hmm perhaps a bit too hopeful?
dont get me wrong it has improved it and its also opened up more with use,i very happy with the purchase and wouldn't go back.
hmm perhaps a bit too hopeful?
dont get me wrong it has improved it and its also opened up more with use,i very happy with the purchase and wouldn't go back.
My System
John Wood KT88 Amp.
Paradise Phono Stage
Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
Sony X555ES Cd Player
Yamaha NS1000m Speakers
What a couple of days of ups and down,talk about coincidence.
So heres the story,since seeing some NOS GEC KT88's at the audiojumble i told the seller if he still had them in a few months time id buy a set,as pay day was near i phoned him a few weeks ago to see if he still had them,he did but was going on holiday for 3 weeks.
Ok i thought that gives me more time to save up,so wednesday evening i phoned him and arranged to come up today.All good so far,well it was up until last night when one of my sovetek kt88's decided to go bang,i lept out the sofa and flicked the off switch,just before i got there the sound went off bugger!
As luck would have it the guy selling the GEC's was John Cresswell,an audio engineer based near woking,so with the thought of new valves taking a back seat i set of today to see what damage had been done.
John gave the amp a good check over,it had one blown resistor and one fuse gone,after fitting new ones the amp was checked out of the oscilloscope,sadly all that was above my head but he confirmed all was healthy and it was putting out a clean 112 watts.
So with that in mind i decided to try the supposedly top of the tree,nothing comes close GEC KT88's. Im listening to them now and yes they are better than the sovteks that were in there,i'll give them a few weeks of use to burn in (if that applies) to fully decide if the huge price difference is worth it
My System
John Wood KT88 Amp.
Paradise Phono Stage
Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
Sony X555ES Cd Player
Yamaha NS1000m Speakers
Well they certainly look the business mate.
Lovely stuff!
cheers matey,they are opening up a tad,the mid range is very good and much better than the old valves,im just glad the bloody amp works at the moment.
My System
John Wood KT88 Amp.
Paradise Phono Stage
Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
Sony X555ES Cd Player
Yamaha NS1000m Speakers
I'll bet. Its panic stations when something goes wrong.
I couldn't get the Krell's protection circuit to turn off yesterday. I was bricking it. Turned out I hadn't quite joined the leg to the board well enough in the DCB1. I repaired and it was back up and running but before I realised what had happened I was thinking ££££££££££ repair lol
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NO they look pish mate and sound POO as well ,
when you want to recoup some ( Not a lot ) of your investment
Let me know and I may just help you out
I am kind like that
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Jamie,
Looks like me and you are going down the same route! I've a couple of GEC kt88 and buy them when cheap enough. Only two more to go, currently using the Golden Lions Genalex
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well if your near me anytime your welcome for a listen
sweet as,my only trouble is ive only heard the original sovteks to compare them too,the sensible thing would have been to buy the gold lion reissues but hey ho its done now.
what signal tubes do you use?
My System
John Wood KT88 Amp.
Paradise Phono Stage
Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
Sony X555ES Cd Player
Yamaha NS1000m Speakers
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
VALVE
PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker