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| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Hi, Roxy,Spoke to Andy at Vintage Tube today and ordered one of those slightly used RCA 6SN7's. I'll let you know the results. Thanks again for the tip! | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Roxy,The Psvane 274B (which I just discovered by doing a little online research is a Chinese clone of an old Western electric tube) is not all that expensive, as these things go. I have seen it online for between $100 and $120, at the cheapest. No... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Roxy, Thanks a lot for the tip! I can probably rustle up $46 for that tube and if you like it that much it seems worth a try. Thank you.As for the 274 B, mine is a Chinese Psvane. When Brian sent it to me (some of the tubes for my kit had original... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Roxy,Texas, not far from Sebrof. | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Saki,I think I am sitting tight for the time being. I keep having these "huge grin moments" with old, familiar recordings sounding so much more enjoyable than they ever have in the past. I'm not talking about "I can hear the bass player cough at 5... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Coli and Mrdecibel,I've thought of Klipsch; the pricing of a lot of their floor-standers is certainly very reasonable by high-end standards. The thing is, I find their line to be so huge and diverse that I can't figure out what to even consider. A... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Mikirob,Listening to an eclectic mix of Holst, Peter Gabriel and Cheryl Crow this afternoon. Wow! You are just going to love the Kit 1 when your wife builds it. Trust me! ;-) | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Yes, Charles, I now find myself firmly in the "measurements are useful, but how does it actually SOUND" camp. :-) | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Brownsfan,I suppose it makes some sense, at least intuitively, that the De Capo's would be particularly sensitive to amplifier topology, since the main driver is coupled directly to the amplifier signal. I'm sure there's more to it than that, but,... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Charles,One thing I forgot to mention in the Diana Krall example.After the instrumental introduction to the title track, "When I Look in Your Eyes," Diana enters, singing. She is singing very softly, her mouth is apparently very, very close to the... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Tubegroover,I hope you get to hear a SET with your De Capo's one day. If you do, let us know what you think. I don't feel like the Kit 1 runs out of gas with them, but only you can tell in your system and with the music you love. Again, I am in a ... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Mikirob,I will be delighted to hear about your wife's experience building the Kit 1. I would certainly go for the best capacitors you can put in the amp – I do think they make a difference. I also recommend seeing if you can get one of these 274 B... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Brownsfan,It's funny that you chime in that this point, because I was thinking the other day that there is some kind of real synergy between the De Capo and 300 B SET amplification. It now makes sense to me that Tash Goka, the head of Reference 3A... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Charles,Good question. To be honest, no, there's nothing I miss about the Manley Mahis. At least with my associated equipment, I feel that the Kit 1 betters the Manley's in every way. The Kit 1 is much quieter – it is dead silent even if I turn th... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps De Capo's are sounding luscious with the Kit 1 these days. I think that the amp continues to settle in. Bass is firming up further and soundstage is huge. Imaging is unreal. Still toying with trying the Lore 2.0's or the Omega Alnico Monitors but ... |