chinook9
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| Any Black Friday tube sales? Thank you for the infor on TheTubeStore and Viva tubes. I'll be checking them out this evening. | |
| Anyone prefer EL34 over 300B? Thank you all for your input. I will not be in a rush to try a 300B amp. The present amp is sound so very good and I'm beginning to believe that with my present speakers the 300B might well be no improvement. | |
| Anyone prefer EL34 over 300B? The amp can run in triode mode. I will spend more time listening to it in that mode. I have put in a set of reissue Mallard EL34s and that made an "across the board" improvement. I also put in a set of Tung-Sol black glass 12AU7s with similar im... | |
| Anyone prefer EL34 over 300B? I’[m using a Willsenton 35i. Same outfit that makes the R8 which was well reviewed. I believe that both are made by Zhuhai also DBA Spark. Seems to be very well made. They also have a couple of 300B models which I thought I might like better than ... | |
| Anyone prefer EL34 over 300B? I would really appreciate any input. | |
| Anyone prefer EL34 over 300B? Thank you jjss49That input was of absolutely no help.I expect there are others that will have an opinion. If not, so be it. | |
| Anyone prefer EL34 over 300B? Sorry! Upgraded Tekton Electron. Reportedly 95db. I've never had volume control beyond 1000, even in triode mode. | |
| Upgrade capacitors in tube amplifier? The biggest upgrade you can do is buy the R-300B model. It is amazing! I also have the R8 with KT88 tubes and the R-300B is significantly more organic sounding.calieng3, thank you for this information. Yong Lee recommended the R300B as an upgrade ... | |
| Upgrade capacitors in tube amplifier? Thank you all for your input. I will do as recommended by many of you: roll tubes first and then consider the caps. I took the bottom off the amp and found that the caps mentioned by most are two large 0.33UFD 5% 630VDC and four 0.022UF 5% 630VDC... | |
| Upgrade capacitors in tube amplifier? So if you haven’t already done so I would recommend two matched pairs of Tung Sol EL34’s and also upgrade the 12AX7 and 12AU7 vacuum tubes.I have another thread on the tube angle. Have replaced the 12AU7 and have 12AX7 on order. I’ll study the EL3... | |
| Upgrade capacitors in tube amplifier? If you do upgrade just do the coupling caps connected to the tube sockets and realize a speaker crossover environment is very different from a tube amp. 1extreme119, I realize the circuitry is very different. Generally, do you think there is le... | |
| Upgrade capacitors in tube amplifier? The amp is a Willsenton 35i. Around $88o including air shipping from china hi-fi. I'm really impressed by it. | |
| Tubes most likely to improve SQ? Thank you all for your recommendations. I will try to limit my tube buying but I know it will be difficult. | |
| Tubes most likely to improve SQ? Misspelled Willsenton in the previous post. | |
| Tubes most likely to improve SQ? The amp is a Willsonton 35i. Same company as the well reviewed Willsonten R8 and also purchased from Yong Lee. I went with the 35i because it weighs a lot less, costs a couple of hundred less, and, I believe, uses more common tubes.I am amazed at... |