Tavish Design Adagio Owners

Glenn

That is a highly regarded and praised cartridge , You Lucky Guy .

While I can't afford a cartridge like that I can to try a 12BH7 , thanks .

Something I experienced that I'd like to pass on ,
I had 3 12ax7 GE gray long plate tubes dated within 6 months 1959/60.
I was testing them in the 3rd  position , 1 sounded ok , the 2d one sounded real good but the 3rd one sounded magical !

You might want to try each of your 5751s in the 1st position ,
or go a little further and put  JJs in #2and #3 using a GE in the 1st position rotating the other 2 in and placing the best sounding one in position 1 .
You might find a little more magic .

Rob

Glenn

That is one highly regarded and praised cartridge , you lucky guy ,
While I can't afford a cartridge like that , I can try a 12BH7 tube , thanks.

I'd like to pass on something I experienced with 3 of the same tubes 
dated within 6 months of each other 1959/60 , GE long gray plates ,
2 sounded good and one stood out like magic .
You might want to try rotating your tubes to the 1st position or
go a little further and place JJ tubes in 2 & 3 to help isolate the sound of your GE tube while listening for the magic one .

Rob                                                                     

Thanks Rob, I may have to give that a try.

Glenn

Are there any other Tavish Design Adagio owners out there ?

callanjo2 , by now you have recieved yours , what do you think ?
have you been rolling tubes ?

grk , have you made any changes ?

I continued trying different 12au7a tubes since you only have 1
to buy and try . 2 GE gray plates from the early 60's, RCA black plate from the late 50's and then I tried Sylvania ! A gem that few talk about ,
I had pick up 2 from the early 60's for less than $10.00 and they both sounded great and was the tube maker I would be using
until I read about the Amperex 7316 and it's linearity ,
spent more than I'd like ( $110 )
but it is the best sounding , is it worth 10X ? 

I was able to try a Telefunken from the 60's and it sounded 
beautifully creamy , almost to sweet but I could love this sound  .

Next I rolled 5751s , I changed just about everything ,
I had found using a GE from the late 50's in the 1st postion 
and the new Tung-Sols in the 2d and 3rd postion .
I tried using 3 GE tubes all from 1960 ,  the sound was beautiful 
EXCEPT very little low end ! 
trying every combination I could I ended up with using 
a 1959 GE long plate in the 1st postion , a 1960 GE long plate 
( one of the 3 I had purchased for $30 ) in the 2d postion and then 
a Tung-Sol in the 3rd postion , this tube brought out the low end .
I tried Tung-Sols in positions 2 and 3 but they didn't add anymore bass 
and I lost some of the sparkle that the GE added in the 2d postion .

 grk you talked about upgrading the transformers for more bass ,
try an new Tung-Sol gold pin 5751 in the 3rd postion for more bass ,
worth trying for only $35.00 .

Rob

Has anyone had issues with resonance? Mine has caused my sub to pump on quiet parts. I’m planning on buying isolation pucks for my TT. Anyone have any experience and what you did?