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