o_holter
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| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Thanks Audiolabyrinth, I agree. Atmasphere, grateful for your warning note, I am checking with Einstein. Jafox noted earlier in the thread that the 12BH7 may work fine even if the specs are not quite right, but he does not say that he tried it in ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Audiolabyrinth - CBS Hytron - I have not A/B tested much, but what I can say is, it stays, compared to the stock Jan Philips. Very enjoyable, although perhaps the one I got is a bit used, I dont know. My system now is very chameleon-like, the "sou... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Re tube matching in Einstein The tube mk2:Brent Jessee who sold the two Siemens tubes for the phono inputs, and the Telefunken 12au7, has mailed that these are really NOS and need to be broken in. Whereas the CBS Hytron I bought on Ebay has been u... | |
| Tubes and vibration - Atma-sphere MA-1 The frames looked a bit strange and did not yield any clear benefit, so now, like many of my tweaks, they are gone again. Oh well... | |
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| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Needfreestuff - I was adviced by Brent Jessee (audiotubes.com) that the Siemens 6922s he sells, NOS from the 60s, were almost as good as Telefunken, with a similar sound, for less cost, so I bought them, and use them now for the phono inputs on th... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Charles1dad - "true musical emotion and involvement"Well said. Nothing else matters really. | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere I wonder if Einstein The Tube mk2 would sound even better with a bit less gain (it has no gain adjustment, just 12db). This may be influenced by the tubes I use. Not sure, is the RCA 12bh7 tube equal to other 12au7 variants, regarding gain? I noti... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere I have still not received the RCA that I ordered due to advice from Jafox. For the last days, I have been listening to Einstein The Tube with the NOS Siemens/Halske 6922 and Telefunken smooth plate 12au7. Playing the Beach Boys: Pet Sounds LP (DCC... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere "Sort of hung up on OTL" - this could be better explained. I had the Krell FPB600, the Dynaudio Consequence mk2, and should have been happy ever after. Trouble was, I wasn't. A main reason was, the Krell and the Consequence speakers only came into... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Thanks! The enjoyment is mutual. Looking at your system, I feel I might have gone your way too, into SET, after I quit solid-state, but I was sort of hung up by OTL - but enjoying it a lot so far. I guess it is no coincidence that it excels with '... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Charles1dad & Jafox, have you heard the Io Eclipse (not Signature), over a prolonged period of time? I have not heard a better phono stage, although I have not done a lot of comparison. Many reviewers agree. Of course, there are others, newer,... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Charles1dad - thanks, you make an interesting point, perhaps my preconceptions are wrong. But to my ears, the Io has the highest resolution. With the Einstein, I may not hear all the small sounds in Zappa's orchestra playing Waka Jawaka, but I get... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Very interesting!Albert - I use very low noise Telefunken in the Io, as you've written many times, these tubes are critical, and they help in the second and third gain stages also. The pair of Siemens is for the Einstein phono input, based on advi... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Jafox, do you have more details on the RCA 12BH7 that worked magic - ? These tubes can be found, but I am not sure is it the right one. |