wolf_garcia
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| Could use your advice re: tube gear Yeah...the mods from both Jolida (of course) and Underwood are warranty covered, as is my amp if the KT120s blow it up. Supposedly my Preludes (the latest model...there'e been a couple) are 91db, although I think that's generous. I use the 8ohm ta... | |
| Configuration Questions You can hear differences with everything, but I have to say when I've compared modern DACs to one another it gets really tough...maybe more so than with most other components. | |
| Configuration Questions I think the original DACmagic sounds amazing especially if you use the Pangea power supply with it. The original "magic" has a crappy USB system so if you're going to use that (I don't with mine) feature get the new "plus" version or one of the ot... | |
| Could use your advice re: tube gear My upgrades came from Jerred at Jolida in MD and they may be like those which (via Canada's "Parts Connexion") Underwood provides although I have no idea, but they seem similar in description. I use it with a beefy dual mono (Vincent-esque...same ... | |
| KT120 transformer failures Wilson...I looked up "tctubes.com" and now I see why you asked, and I hope you find out and let me know. Although I will feel bad that MY tubes weren't as "custom matched"...damn! | |
| new tung sol kt 120 My KT120s weren't that expensive, and they're back in the amp as of today. After comparing them to the other tubes I think I'm gonna hang with these for a while. | |
| KT120 transformer failures Nope...but you should feel free to call them and bet they'll give you the info you want. I merely described to them the "filament headroom" warnings that I kept noticing in the KT120 descriptions and they said there's plenty of transformer headroo... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State Tube amps are more fun. There I said it. | |
| new tung sol kt 120 They work great in my new Jolida JD502P...I talked to everybody except the janitor (unless I DID talk to the janitor) at Jolida before risking transformer meltdown and was assured it was fine...they do run hotter than 6550s, but sound more refined... | |
| Solid State Pre-Amp: OK to Use With Tube Amp? I had an HCA 1000A for years...bought it new actually. Great sounding amp with tons of power...input level controls, built like a tank. Sort of all the amp one needs really. I don't think tube amps are for everyone...fiddly things really, and they... | |
| Solid State Pre-Amp: OK to Use With Tube Amp? As an aside: I have a 60 watt Jolida (new) and it is interesting to hear how the thing sounds at that wattage, relative to SS amps I've owned (with high current power supplies). I really don't buy the "tube amp wattage sounds like a multiple of SS... | |
| KT120 transformer failures Damn...that's such sad new for CL-120 users everywhere. I hope they can go on somehow to find meaning in this otherwise tube specific world we share as they stand in the cold shadows with their frostbitten noses pressed against the window hopeless... | |
| Could use your advice re: tube gear I second the sub thing...been using a old REL Q150e and it really makes everything around it sing. | |
| need 2 channel amp Ditto the Jolida 502P (note to Wilson 667..the KT120's haven't melted it yet)...everyone should have one of these and if you don't have one, well...that's too damn bad. | |
| KT120 transformer failures The Roswell crash proves that interstellar space aliens should NOT be using Russian tubes (back then from OUR future no less) without robust transformer filament windings.I have no idea what "Smoffat" is, or what a CL-120 is unless you mean the ol... |