o_holter
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| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Audiolab - Krell and speaker sensitivity - I dont know. Check it.What I know is, I had 84db sensitive Dynaudio Consequence speakers, hard to drive, and had to go too loud to get the best sound (class A I think, the amp got ver hot). The Stereophil... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Hi I just put two of my three extra Rca 12bh7 tubes into the Ming Da Mc-34a amp here at my cottage. Sound good here also, and since i could set the bias to the same 0.43v level I thought ok lets try. I have no idea perhaps bias should be changed(i... | |
| Audiophile recording and playback - Tascam DA-3000 First the good news. I brought the Tascam and harddisk along on holiday - as source in the Ming Da amp and Aurum Cantus speakers system at our cottage. It sounds great. Better than the Korg Mr1. Not surprising perhaps, but i am glad i can get such... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere On holiday now - more later... | |
| Audiophile recording and playback - Tascam DA-3000 Thanks! I am on holiday now, and will take a look at the program later. | |
| Audiophile recording and playback - Tascam DA-3000 Hi Mark>It sounds like you do in fact have it working as a USB DAC directly from your hard drive?Yes. You can use it for playback from a large external drive formatted by Fat32format.exe. Although I have not (yet) managed to record to the drive... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Thanks and congrats with the Krell! In my system, I wish the FPB600 had changed to class A sooner (with less volume) but that may have been fixed in your model, or perhaps not a problem with your speakers (or perhaps - no neighbours).. | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere I think Atmasphere, above, gave a nod to the 12bh7 as the better sounding tube, and that my listening notes say the same. | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Hi Jafox - yes, I am verifying the 'clarity' that you spoke about. My impression is that everything becomes a bit larger. So even if a 12au7 may sound prettier etc it does not reach the same level. Many thanks for further upgrade advice.I already ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Trying to sum up:Audiolabyrinth: "It's not about how much a componet cost, It's what the componet does!"Agree, well said! It is shown in this thread also. By changing a tube, not so expensive, I've made an expensive tube preamp sound better. Charl... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere As I am testing I am rediscovering vinyl - always a good sign - and now, George Harrison: Learning how to love you, from Thirtythree 1/3 (Dark horse K56319). How come this has been overlooked, while Something is regarded among the world's best pop... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere What I find interesting about tube rolling is that the effect, in my experience, is often bigger than the effects of changing power cords, feet etc. At least it seems so in this case. I would say that the effects of changing the 12au7 tube in the ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Another little test. After two days with the Telefunken 12au7, I switched to the RCA 12bh7 that measured best of the three I got recently. The effect was much like the first 12bh7 I tried (replacing CBS Hytron). The soundstage seemed a bit bigger ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Thanks! My thought also. I have become more concerned with the music lately. I think its a sign that the preamp is doing its job. | |
| tube vs SS preamp Hi Milpay, "I have NEVER been in the tubeland" - that's where I was also, some years ago, but things have changed. To my ears tubed gear often sounds better. Now I have a pure tube chain. I am trying out a kind of hybrid preamp, a tube preamp with... |