4hannons,
THANK
YOU very much for all the details! It is
definitely helpful.
I must admit I'm intrigued by your description of the Sachs. Like you I'm big on dynamics and "punch". OTOH, I do want some real tube sweetness and holigraphics, etc.
I
am curious about your impressions on the extent of the differences between your
3 units. In other words, if on a
spectrum of “tubey-ness” where solid state, or the Pass, is 0 and super tubey
is 10, where would you place the Sachs and deHavviland?
It
is interesting that the Sachs has 4 6SN7 tubes vs only 1 for the deHavilland, and
yet it is the deHavilland that you feel exhibits more of the classic tube
characteristics. I wonder why?
I
hear you about the potential effect of different model tubes installed. If you have any interest, I wonder what your
impressions would be with one of the Sachs stock tubes in the deHavilland; this
could be closer to an apples to apples comparison (even if the deHavilland tube
was in the Sachs, it would only be 1 of 4).
Thanks
for noting your gear – nice system btw! I
also have a McCormack amp, although mine is a stock DNA 0.5 deluxe.
Thanks
again!