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Here we go again…

 

Hej!

I have had my eyes on Line Magnetic Audio for some time, but a friend of mine says that I should stay away from hi-fi and hi-end made in china because they have bad luck when it comes to quality and that they sound bad.

I tell him that I have heard otherwise and that people really like the sound of the LM amplifiers.


So Line Magnetic owners, what do you say? Is he right or is he wrong?

 

By the way; has anyone been listening to LM34AI?

simna
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2psyop
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That looks like a great amp. I would be very surprised if you don’t really, really like it. Mine just got better with time. Replaced output tubes with Genelax Gold Lion KT88 and preamp tubes with NOS Sylvania and GE tubes. Best sound I have had..
simna OP
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I've ordered some tubes for the LM34IA;

4 Tung-Sol EL34B

2 Genalex Gold Lion ECC82
2 Mullard ECC82,1960 (not new)
2 Siemens NOS/NIB (1984-86)

1 Philips ECC83,1967 (not new)
1 Genalex Gold Lion ECC83
1 Elektro Harmonix ECC83

I hope I'll get them all the coming weekend and yes I'm a bit crazy:)

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2psyop
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Simna. That is gonna sound sweet.
lets us know how you like the amp and tubes. As stated, the step up in going from LM tubes to NOS, Mullard, Genelex, Tung-Sol etc is a huge payoff in SQ.
bjesien
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@Simna
Did you ever get the new tubes up and running? Any thoughts?
simna OP
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@bjesien 

Yes, I did. But one or more of the Tung-Sol EL34Bs are faulty, so I have to send them back. The Genalex Gold Lion ECC82s and the ECC83 works fine, but they haven't done more than 50 hours so they will change in sound. But I think the sound is a little veiled. I want a more open sound. Maybe it will change when the ECC82s and the ECC83 gets more hours. Or maybe when I get the new set of Tung-Sol EL34Bs. Or maybe some of the other ECC82s and ECC83s I also bought will do the trick.
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