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| 12BZ7 ///12AX7 I'm not sure how the extra current capability of the 12bz7 over 12ax7 would be an advantage? Most designers place 12ax7 for their gain, not current. They're never reasonably going to be asked to drive a hard load, so you're perhaps not gaining any... | |
| 12BZ7 ///12AX7 Well 12au7 suck, so it’s not uncommon for folks to find a different sub type that blows all the best 12au7 away. Many tubes operate similarly to a 12au7 and do it better. 12ax7 is a better sounding tube albeit with a very different use/purpose, an... | |
| Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier @normie57 Yes, funny you mention the Alps Blue pot. I'm not a fan of that part, as I've over years always heard improvements swapping that for say a stepped attenuator, when possible - even in modest headphone amplifiers! That's my only knock on t... | |
| Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier The VAC phono stages are simply sublime. I prefer the VAC tube MM stages, even the preamp built-ins, to the Herron stand-alone stage. I used to own their Renaissance III w/ phono, and for the last 2 years have run their stand-alone Renaissance SE ... | |
| Tube MC phono stage recommendation @tomic601 's suggestion for a Bob's Devices / CineMag SUT is a great one, and all of the blue-label models sound fantastic - 1254, 1131, Sky (in various ratios). Bob's Devices makes many of these (the Sky and 1131 models are exclusive to him) and ... | |
| Tube MC phono stage recommendation Sonic Frontiers is unfortunately defunct, but the head guy behind it now runs Parts Connexion, and he offers service plus upgrades on Sonic Frontiers gear. I’ve been through a number of phono stages by now, and the Phono 1 has impressed me the mos... | |
| Tube MC phono stage recommendation Which cartridge you runing? A 0.5mV - 0.8mV MC is a different world from a 0.3mV and below. In that price range for a phono stage you’ll need some help from the cartridge for best results, i.e. at least 0.5mV.For 0.5mV - 1.0mV range cartridges I t... | |
| A Not So Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Tonearm.... Steve posts lots of pics of his work on his Facebook VAS page, and it’s pretty impressive. If I ever need to try 3rd party re-tipping services I’m definitely going to him first.Sorry to hear your story, I had a Koetsu Onyx lose its stylus and know... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Preamp = emotionless? Wow I didn’t realize the PrimaLuna preamp uses such a large heap of 12AU7. I’ve had 3 or 4 amps & preamps that use these tubes, and every time the 12AU7 has ended up seeming like the major bottleneck in system performance. I tried some of the ... | |
| Maximizing VPI Prime Performance You have one amazing set-it-and-forget-it table in the Cosmos, and you’re trying to chase that performance with a much lower level, tweak-of-the-day VPI? I’m not sure why you decided to abuse yourself in this manner :(Those 2 companies have polar ... | |
| ModWright PH 9.0 vs Manley Chinook MkII Often I prefer the sound of a good SUT to a JFET MC stage (Herron VTPH-2A, Sonic Frontiers Phono 1 in use here) - but the pairing of cartridge-to-SUT can be even more specific than that of cartridge to phono stage. Going by online images, the Modw... | |
| Turntable isolation platforms Perhaps look at the Townshend audio spring isolation platforms? All of those type of affordable "audiophile racks" - Pangea in your case, Lovan Sovereign and VTI (ugh) in my past - are gonna make you have a bad time when you place a turntable with... | |
| Phonostage Advice Very cool - though not an unsurprising result for those of us who have done the endless mixing and matching of analog gear. It's clear you have a nice vinyl front-end which deserves better than that under-powered phono card. It's probably worthwhi... | |
| Turntable Advice Needed Not having owned either brand, I’d go for the Feickert over VPI. You buy that Prime Scout, and then you blink, and BOOM it will be superseded by the "Optimus Prime Ranger Mk 8" and you’ll be running in place on their never ending treadmill of circ... | |
| How many times have you ... A lot of reissues suck, and it can be VERY frustrating dropping a lot of money to get somthing you'll NEVER want to play again. For example, I got suckered on the 200g DMM Rush remasters, ugh. Absolutely unplayable once you realize how superior th... |