In the process of testing Philips miniwatt ax's,, Sylavnia, and have some rebranded Siemens arriving next week.
Trying to get a few RCA's long black plates.
will take some months to gather some opinions.
as the preamp distorts the fq's, its pretty hard to get a solid opinion.
I really need to get the cayin SC6 to gather solid evidence as to how each tube voices the fq's.
Right now, i am of the opinion ~~~most every old stock tube are very close in voicing, with only a subtle dif, = meaning , why spend $$$$$ ona old tube,w hen others can be had for less than 1/2 the price?
~~My 2nd opinion, not based on solid evidence as yet, is that the ~~~Siemens may offer the finest nuances in mids/highs~~ That not by much,,,raisiing the Q<<Is it really worth it to pay near $100 fora old stock AX tube?
I should confess right here, that my hearing is not perfect, thus limiting my ability to hear the slightest nuances in the ax's.
The refinery where work, hgavea hearing test, which showed i have loss in registering the highest fq's.
balancing out this hearing loss is my experience of some 30 yrs in speaker shootouts.
I know what high fidelity is, and what lacks.
My system is a class B sound,, But hope to bring it to Class A/B by the end of this year.
The Defy is certainly the star of the show, requiring all back up support to come up to Class A/B.
The Thors need new xovers.
The cayin Cd17 is about to go off to Richard Grey's shop for new caps. along with the solid copper posts, etc etc.
I have my work cut out and will post YT vids as these mods are employed.
The mic in this cheap camera, is holding back what is being presented in the room, yet you should be able to hear how poor the preamp is voicing the entire system,
Which leads to this conclusion.
~~The weakest link/unit in your system, will hold <<Center Stage Spot light>>, IOW the <<singer>> in my system is the Lite LS9 Preamp.
The weakest ubit in your system will produce the colration to the entire system.
Ck ourt all the Jadis systems at Audio Exhibitions, the rooms have 100K Jadis sets ups, and yet the sound comes across as class C, if not class D.
Why is this?
The speakers Jadis employs in these audio shows are class D speakers.
So although the jadis units are all Class AAA, by employing Class D speakers, the system is dragged down to ~~~Class D sound~~~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh9nf1GTM9Y
Trying to get a few RCA's long black plates.
will take some months to gather some opinions.
as the preamp distorts the fq's, its pretty hard to get a solid opinion.
I really need to get the cayin SC6 to gather solid evidence as to how each tube voices the fq's.
Right now, i am of the opinion ~~~most every old stock tube are very close in voicing, with only a subtle dif, = meaning , why spend $$$$$ ona old tube,w hen others can be had for less than 1/2 the price?
~~My 2nd opinion, not based on solid evidence as yet, is that the ~~~Siemens may offer the finest nuances in mids/highs~~ That not by much,,,raisiing the Q<<Is it really worth it to pay near $100 fora old stock AX tube?
I should confess right here, that my hearing is not perfect, thus limiting my ability to hear the slightest nuances in the ax's.
The refinery where work, hgavea hearing test, which showed i have loss in registering the highest fq's.
balancing out this hearing loss is my experience of some 30 yrs in speaker shootouts.
I know what high fidelity is, and what lacks.
My system is a class B sound,, But hope to bring it to Class A/B by the end of this year.
The Defy is certainly the star of the show, requiring all back up support to come up to Class A/B.
The Thors need new xovers.
The cayin Cd17 is about to go off to Richard Grey's shop for new caps. along with the solid copper posts, etc etc.
I have my work cut out and will post YT vids as these mods are employed.
The mic in this cheap camera, is holding back what is being presented in the room, yet you should be able to hear how poor the preamp is voicing the entire system,
Which leads to this conclusion.
~~The weakest link/unit in your system, will hold <<Center Stage Spot light>>, IOW the <<singer>> in my system is the Lite LS9 Preamp.
The weakest ubit in your system will produce the colration to the entire system.
Ck ourt all the Jadis systems at Audio Exhibitions, the rooms have 100K Jadis sets ups, and yet the sound comes across as class C, if not class D.
Why is this?
The speakers Jadis employs in these audio shows are class D speakers.
So although the jadis units are all Class AAA, by employing Class D speakers, the system is dragged down to ~~~Class D sound~~~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh9nf1GTM9Y