o_holter
Responses from o_holter
| 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. | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere An A-B testPlaying Ane Brun: These days (from the It all starts with one LP)(System: Lyra Atlas / SME V / Hanss T30 / Io Eclipse / Einstein The Tube / Atma-sphere MA-1 / Audiokinesis Dream Makers)A - direct from Io Eclipse to MA-1 ampsB - through ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Thanks Jafox - I will try. I also have a Tele au7 and a pair of Siemens 6922 coming. Will be interesting. Did you try the Hytron? Are you saying, you preferred the Einstein to the Callisto Sig? Albert - thanks, very interesting. If I had known tha... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Ditto HMS Donovan, the original Dawn double LP - amazing, an overlooked gem. This preamp makes Donovan a folk singer, quite rightly, but I can hear him rock out too, no problem. Donovan took the consequence of "the youth revolution" and created a ... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Experiences from other Audiogon members regarding The Tube, especially in combination with good tube phono stages and amps, are of course very welcome too. | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere As well as other tests:Deep Purple, Shield (from Book of Taliesyn LP) - wow!New Vermont LP - same - best sound so farDiana Krall and various jazz - also very goodThe Einstein The Tube preamp perhaps excels even more in the "energetic" than in the ... |