paulcreed
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| Any love for the Gentalex Gold Lion 12ax7 gold pin? The 6922’s GL gold pin can’t pull them out fast enough. I like them better than the Telefunken smooth plate but never was crazy about that tube anyway. | |
| Driver Tubes 6922 Tony I wouldn’t worry so much about it if the seller will replace a noisy or bad tube. Your going to get bad tubes it’s just going to happen. I’ve been buying most of my tubes used from the same brick and mortar tube store for the last 15 years w... | |
| Tube Integrated With Clarity Bryland, I have the Audio Hungary a50i. You should be able to pick one up under $4000 used. I owned a LTA preamp and thought it was very nice but would not call it as tubey as I tend to prefer. I also own some modern Conrad Johnson and prefer ... | |
| Best amplifier for low to moderate listening levels I have a CJ cav45 S2 60 watt and believe that is close to your amp. I had same problem. I had to turn the volume up to find the sweet spot on 6 ohm 87 db and 8 ohm 92 db speakers usually 11 or 12 o’clock on volume knob at those levels sounded grea... | |
| What DAC to buy? MHDT Orchid has to be considered, you can pick them up under $1000. I still miss that dac and the MHDT Havana, they were just enjoyable to listen too, and only one tube to roll, the 6sn7 adapter was nice, just a fun dac. | |
| What DAC to buy? Denafrips Ares or RME adi2, Ares has a little better soundstage but RME is on the warm side, very transparent and a Swiss Army knife dac. I borrowed the Ares from a friend and owned the RME for a while. Between the 2 I would have to go RME for lon... | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions I haven’t read every post but the op decided not to buy an amp. He’s going to buy speakers. | |
| Conrad Johnson CAV45-S2 8 ohm? 4 ohm? Other? Sorry I was thinking Warnie7 was OP. OP you can open up amp and change ohms. I run 6 and 8 ohm speakers on 4 ohm tap and never felt a problem. I believe you need to know how to solder but don’t quote me on that. I was ready to solder mine but ne... | |
| Conrad Johnson CAV45-S2 8 ohm? 4 ohm? Other? Hi, you have Mullard new production tubes. I have a CJ cav45 S2 and mine came with the same Mullard tubes. I also have some Mullard xf2 Blackburn plant el34’s. The xf2’s are better but they should be at $200 each. What surprised me was how nice... | |
| Help me choose an Audio Research preamp/line stage (Please?) You mentioned Vandersteen likes Audio Research which I’ve heard too but they also like MCormack. I had Vandersteens and McCormack rev a mono blocks and that is a system I still miss. Very warm and natural a little different than the Audio Research. | |
| Suggestions please. Your favorite 3, 12ax7 tubes Okay perkadin, will do | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" Had Don Sachs Kootenay. Drove a couple hours to pick it up. When I went to lift it to carry to the car was a little shocked. Money had passed hands. If I drop it it’s not going to be a good day. Had a fairly long walk through a big house down a wa... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Linear Tube Audio 40 Reference Amps Cellorover I’m running Mullard xf2’s which makes a huge difference. Gives that amp it’s clarity and a sophisticated sound it needs kind of like mellow Teflon caps or a little upgrade. Luckily I have a stash of very nice 6922’s and 7308’s. That 692... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Linear Tube Audio 40 Reference Amps I don’t know if this helps but I have the Audio Hungary a50i and Conrad Johnson cav45 S2. I don’t know how much the LTA changes the character of your AH or much about LTA. I think the SE version they upgrade to Teflon caps, don’t quote me. That ma... | |
| A previous discussion included a statement about crossover components. I’ve found changing out caps can make a nice speaker sound much more enjoyable. I started out with Sonicaps there cheap and if no improvement it wouldn’t break the bank, there was a fair improvement. After a few months I pulled them out and rep... |