he can raise the plate current so the tube can work as it was designed to perform,,at higher current,,but for some reason he had issues with jadis' biasing ... | |
| Power Tube shootout 34,6550,88,120,150 Read Bombzilla's post Nov 2016,, ,,where he says&&and the major **advantage** of the kt tube models is increased power output~~that I don't need or use~~I've decided to stick with the original 6550 tubes**man had I read this last year,,a... |