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| Aric Audio Super 2A3 owners - favorite tubes? @vthokie83 The problem is they are aligned right in front of each other rather than side to side, so its a front/back distance that is the issue and it's quite close. I'm not sure I'd want to put anything but standard sized tubes there from a cool... | |
| Aric Audio Super 2A3 owners - favorite tubes? The only bummer for me is that the Super 2a3 amp from aric has the 6SL7 and 6SN7 tubes too close together to accommodate these larger tubes. I'd love to experiment with using the linlai tubes in the amp as well. I could get away with replacing jus... | |
| Aric Audio Super 2A3 owners - favorite tubes? @1markr Will keep my eyes out for any of the Svetlanas. I've been waiting for the Linlai 5U4G to come back in stock with Grant Fidelity. Hopefully sometime soon. They're nicely priced. I have the opportunity to get some KR 5U4G tubes, but they are... | |
| Aric Audio Super 2A3 owners - favorite tubes? @vthokie83 haha! I totally get what you mean. Huge amount of value from Aric's gear. Interesting notes re: chinese tubes. I know that Shuguang is basically gone since they had a plant fire or something, and Linlai folks left PSVane due to a dispu... | |
| Aric Audio Super 2A3 owners - favorite tubes? @vthokie83 Congratulations! How are you liking them so far? I just finished trying the Linlai e-6sn7 tubes vs my sylvania 6sn7GTs and I actually wound up preferring the Linlais, believe it or not. In my system, they just sounded more open and air... | |
| SUT help Okay so maybe time to get back on the rails here... What exactly is the point here? None of this is doing any service to my original question, and seems more to be a debate about who is 'right.' The theoretical gear needed (or not needed) to 'pr... | |
| SUT help @tomic601 That is quite true! I am not of the camp that aspires to absolute purity above all else. Somewhere in the middle is where I like to land, so I’m not quite as concerned about being ’distortion free.’ I mean, most of my gear is tube gear ... | |
| SUT help Seems I poked the beehive with this topic 😅. I appreciate all the varying perspectives here. Has given me things to consider. | |
| SUT help @bobsdevices the man himself! Thank's for your insight. | |
| SUT help @billstevenson Agree. I don't want this to turn into a debate on whether one is necessary or sounds different or not, since I'm a pretty firm believer in having to use my own ears to determine that. Even in my own system, what is perceptable to me... | |
| SUT help @lewm That's a very good point! | |
| Aric Audio Super 2A3 owners - favorite tubes? @vthokie83 Thanks for the heads up. I'd never come across his website before. I'll check it out! | |
| SUT help @theflattire interesting! I'm definitely considering the Umami (though I also thought about the Etsuro Cobalt) but I struggle spending $4k (or $6k) on a cart that will have to be replaced every couple years due to wear. The trade in is a 30% disc... | |
| SUT help @theflattire Thanks for sharing. Pretty simple and clean inside. @billstevenson Bob's is definitely an option too. Looks like full refunds accepted minus 10% restock fee for 2 weeks. Could be wise to start there since if I can't really discern an... | |
| SUT help @theflattire home&scitek on ebay? Interesting. Looks like they just use a kit basically. |