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| VTL ULTIMATE M/C The two 12AU7 (5814) are closer to the center and the two 12AT7 (6201) are closer to the transformers. The circuit for the later version is the same as the earlier version, just laid out differently on the boards. Try using a 12AX7 instead of the ... | |
| OPT question: AirTight w/ Tamura vs Marant 8B The Maranzt 8B had a very nice OPT in it (It is a diferent animal than the pair in the original model-8). The amp as a whole is musical. As an historical collectors piece, the tube Marantz gear is classic and are collectors items (depending on con... | |
| Opinion of Quicksilver KT88 60 watt mono amps Don't bother. I had a pair back in the early 1990s. If you want 1950s sound, buy them. Poor bass performance. Mid range is nice and highs are a bit rolled off. The stock Chinese KT88 back in the day were junk. I pitched them and replaced them with... | |
| 845 recommendations from actual experience I don't know about your amp, but I do know about the 845 tube - first hand experience. NOS RCA and United 845 tubes are far and away the best - night and day. The Chinese are not even close. But, the Chinese are affordable and do sound okay. The C... | |
| Moscode Minuet in "A" tubes 800uf 300v photoflash caps. They should be replaced ASAP. Some of the old photoflash caps in the old VTL and Melos preamps sound great and are safe to use because they are NOT used straight off of the rectifier (or near heat producing transformers... | |
| Bruce Moore's Paragon 12 vs Juicy Music Blueberry I have owned both the Berning TF-10 and the Paragon Model-12. I still own the model 12. I found the model 12 to be far more musical than the Berning, C-J Premier Three, Precision Fidelity C-4 and a host of other preamps that I have owned. The soun... | |
| Leave tubes in phono section if not using it? Leave the tubes in. If you operate this preamp without tubes in place, it will "un-load" the regulators. Voltages in some places will rise, and may rise above the rating of some components. The repair bill will most likely be higher than the cost ... | |
| Moscode Minuet in "A" tubes The 12AX7 is in the phono stage and the 6DJ8 has one half in the phono (at the output) and one half in the line stage. The line stage sounds darn good with just about every 6DJ8 tube that I have tried. |