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| My personal amp shootout on Vandersteen Quatros My Quicksilver Mono 120 amps are six months old. Liking them even more now. After 300 hours on the Tung Sol KT150s and the coupling caps I noticed a nice change. While the factory installed EI inputs and JJ driver tubes were okay, the amps elevat... | |
| Bob Carver 350 tube amps ozzy, that's a testament having replaced both of those amps. Its seems as if the 350 amps are at a different level of design, quality, and parts compared to the 275, is that about right?A friend was looking at the 275 recently and we noticed it's... | |
| Bob Carver 350 tube amps d205801-24-2020 8:12amAnyone with experience using these amps?I’ve been researching for new amps. I currently use Classe CAM350’s and they sound great with the Sony SS AR1’s; Really no reason to stop but I thought about trying tube amps.I currentl... | |
| Cardas cable users Suggest using a demo service. As a 30+ year user of Cardas (several old and new version) and others, recently discovered some of the lower cost Cardas ICs were a better synergy for one of my former systems, particularly with digital content. And, ... | |
| Need under $1500 preamp for my system A buddy is selling off his other brand $4000 tube preamp at a loss after picking up a black face $1000 Quicksilver Audio Linestage tube preamp, liking it more. QS LS come up for sale used in Silver face version second hand every once in a while fo... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! As a reverse upgrade test, I revisited prior lower version interconnects from AP and other brands. The difference is not subtle in comparison IF the rest of the system is up to par to take advantage of the AP Crystal Solo cables. Now I'm finding ... | |
| Quicksilver Mono 120 vs. Quicksilver V4 For QS 8417 owners, another option at QuicksilverAudio.com Q&A page:http://quicksilveraudio.com/questions-and-answers/ √ You no longer have 8417 tubes, what do I do with my 8417 Mono Amplifiers?Quote:"For $250/pair (plus cost of new tubes), we... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! Last update and post on AP "Crystal" OCC interconnects and lesson’s learned. Heads up, these specific OCC copper cables may cause you to completely re-evaluate other pieces of your gear after 60 days of use, burn-in, and using these ICs end-to-end... | |
| Upgrade order suggestion preamp vs speakers woah, this thread jumped from 2006 to 2019. Wonder what speakers the OP ended up with for the past 13 years, hehehe :) | |
| Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil @cal3713 Anyone compared the bass response of these two caps? Yes. Both. And, I was advised by a 50 year tech and a designer of my amplifier on two things. The designer had to beat it into my head a few times for me to believe it. I have the M... | |
| 6SN7 variants circa 2019 - tone, longevity, reliability, value It was the combined use of different tubes in each of my separate components that came together recently. Persistence for perfection can be costly with 6SN7s. The final answer was the combination of the right 12AU7 inputs on my amps to go along wi... | |
| 6SN7 variants circa 2019 - tone, longevity, reliability, value @markusthenaimnut...I’m interested in hearing your thoughts about *Tone*, reliability and value. I’ve been trying to get a handle on the Shuguang & Psvane tubes. Many folks rave about them sounding better than virtually all the famous NOS tube... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! @jtcf @decooney you have a whole loom now!I might end up with one too.I’m somewhat of a cable junkie and am still trying some different ics.But the speaker cables are staying forever.Somehow the Analysis ics keep finding their way back between the... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! @b_limo hi jack away! I‘m loving hearing about your tweaks. I’m learning alot from your journaling and I’m sure others are / will as well. I’ve been asking myself similar questions and your feedback is hugely appreciated! Thanks for the continual ... | |
| Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval 8...OMG!! Enjoy! Formerly messing with silver cables I equated "open" sounding designs with more detailed results too. Its pretty neat how these OCC copper crystal solo cables can be open, larger sound stage, and yet still smooth with detail at the same tim... |