abnerjack
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| Foreign Tongues - New Rolling Stone Album (vinyl) The Rolling Stones sound like a cheap imitation of themselves. The instrumentation is still good, but the music is lacking. So are the songs. I wouldn't buy and won't listen to their new stuff, but I still love the older good stuff. I must adm... | |
| Skyanalog 3D Reference - MC Cartridge @pindac You have made many nice posts and have demonstrated lots of likability and courtesy. This last post is embarrassing and brings you down to the level of the person you are parroting. If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Y... | |
| Do clothes make the man? @desktopguy Coincidentally, I own the same dac and enjoy it a lot. I tried a different 6922 and didn't notice any difference. Now you have given me another path for experimenting. Thanks. BTW, I also have the Benchmark Dac 3 with all of it... | |
| Do clothes make the man? @markw1951 I will let these modern tubes break in and see if I am satisfied, but I won't be because I think there are some NOS waiting for me out there somewhere. The good news is that this very simple and inexpensive amp lets me spend a little m... | |
| Do clothes make the man? Some days you win the lottery! I pulled the 7247 out and looked at it with strong magnification and light and here is what I found, thanks to Google Gemini: Even though it has an RCA logo stamped on the outside in ink, your tube isn't an RCA at ... | |
| Do clothes make the man? After more deep diving, I think the Mullard is the ultimate, with the GE being a better bang for the buck and the RCA a good option. Maybe I need all three. As Sir Walter Scott so famously said "Oh what a vicious loop we weave, when chasing what... | |
| Do clothes make the man? @lanx0003 This is the Verity Parsifal. Again, it doesn't have a true woofer, only the midrange. The specs show it to be, if I remember correctly, 91 efficient. If the larger woofers are out of the picture, I think it would probably be around 9... | |
| Do clothes make the man? @pindac Thanks for finding that tube. This seems like a foolproof solution doesn't it. I'm shopping for them now. Any specific seller you like? | |
| Do clothes make the man? @lanx0003 I'm using a pair of Verity Audio Parsifal's, only the top section which includes the tweeter and midrange, not the bottom part which includes the woofers, I use a pair of Rel's to fill out the bottom end. These are around twenty year... | |
| Do clothes make the man? @elliottbnewcombjr What would this type of tester tell me? | |
| Do clothes make the man? I appreciate all the knowledge here and would like some opinions. This amp came with an RCA 7247. What would you recommend as an upgrade, and would it offer me a major improvement in sound as the power tubes did? Is it worth the increased cost f... | |
| Do clothes make the man? @kennyc I think you are right. Either that, or the previous owner bought the amp from someone else with those tubes in it and didn't know what an improvement better tubes would make. It's amazing how bad a good amp can sound with underperformi... | |
| Do clothes make the man? @buellrider97 Thank you sir. I have the Herron Audio preamp tube and it is superb. I also have the Rogue Audio Atlas Magnum power amp and it is pretty good, depending on which speakers I use. I was surprised how well it did with Magnepan 1.7.... | |
| Do clothes make the man? @elliottbnewcombjr You are right of course. I should have said that they are unbranded and came in a Vivatubes box/sleeve. I don't have a tester. The replacements are are good right out of the box. I expect some improvement as they burn in. | |
| Do clothes make the man? Nice catch. My bad. They are produced in the Reflektor factory in Saratov, Russia. Obvious Freudian slip. Do you have anything else? Is it germane to the conversation? Would it change the conversation if it were made in Changsha? |