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| Power Tube shootout 34,6550,88,120,150 Read sand and glass comment july 2017,,more than half way down**If you want more of that tube sound,,,BEST TO AVOID the 120/150***< I can validate his comment based on my exp of the kt150.. ** Bigger is not always better** especially in tubes,,... | |
| Power Tube shootout 34,6550,88,120,150 Its crazy,, i just googled 6550 vs kt88 and came up witha 2006 topic i initiated on audiogon,,with alot of inaccurate comments from my postings.Others corrected some of my very faulty opinions.. so here i am , 14 yrs later,,right back at the kt88... | |
| 6550 tube vs KT88 wow, i posted this topic some,,,14b years ago,,and comming back yet once again to finally finsih the shootout,,talk about time delay.I am now locking these 2 supreme midrange cantors in battle. The Defy had 6550’s, never listened to them,,I assume... | |
| Mundorf Silver Caps Thanks Noro for your experienced imput, I just installed the M SESG (=Silver Gold Supreme EVO) .47 x 12 caps in my Defy last week, WOW, really nice details, Go to minute 23 and listen to faith Hill clearly detailed voice, every word can be dist... | |
| Jadis Defy can't sing with super high Fidelity PART 2 yeah,,i've been going around in some circles,, most of my posts in thsi topic are old news, and irrevalent,,i really should makea Defy part 3, NOw she sings topic...regardspaul ck out my topic,, power tube shootout. | |
| Jadis Defy can't sing with super high Fidelity PART 2 will have to go with 6550's in the Defy,,, the tube Jadis originally installed in the amp,,stupid to sell the 12 off w/o listening to them 1st..Now i have to rebuy the 12. I really love the clear voice and crystal highs of the 6550 vs the more mur... | |
| 6550 tube vs KT88 Bombaywallh slashing of my comments was spot on, back then I did not know what i was talking about in all things tubes. I am still learing,,but making costly mistakes...Very long story,,but here goes,,I bought a used Defy on Agon some years ago... | |
| Jadis Defy can't sing with super high Fidelity PART 2 Just blew a fuse in one tube,,thats all, we up the fuse amperage on the 88's...well actually i just sent Jadis a email showing off my Defy with new M caps,,I did let them know i tried out the 150’s in the Defy,,and the mids were too murky/muddled... | |
| Jadis Defy can't sing with super high Fidelity PART 2 OK new mod in the Defyadded 12 Mundorf Supreme EVO SG caps, .47 uf vaoue,,Very nice gains in mids, vocals, I would have to say thev Supremes (If you can fit them in place of old cap,,they are quite large), are superior to their lil brothers the SG... | |
| POWER TUBES and Musical genre *clearly* *dif presentation*, yeah a nuance of one, lacks in the other /nuance if the other lacks in the one. We are talking ~~Miniscule~~ a term my Baton Rouge tech guy likes to use in talking things stereo. Even the nuances in the 90 vs 88, we... | |
| POWER TUBES and Musical genre OK just founda YT upload which gives the EL34 vs KT88, Now many of you can not detect much dif, as the camera mic + comp speakers,,really are far from ideal listening room experience.. But I can tell, through these low quality mediums,,the EL34 ... | |
| POWER TUBES and Musical genre Thing is , was the 88/ and 90 ar0und in the 50's?had Sid Smitha choise between the 3, would he stillm have chosen the el34 are the ideal tube for his amps?I guess in some applications the 120, 150 might be suitable for a particular sound so de... | |
| POWER TUBES and Musical genre Read long time member rcprince's comments on the ~~wonderous midrange~~ of the 343 post from top, from sept , 2004some things should be ~~believed~~, had i read his post, and figured 90% of mt muisc ranged in the mids,, I would not have made the i... | |
| POWER TUBES and Musical genre Just now googled The Superiority of the EL34 power tubeand found this article written by Tim Smith for Wall of SoundNote the accolades *pefection, liquid mids, elasticity, bounce, ~~ and so on. You'd think it is true the original design power tu... | |
| Anyone with tinnitus or hearing loss who is into "high-end" audio? had Tinnitus long ago,,,not sure causes,,Stress? Loud radio listening? Age? (I am 64, had it when i was like in my 50's for a few months*),,,there is a chinese herb that seemed to work. But yeah, no car radio,,quiet time in park, things like t... |