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| Don Sachs Owners Thread @ptrck887 I tried the SVS footers which good results with the DS preamp. I've unfortunately am moving from the DS preamp. It's a great tube preamp which I enjoyed and gave me a good introdution what a tube pre could sound in my setup. With m... | |
| The new NSMT Model 100 Speakers Still tinkering with the 12bh7 tubes in the Lector dac rotating the output and cathode follower tubes. Settled on Ratheon in the output and RCA (dimple getter) in the cathode follower. Something new to me compared to the Maggie 1.6 is that ... | |
| The new NSMT Model 100 Speakers My apologies for the late reply. Life has been busy and trying to squeeze in time to get everything settled in has been challenging. I'll follow up with more thoughts later but all I can say is that these speakers are very honest. The 100's wil... | |
| The new NSMT Model 100 Speakers After almost 20yrs with my Magnepan 1.6's it was time to move on (mainly due to delaminating). Thanks to TJ for introducing me to these and an opportunity to listening to them. I had to the priviliedge to finally own a pair thanks to his kindnes... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread For fun, I rolled in some RCA (orange letter) in the output. Good tubes. Added some texture where is more velvet like smooth. Had more lower mid and upper bass. I didn’t find it as musical as the Raytheon and went back to the Raytheon a short ... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread @wag12wag12 I agree the Shunguang cv-181 are good tubes. I could have left my setup with the 4 in my DS but that’s the not reason why I got a tube preamp. I wanted to roll some tubes. The combo I’ve settled on so far input Ken Rad vt231 bl... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread Just ordered some ‘54 CBS/Hytron 6sn7gt (black base, white lettering). Hoping they will pull a bit more detail than the Shuguang like the 7n7 did but not be too in your face. Maybe a some top end “sparkle”. I’ll find out next week when I get th... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread I’m back to using the Shuguang in the output buffer | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread @lous what soviet tubes do you have or recommend? Did a quick search and they are on the lower end which could be a fun tweak. VivaTubes has some for $13/tube. Are those the ones or do you have the Melz? | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread I’ll have to check out the 6H8C and try some time. I’m really liking these Ken Rads. The 7N7 Sylvania I’m still trying to figure out if I like the Shuguang more in the output. The Sylvania seem the be neutral or what I call transparent since... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread @ptrck887 I just went through the tube roll exercise. I got my DS with 4 Shuguang and a Sylvania 6X5gt rectifier. I asked an old audiophile friend some tube recommendations since we have similar tastes for our system. Top recommendation wa... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread I’ve had Roy’s power cord cooking since last Thurs. It has tamed the forwardness with the cheap computer cord the prev owner provided. Brent Jesse returns from his holiday break 1/9. I may contact him about the Kend Rad or RCA short glass. ... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread Anyone rolled the rectifier? My version uses the 6x5gt and came with JAN Sylvania 6x5gt/vt-126b. I know newer versions use a different rectifier but Mr. Sachs doesn’t do upgrades anymore due to being semi-retired. He explained to me he will f... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread I was able to purchase a replacement remote from Roy. I am thankful for his outstanding customer service. I may have a Don Sachs pre but he was willing to help out on diagnose. I also purchases one of his power cords which helped tame the sligh... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread Input tube question. What I want is a more middle to front presentation. Currently, I feel like I’m standing right up against the stage in a concert. The Shuguangs sounds really good paired with the 6201 Sylvania GOld Brand in my Lector DAC. I tr... |