ongkaku
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| Preamp Deal of the Century Steve, even with all stock tubes, the microphonic issue is still bothering me. May be is the casing or inadequate damping. I had tried all sorts all isolation methods but failed. I am going to move to a bigger listening room to try it out.Kgturner... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Steven1960, mine only accepts PX4/300B's tubes. Not 101D. I guess this does not make the Cabernet look sexy...I still couldn't get rid of the microphonic issue, could it be my listening room is too small? The pre-amp actually picks up my voice whe... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century My Cabernet second-hand value just "depriciated" another $1K due the new double 6SN7 design...sigh! >_<Kenji | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century JT,TJ also makes PX25/5V (5 Volt version)tubes that can replace 300B's. The look is awesome but I have yet to try them. The tubes that I'm listening to right now are Sovtek 5AR4 x 1, Sylvania 6f6g x 2, EH6SN7 x 2 and TJ PX4 x 2. If I would like to... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century JT,My power supply is okay. I like the sound of the PX4 tubes more than 300B so I did not do any 300B tube rolling even though Cabernet has this option. I tried TJ 300B once but the bass was too much for my ears and switched back PX4 tubes.Kenji | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Gang,I have been away for a while but come back to read the threads every now and then. Congratulations to Jtgosifh for your new toy! Does your Cabernet has any microphonic issue? I am asking this as mine is too sensitive - it picks up my voice... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso -vs- Ayre K-1Xe preamps? It's funny. I own the superb Supratek Cabernet line-stage tube pre-amp and now I am thinking of switching to Ayre K-1xe, a full-blown solid-state pre-amp! Just the opposite of Audio Girl. "I Guess I am just itchin' to give solid-state a spin!"Good... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Ecclectique, mine is a Cabernet with PX4/300B option. IMHO, the PX4 tubes sound better to my ears than the 300Bs. The 300Bs give a stronger bass but this is a bit excessive in my small listening room. Both the PX4 and 300B tubes are manufactured b... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I have the Cabernet for about five months now and yesterday I finally unplugged the 6f6g's and put in the 350B's. (I have been resisting the temptation until yesterday - after a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon^_^). The 350B's brought the sonic perfor... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Outlier, the setup looks real cool and sexy! I wish I could do that to my Cabernet. Too bad I live in an active seismic zone....:(Mick did some wonderful things to my Cabernet - now it is even more quiet and transparent than before. Write to the M... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Zachzdb, I wrote to Mick last week to ask about his DAC. He said this baby would be ready for shipping later this year. I did not ask how much but someone in this thread mentioned ~USD500. Anyway, below is the extracted from Mick's email:"We've go... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Jazzdude - My goal is to have a system that is as transparent as possible, wide & deep soundstage and with lots of air. Neutrality is subjective and I'm not going into that. So far my current setup has met these requirements. BTW, I'm glad we ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Jazzdude,I had tried comparing my passive preamp vs.connecting the CD player directly to the poweramp. Both setups were very transparent but the CD direct setup had a slight edge over the passive pre. When the Cabernet was in the chain, I did not ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Gang, I changed the stock 6SN7's in my Cabernet yesterday with CV 1988 (6SN7 GTY) tubes. All I can say is WOW ! I have yet to change the Genalux KT 66 to NU 350B even though the 350B's are lying next to the preamp. Maybe I am too patient accord... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Aurel, I just checked with Mick on muting the preamp and his reply was, "The mute at front of preamp doesn't, but the HT bypass does- just put the switch to "HT" position and the pre is completely isolated from the power amp for turn on/off."I hop... |