What are we talking about tubes or SS, or Blondes or Brunettes...I guess depending on the mood, but mainly I like brunnettes and tubes. I had the Quad II and are very nice but the Leak TL12.1 are way better...I would say class A push pull triode tubes are best.
I really think one should get a good legendary pair of monoblocks and learn their ways in and out in order to make them sound their best in any system.
I had mine for about ten years now and have changed every resistor and cap, I know what changes come frome changing each resistor from Tantalum to Caddock to metalfilm. What 6SN7 tubes sound better, when to use the original caps etc.
The most amazing mod ever: Cutting off the lowest octave of the freq. response! Changing the RC coupling from one stage to the other you can limit the bandwith of the amps dumping the lower octave, you will be rewarded with the best mids and highs ever, My amps should now go down to about 40 hz, and from there up they are amazing!!!
The rest of the bass is covered by "yes" a subwoofer with a dedicated amp designed to go that low.
A friend with ML 20.5 has tried the same and was rewarded with the same best mids and highs...
So no matter blonde or brunnette learn how make your amps sound better!!!
I really think one should get a good legendary pair of monoblocks and learn their ways in and out in order to make them sound their best in any system.
I had mine for about ten years now and have changed every resistor and cap, I know what changes come frome changing each resistor from Tantalum to Caddock to metalfilm. What 6SN7 tubes sound better, when to use the original caps etc.
The most amazing mod ever: Cutting off the lowest octave of the freq. response! Changing the RC coupling from one stage to the other you can limit the bandwith of the amps dumping the lower octave, you will be rewarded with the best mids and highs ever, My amps should now go down to about 40 hz, and from there up they are amazing!!!
The rest of the bass is covered by "yes" a subwoofer with a dedicated amp designed to go that low.
A friend with ML 20.5 has tried the same and was rewarded with the same best mids and highs...
So no matter blonde or brunnette learn how make your amps sound better!!!