Any one tried the Yamamoto A06 with AD1 tube?

I'm the guy that bought the 06-3 from Cesar. I do Love the 06-3 Yami it has many many more pluses than minuses.
I'm also a huge fan of the 45 tube sweetness and tone. Being a Lowther guy I hate hiss and hash at idle or between tracks. I also Love the WOW factor....when friends see and hear my system. I'm building myself a one of a kind Parallel Single End 45 amplifier. I commissioned a circuit designer from Yugoslavia to help me with my ideas. I'm in the process of having a professional Double C-Core transformer maker ( from Holland ) make the trannies. He tweaked the design even further. I should have the amp built and tweaked by July's end. Much much more I can say. I'm sorta thinking about going into production with this amp. Thought I'd run it buy some guys and see how it is received.

Kind Regards

Paul. Why not ask Crubio ( who no longer owns any Yamamoto ) what he moved up to / replaced his Yami Gear with. I think he mentioned to me Shindo... I can tell you about the A-06-3 cause I now own it. I made a few tweaks (Cesar didn't know what he had). I actually have it in my rack right now just above it I have a Jeff Korneff 45 amp - I have 2 sets of 100+ db full range drivers I can play them both at same time or turn one or the other off using passive volume control to equal volume to sorta compair apples to apples. The answer to your question is "It Depends" ..... Which is best matters on many many things. Very hard to get all the ducks in a row. That's why great amps come along on the used market.

Ok Ok .... This is what I think you guys are looking for.. As I said I bought my Yamamoto A-06-3 from Crubio. Cesar gave up too soon on the amp because he didn't know how and where to fix it. I love the A-06-3 alot and I do mean alot !!! I also made a slight modification to filament voltage. The World and especially Japan and Europe know that 4.0 VDC is the most favorable for that sweet, clear, fast, sound that makes you say "O WOW" AD1 uses 4.0 - - 45 tube which is 2.5 VDC on its filament is my favorite with the proper speakers. I own a matched set of EML AD 1's - I also own a pair of Tungsram AD 1's and a pair of NOS very low like 10 hours on them Telefunken AD 1's (I doubt anyone in America owns a matched pair of telefunkens)... A bunch of different AZ 4 rectifier tubes and 3 pair of the C3M drivers and a bunch of different speakers. So what works for me is not going to work for everyone. Mostly cause people don't have the cash invest in alot of tubes. ( I'm a collector ). Bottom line if you have high efficiency speakers in the 100 db range your going to love 45 amps and have enough horsepower when you step on the gas. If you have less efficient speakers go with the A-06-3 (twice the output - Just as Sweet) if you can afford it and get it. I hear they are limited and no longer in production. O BTW,, 300B amps will drive the dash speaker from a 69 Rambler but they will never sound like the A-06-3 Yami.....How's that for making ya Think... Cheers everyone...

This is Crubio's opening paragraph from his ad on Audiogon. I copyed and pasted it right off Crubio's listing : QUOTE " I'm the first owner of the jewel of an amp, amazing 4 watts of power. One of the most dimensional and engaging amps I have ever heard. Lives up and excels at the Yamamoto sound perfect for high sensitivity speakers (mine are 106 db) " END OF QUOTE..... Crubio - Sang that tune when he was SELLING... Now you guys can talk about AD 1 tubes...
Kind Regards

Wow, Chad (reticent) I had to look that one up... Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings. I babbled on for two paragraphs about your Yammi 06-3 question. Not sure how less reticent I can be. I like the EML labs tubes. I have only had the pleasure of using the AD 1 EML and the fact that they cost around $800.00 the pair I don't use them for everyday use. As for 45 tubes I prefer the RCA globe style. I can give my opinion and thats all it is opinion... I believe the old school tubes of certain makers are far superior to any new production tubes. If you can get your hands on new ones. Remember just cause a tube tests good doesn't necessarily mean it's good.. Lots of hash sounding tubes test good. This is why new tubes are not as rich and loving as old school NOS tubes... Materials of today's market are not of same quality. Characteristics of metal make up has decreased. Plates and internal components were coated with chemicals which are no longer sold or the EPA would have a fit over. Regards

Chad - I looked that one up too...you won't get me to see the New tube / NOS tube thingy. I'm stuck in my ways, so don't Rant. Not easy to make the Ol Madranker Laugh. Being somewhat serious now with this statement and meaning no disrespect.... I talk with guys like you and read threads and belong to clubs etc. Everyone always asks which OUTPUT tube sounds best but yet they never mention rolling the driver tubes or the rectifier tubes. Makes me wanna Burp. I can tell you, you can change the way your amp sounds easier and cheeper if you have 4 pairs of 6SL7's then find the set you like most and sell the other three. I can also tell you from experience different rectifiers have slight subtle changes.. And last but not least. After thinking about it I might be willing to sell my A-06-3 Yamamoto if your offer is good. Cheers