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| Sound of SED Winged C KT88 vs. SED Winged C 6550's SED winged C KT88 are more dynamic and have a little more bass than their softer sounding SED 6550. I preferred the KT88 myself and found the SED 6550 a little too laid back in my system. They definitely sound different, although not in a big way. | |
| Acoustic Zen Satori VS Analysis Plus Oval 9 By the way, my friend with the Transparent Ultra XL cables said he thought they were ever so slightly warmer and more "Transparent" than the Analysis Plus Black Oval 9. To me, that is not necessarily a good thing for my system, as the Oval 9 cabes... | |
| Tube rolling in Cayin A-88T The very alive front row center sounding Cayin A-88T is still one of the very best tube amps out there! The Cayin A-88T with its 45 tube watts and the less powerful Almarro 318B SET tube amp with its 18 tube watts, bettered over a dozen top flight... | |
| Analysis Plus oval 9 New v Old For the record, the last thing the Black Mesh Oval 9 are is bright, and all the professional reviews that I have read bear that out. The source of some of the differences of opinion are laid out in my recent post. | |
| Analysis Plus oval 9 New v Old I cannot speak for the older Oval 9 as I have never owned them. However, I have compared them to some other speaker cables. I recently purchased a pair of the newer Anaylsis Plus Black Mesh Oval 9 and compared them to my lovely award winning Acous... | |
| Acoustic Zen Satori VS Analysis Plus Oval 9 I found that the new Analysis Plus Oval 9 Black Mesh speaker cables on balance overall bested my Acoustic Zen Satori in my system. In the midrange, the Oval 9 sounded a little richer and warmer and slightly more natural and organic to me. Both hav... | |
| 6C33C-B tubes Going to have to eat my words on this one. Earlier I stated I thought the 6C18C to be warmer than the 6C33C. After pulling out two new pair of tubes and doing a serious A-B, I found the 6C33C to be slightly warmer and the 6C18C tubes to have a spl... | |
| 6C33C-B tubes If you do not have access to a tester for 6C33C tubes like most people, one way to test the 6C33C tubes is to put a new pair in your amp and see where the bias is. New tubes will usually not vary much more than 10% or so between each other. As the... | |
| 6C33C-B tubes You can easily take off about 10% of the manufacturer's recommended bias without a problem. Your tubes will last longer and sound ever so slightly warmer. If you raise the bias, you risk putting too much power through the circuit than it is prepar... | |
| Linn Basic LVX or Rega RB300 ? The Linn Basik LVX is a great sounding tonearm (and as a plus, has a detachable headshell). On my Linn Basik Turntable with a Shure VN5MR Cartridge, I acheived surprising synergy and sound that bested over half a dozen other turntable/cart combos ... | |
| Review of Kora Hermes DAC I liked the Siemens in the Kora Also. I found the Telefunken 12AT7 to sound a litle bit more musical for my taste while maintaining the lovely highs of the Siemens. The Mullards won the midrange but gave up something in the naturallness and smooth... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10 vs. PV-11 The PV-11 should easily best the known inferior PV-10. However, each to his own. I had my PV-11 modified which made it the best of all of them.Look under my virtual system review of Zu Speakers, Almarro 318B Tube Amp, and Linn Basik Turntable for ... | |
| "What's The Best Value Speaker In $5k-$10k Range?" Look under my virtual system review of Zu Speakers, Almarro 318B Tube Amp, and Linn Basik Turntable for system setup hints. | |
| Zu Omen Def's, Tekton Pendragon SEAS, or Omega's? Look under my virtual system review of Zu Speakers, Almarro 318B Tube Amp, and Linn Basik Turntable for system setup hints. | |
| Conrad Johnson Preamplifier & Tubes Linn Turntable Look under my virtual system review of Zu Speakers, Almarro Tube Amp, and Linn Basik Turntable for system setup hints. |