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| Battle of the phone pres for my system. @lalitk I'll dig out the box and see what power cord is inside. I probably ignored it. Thanks for the tip. I think as I play a little more we'll see what the tubes bring as they burn in a little more. I'm on a break after two days of listening t... | |
| Question for the older folks- did you ditch vinyl when cd arrived? No, I worked in a record store and we all thought those early CDs sounded like crap. I had a few, but not many. Like many, I was a strident vinyl purist. As the 80’s moved into the 90’s, CD playback got better and they started reissuing all kinds ... | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. Well, it’s took nearly a month, but my tubes showed up today. Blackburn Mullards from the sixties. A few days ago I moved some equipment and had to recable the Softone with a longer cable. I put in a Synergistic Research Element Copper and that m... | |
| Have anyone seen these speakers? Or system? The top link is dead so I'm posting this: King of Audio | |
| Is anyone still using a CD Player I still listen to CDs all the time. I have a CEC-TL5 feeding an Mhdt Orchid. I play vinyl as well. I don't do any streaming. I have zero interest there. My living room, I mean, Listening Room, is a screen free zone. Like others, I like the intenti... | |
| Is anyone still using a CD Player I still listen to CDs all the time. I have a CEC-TL5 feeding an Mhdt Orchid. I play vinyl as well. I don't do any streaming. I have zero interest there. My living room, I mean, Listening Room, is a screen free zone. Like others, I like the intenti... | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. I took out the 5751s and am currently waiting on the Mullards 12ax7s from Brent Jesse or rather, Jon Oas. Hopefully next week. Currently listening to CDs in the meantime. | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. @dover There is no Tape Monitor switch on the front panel. I have the newer version. I see this on the web: "What once was the tape monitor button on the front panel was repurposed into a gain switch." The audiologist I saw (local hospital) sa... | |
| MHDT Orchid TUBE ROLLING Thanks to this thread, I just ordered the garage1217 adapter. I have an old preamp that I no longer use with a nice Mullard in it. Figure I'll try tube rolling with that. I still enjoy my Orchid with the WWE396a in it. Don't see ever upgrading out... | |
| Ethernet cable for TV As someone who works regularly with networking cable, I will say good cables make a difference. The number of time I've been trouble-shooting a device at work and tried a different ethernet cable (i.e. one that didn't come with the device) that so... | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. I haven't gone for that yet. First is to try out the Mullard tubes in the Softone. Then if that doesn't work, I'll buy the 834. Currently, I've blown out my ears from all this testing and listening. I'll probably be ready to listen again by the ti... | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. Yet, "too tonally rich" sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. I ended up taking out the Sovteks and putting in the RCA tubes. They sound smoother for sure, but the lower gain means that I have to run the Zrock at full volume. I put the Manley back in and A/B’ed the setup. The Softone is more dynamically rh... | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. The Softone arrived. I'm listening initially with the provided Sovteks. It's so different from the Manley, more rhythmic, more driving, but less silky, for sure. It had a larger soundstage but sounded thinner. The Manley felt more coherent but les... | |
| Battle of the phone pres for my system. @lalitk Thanks for the excellent response. The other piece of that puzzle is whether it’s worth the expense. I managed to get good value for my old system and now I’m just spending more money on things. In today’s world with the future uncertain a... |