Hi jkull,
It’s fun reading your fulfilling tube rolling experiences and I know how rewarding and eye opening it can be. I'm very interested to read what degree of change the vintage Western Electric 310a offer. This is the point discussed earlier in this thread, a fundamentally well executed amplifier revealing its true sonic potential with higher quality tube replacement. It is counterproductive to handicap high caliber amplifiers with mediocre level tubes.
You are really moving fast towards genuine top tier home audio sound. You are beyond the previous big SS amplifier setup as you acknowledge. Once you actually experience that pure natural sound quality it becomes impossible to to go back to what you had, there's no looking back. This happened to me as its has with others who've discovered the superior music reproduction of high quality lower power tube amplifiers, particularly SET. I'm happy for your fabulous journey into this special genre. Keep us posted on your continuing and engaging path.
Charles
It’s fun reading your fulfilling tube rolling experiences and I know how rewarding and eye opening it can be. I'm very interested to read what degree of change the vintage Western Electric 310a offer. This is the point discussed earlier in this thread, a fundamentally well executed amplifier revealing its true sonic potential with higher quality tube replacement. It is counterproductive to handicap high caliber amplifiers with mediocre level tubes.
You are really moving fast towards genuine top tier home audio sound. You are beyond the previous big SS amplifier setup as you acknowledge. Once you actually experience that pure natural sound quality it becomes impossible to to go back to what you had, there's no looking back. This happened to me as its has with others who've discovered the superior music reproduction of high quality lower power tube amplifiers, particularly SET. I'm happy for your fabulous journey into this special genre. Keep us posted on your continuing and engaging path.
Charles