Valves arrived today, and successfully installed.
I think they are the best I have had yet. Sounding very good.
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Valves arrived today, and successfully installed.
I think they are the best I have had yet. Sounding very good.
Kevin
Too busy enjoying the music....
European loan coordinator for Graham Slee HiFi system components..
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Its a great way to get the sound to your liking isn't it?
Recently swapped out my pre valves (Jan Phillips) for a set of Tung Sol 5687's.
Now these sound a bit special...
A bit of that ole SET valve magic going on.
Last edited by Gazjam; 04-11-2015 at 19:55.
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Yep. So many to choose from though.
I am just trying to find a bit of info on Mullard CV5358 valves. They seem ridiculously cheap, but how do they compare to CV2492 valves?
Who's Pete?
Kevin
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I thought I could not use PCC88s in my 6922 positions, but the text at Upscale Audio seems to say I could?
http://www.upscaleaudio.com/pages/6922-Tube-Types.html
Kevin
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Edited!
Too many threads at once...
Originally Posted by CageyH
Yep. So many to choose from though.
I am just trying to find a bit of info on Mullard CV5358 valves. They seem ridiculously cheap, but how do they compare to CV2492 valves?
Who's Pete?
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
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