Preamp Deal of the Century

Stiltskin,

Wow! You are "busy" my friend!

I have the Teres TT. I love it and the synergy with the Supratek phono stage (sans cartridge) is very very good.
I like to get the Berning amps someday. As of now, I cannot afford it. Besides I am exploring the SET route with my DIY Fostex base Transmission Line speakers. I am waiting for my 300B amp and see how it matches with the Chenin.

I really hope that you can get your Chenin preamp very soon. The phono stage is a real "killer" as Slowhand put it on the very first post of this thread. Fortunately for us the Chenin phono incorporates the Cortese phono design. Cheaper tubes(6C4 and 6922) than getting a WE 5842 nowadays in the market IMHO. As for the linestage, well, I am speechless!

I've got the Teres too. You can't go wrong with this combo.

Amandarae, that Tung-Sol 6c4, will it work fot the 6c45pi?

Hi Joe,

I am not sure about the 6c45pi tube. Maybe, Ecclectique is the right person to ask.

According to my book, the variants for the 6c4 tubes are:

6c4w, 6c4wa, 6100, 6135(for parallel filament cicuits),EC90, L77, M8080, QA2401, and QL77. No mention of the 6c45pi tubes.

BTW, I know your Teres. IMHO, you did a very fine job.

cheers...

I emailed someone who is considerably more tube savvy than I, and he said; "6C45P is unique. There is no replacement whatsoever." So, it looks like i bought the 5842's for nothing. They DID NOT WORK in the Syrah.

I also emailed Mick, "who ought to know" and he said the same thing.

No big deal, because they do sound excellent. Just wish I had some options!

Hi Joe. To the best of my knowledge....The 6c45 is a russian military tube with no direct sub. I have a very limited background with russian equivalents. Sorry.