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Tube Phono Stage with balls, and slam!!

Hello friends
I have a Well tempered TT, classic made in the 90's, with a Zu Denon 103 Catrtridge , and a Vacume Tube, phono stage, wich is solid state,  with a tube push and pull intergrated amp, with Zu speaker's
It seems to me that the set up, might be bright, on 60% or recordings, with the piano on the up, and femails, on volcals, seem a bit bright!!
Should I go for the Decaware, phono stage, which is tube based!!, or would this be to much, on the soft side??
I like my music, with deep bass, with slam!!(I do get this with some recordings) , but sometime some recordings are a  bit bright!!, I have a solid state phono stage, with RCA plug's, that fit in the rear of the unit, to excite, or tame the above, my tast in music, is Rock,Punk, new wave, power jazz etc!!, I have used 100ohms, plugs, and 275 ohms, but can't seem to get it right, I'm almost there!!
Any thoughts
David Spry
Australia
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daveyonthecoast OP
40 posts
 
Hello Friends
Thanks for your input!!
I just wan't to know, if feeding a tube phono stage, to a tube push pull intergrated, would be to much of a good thing
I like my music fast with good bass and plenty of slam!!
The system at the moment, is a solid state, phono stage, that I can with RCA resistors!!, the bass seems fine, it just depends on the recording, and some times will shock me how deep it gets, but 60?%, I't seems a touch bright, would pairing my tube intergrated, with the decaware, phono stage, be to soft, or maybe play around with the loading of the Zu Denpn 103 Cartridge??
Forgive me, I'm new to this, I'm 90% there, but wish to go the whole way
Many Thanks
David Spry
rlawry
485 posts
 
David:  Since the sweet spot of tubes is voltage amplification, tubed phono stages/preamps that use small signal tubes for gain are probably the best bet for this application.  Yes, a SS preamp might give a little more speed and bass extension, but there are many tubed phono stages and preamps for a reason:  they are sonically superior in many ways.  You should get your music fast with good bass and plenty of slam using tubed phono stages.  For power amps, however, tubes do not work as well for current amplification due to higher output impedances and you get more mixed results.  As someone else mentioned, getting enough voltage gain overall in your system is paramount in obtaining optimal sonics, and I personally like tubed phono stages like my Manley Steelhead phono stage and my tubed Essence preamp.  I use a SS Essence power amp.  Many top phono stages such as the Steelhead use a step-up transformer for moving coil cartridge gain and 6922 or other small-signal tubes for moving magnet gain.
bpoletti
1,556 posts
 
rlawry - Your statement only applies to components that don't take into consideration using solid state amplification with tube preamps.  Good designers make their amps with sufficient input impedance to work with the higher output impedance of tube preamps.  Good designers make their tube preamps capable of driving lower impedance amps.

op - Get a cartridge.  A REAL cartridge. 
analogluvr
859 posts
 
Herron. It will be your last phono stage. 
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