jbhiller
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| Project Debut Carbon EVO vs. Technics SL-1500C vs Technics SL-1210GR Technics current offerings are all wonderful at their respective price points. The economy of scale and R&D that firm has dwarfs many other manufacturers. No disrespect intended to other makes (many are great too). But if I were you, I'd go T... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i Hey @chmaiwald , I've been there! I had a Primaluna that could take a host of power tubes. I rolled, and rolled, and.... I got so lost but in the end I did figure out the takeaways. One thing that I learned was to listen to each tube swap and g... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @chmaiwald , Do you think the Cossor 805 is better than the factory 805 ? | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i I just rolled in a pair of Philco- Sylvania 6SN7GTBs and noticed that Willsenton put silkscreening of its name on the stock tubes. On closer inspection they are 6H8C Russian tubes--pretty similar to what Schitt was shipping with its Freya preamp. ... | |
| I have NOVA V's and I am not happy I agree with Bigkidz. I’d try another amp first. Unless you listen in a terrible space, I’d think those speakers should come alive with decent cables, a great source and good amp. At $12k that amp should get them to sing. How big is your room and... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i I didn't swap the 805s or 6SN7s yet. I threw the 300Bs in just to see. Quite frankly, it sounds great biased at just over 100ma. I'll reach out to China Hifi next week. | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i I swapped the 300Bs for a broken in pair of Electro Harmonix 300Bs. I can still only get the 300Bs to bias to about 105ma. Hmmmm... | |
| Mobile Fidelity Ultra Gold MC Cartridge & Master Phono Preamplifier @audphile1 , Yes, but MD does not have the preamp on its site (yet). | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @djspinner, you're welcome to pop by if you are in the Chicago area! | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @chmaiwald , thank you!! I should note (for whatever it might be worth) that I "upgraded" the crossover networks in the Cornwall IVs, damped the horn mid and horn tweeter, and installed proper binding posts. Some may hear a difference some may n... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @chmaiwald , Where are you biasing those big kid 805s? The manual is vague with nebulous statements about biasing. I'm no stranger to hifi gear coming from China so this is not my first go around with translating Mandarin (likely) to English. ... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i Always good to see you chiming in Charles1dad! At some point, I'll be curious about your views on coupling caps and tube rolling. I have trouble leaving mediocre caps in place that link to the speaker outputs, BUT I need to patient and get a f... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i PS--I want to be extra fair to my Primaluna; while I found other amps paired better with the Cornwall IVs, I adored the Primaluna with modern speakers--in particular PSB Imagine T3s and T2s. | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i The R800i 805 arrived today. What a big amp! Here are just a few initial thoughts. Moving this amp in the box is a two person affair. It is a beast Moving It. My friend had to bolt so I had to move it out of the box and onto a 36" tall spac... | |
| Have you heard a VAS cartridge? Thank you What! You always provide excellent information and opinions. Loved the article. I'm likely going to bite the bullet and order one from Steve. |