Steelhead permits C adjustments too.
Lab12 Melto 2 - tube rolling
Just acquired a well cared for Melto 2. Wanted to give a tube phono stage a try in my system.
The unit comes with stock 2 Electro Harmonics 6922 and 2 OTK1 Russian military 6n23p EB tubes.
I’d like to hear from the Melto 2 owners, or owners of phono stages that utilize 6922 tubes, about your experience with replacing EH 6922 with better tubes.
Sound characteristics - what changed, what was the improvement?
Considering current production Gold Lions as I remember liking them in the Rogue line stage…but those were 12AU7 and not 6922.
Table/cart - VPI Prime X/Hana Umami Blue
Cables - kimber carbon phono from table to Melto2, kimber carbon XLR from phono stage to integrated
Any thoughts?
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@billstevenson no I haven’t - I only have one cartridge, Hana Umami Blue, and it’s a moving coil type. |
Understood. I have more cartridges than good sense. Because I acquired a large estate collection last year and many of the records are not in the greatest shape I have been playing a lot of them with MM cartridges. I have two TTs set up so it is easy to switch. The best MM are extraordinary and your Melto-2 would allow optimization if you ever want to experiment. On an unrelated topic earlier in this tread there was discussion about Dexter Gordon, I am a big fan, but I wanted to mention the latest Tone Poet release of Fred Jackson. Anyone who likes Dex would probably like Fred.
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@billstevenson thank you for the music recommendation. I’ll give that album a listen. As to MM and Melto 2, in the stereophile review they were pretty thrilled with the sound of the 2M Black LBV with this phono stage. So I would assume they were able to dial that Ortofone cartridge in. It’s unlikely that Herb Reichert would listen without optimizing the setup. |
@audphile1 Just came across this thread. Thank you for starting it! Coincidentally I have a Melto 2 + VPI Prime with fatboy gimbal arm and Hana umami blue cartridge. Very similar to you. I haven’t tried tube rolling yet. So far what are your favorites? I listen to jazz also. |
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