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| Question for tube aficionados I ended up ordering a matched pair of 12AU7 RCA Cleartop (side getter) tubes from Brent Jessee, raved about by both Brent Jessee and Joe’s Tube Lore, for $69/pair.Tube Depot is way overpriced. I’ll have to use my credit on something else. | |
| Question for tube aficionados lowrider57,Never mind, There’s only one 12AU7 Blackplate there!My mistake. Sorry for the post | |
| Question for tube aficionados lowrider57,There are many RCA Blackplates at various prices on Tube Depot. Do you have a preference? | |
| Question for tube aficionados lowrider57,Based on the recommendation at Joes Tube Lore, I’m getting a pair of RCA 12 AU7 in place of the Gold Lions. According to Joe, they should cost around $5.00. Tube Depot has them for 12x that price, but it will cost me about the same as... | |
| Question for tube aficionados I will soon have a credit of about $130 from Tube Depot, having already bought but not opened, a complete set of tubes for my preamp.With this, I’m thinking of getting two Gold Lion 12AU 7’s for my line section.This won’t cost me anything extra. ... | |
| Question for tube aficionados Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.My speakers are modified Dalquist DQ 20’s.Overall, the system is fairly well balanced. What could be improved is occasional brightness in the treble, especially in the line stage. Ideally, I’d like to repl... | |
| Question for tube aficionados 1grabber2,Thank you for your input (also wolf_garcia.)what do do you suggest, knowing what I have now?Gold Lions? | |
| Question for tube aficionados wolf_garcia,Can 6SN7GTB‘s be used in place of 12AX7 and 12AU7? | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... Like dorkwad, I have the solid state NuForce Ref 9 V3 monoblocks with new power supplies modified by TDSS, but combined with a vintage Conrad-Johnson PV 11 tube preamp.I agree, the Ref 9’s are pretty amazing especially when coupled with the sweetn... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Yes, Pogorelich is a great individualist.I saw him in his debut Carnegie Hall recital over twenty years ago.He showed utter disdain for the audience, never cracking a smile and barely acknowledging the presence of the audience.But, what a pianist!... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Yes it was!But I didn’t ge any because I left early! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Many years ago!Interesting story: The night of the Ashkenazy performance, my friends and I went outside of Carnegie and waited all night for Horowitz tickets to be sold in one of his first return concerts from his sabbatical.)(Actually, truth be t... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados schubert,I got the Sarasate music for violin and orchestra. I’ll have to look for the duos. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I saw Richter in one of his series of Carnegie recitals, and as much as I think he’s one of the greatest pianists who ever lived, I was unfortunately disappointed.Most of the problem was my seat, which was under an overhang in the Family Circle. ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schubert,I just got the Sarasate set (4 CDs!). Youre right, Tianwa Yang is quite the violinist! I’m surprised she’s not better known.btw, In an earlier post, you mentioned that you saw Ashkenazy in a high school auditorium. That’s where I first s... |