Tavish Design Adagio Owners

I am using a Kiseki Purple Heart N.S. which has a .5mv output. The Adagio has plenty of gain for that cart.

Glenn

That is a highly regarded and praised cartridge , You Lucky Guy .

While I can't afford a cartridge like that I can to try a 12BH7 , thanks .

Something I experienced that I'd like to pass on ,
I had 3 12ax7 GE gray long plate tubes dated within 6 months 1959/60.
I was testing them in the 3rd  position , 1 sounded ok , the 2d one sounded real good but the 3rd one sounded magical !

You might want to try each of your 5751s in the 1st position ,
or go a little further and put  JJs in #2and #3 using a GE in the 1st position rotating the other 2 in and placing the best sounding one in position 1 .
You might find a little more magic .

Rob

Glenn

That is one highly regarded and praised cartridge , you lucky guy ,
While I can't afford a cartridge like that , I can try a 12BH7 tube , thanks.

I'd like to pass on something I experienced with 3 of the same tubes 
dated within 6 months of each other 1959/60 , GE long gray plates ,
2 sounded good and one stood out like magic .
You might want to try rotating your tubes to the 1st position or
go a little further and place JJ tubes in 2 & 3 to help isolate the sound of your GE tube while listening for the magic one .

Rob                                                                     

Thanks Rob, I may have to give that a try.

Glenn

Are there any other Tavish Design Adagio owners out there ?

callanjo2 , by now you have recieved yours , what do you think ?
have you been rolling tubes ?

grk , have you made any changes ?

I continued trying different 12au7a tubes since you only have 1
to buy and try . 2 GE gray plates from the early 60's, RCA black plate from the late 50's and then I tried Sylvania ! A gem that few talk about ,
I had pick up 2 from the early 60's for less than $10.00 and they both sounded great and was the tube maker I would be using
until I read about the Amperex 7316 and it's linearity ,
spent more than I'd like ( $110 )
but it is the best sounding , is it worth 10X ? 

I was able to try a Telefunken from the 60's and it sounded 
beautifully creamy , almost to sweet but I could love this sound  .

Next I rolled 5751s , I changed just about everything ,
I had found using a GE from the late 50's in the 1st postion 
and the new Tung-Sols in the 2d and 3rd postion .
I tried using 3 GE tubes all from 1960 ,  the sound was beautiful 
EXCEPT very little low end ! 
trying every combination I could I ended up with using 
a 1959 GE long plate in the 1st postion , a 1960 GE long plate 
( one of the 3 I had purchased for $30 ) in the 2d postion and then 
a Tung-Sol in the 3rd postion , this tube brought out the low end .
I tried Tung-Sols in positions 2 and 3 but they didn't add anymore bass 
and I lost some of the sparkle that the GE added in the 2d postion .

 grk you talked about upgrading the transformers for more bass ,
try an new Tung-Sol gold pin 5751 in the 3rd postion for more bass ,
worth trying for only $35.00 .

Rob