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DIY Pass Labs First Watt F5 amp impressions
I think you got her as high as you should go Cap't,There is no substitute for a good class A Amp and Nelson just keeps designing and building them.Way cool my friend.Kenny. 
Schitt Freya or older pre instead
Ghosthouse,I'm very glad to hear how much you like the Freya,I always keep a open mind and trust me I much wanted to like the Freya,It just didn't work out for me.As you know I do Dig the YGGY best dac under 2k that I've had the pleasure of using.... 
DIY Pass Labs First Watt F5 amp impressions
Very nicely done I hope you enjoy the tunes of your labor,Quite a bit of satisfaction in building and or modifying your own gear.Kenny. 
Schitt Freya or older pre instead
If you could wait and double your budget,You should look at the Linear tube audio MZ2S,beats or rivals preamps much more expensive.I tried a Freya with very good nos tubes but found it noisy and just didn't sound that good,sent it back at the end ... 
Appropriate Power for 1.7i's
It's been several yrs but when I had 1.7's in a large room,30x40x20ft I needed at least 150 watts a side.That gave enough headroom so the speakers never sounded strained.I listened at moderate levels and not super loud.Kenny. 
Dennis Had Inspire amps and preamps.
Hello all,This tube was never made by Amperex. ALL Amperex tubes on the market are Russian relabels. The Ameperex tube looked suspiciously like a Sovtek, right down to the 'flying saucer' getter. Amperex catalogs have been checked and verified to ... 
Sonic qualities of SET output tubes?
blindjim,Thank You for starting this thread,It's been a wealth of knowledge for me and others.There is a bunch of high quality tube amps on the market nowadays and sometimes it just makes picking one that much tougher.I look at myself traveling do... 
Tekton Double Impacts
evolvist,Nice info on the electrons,do you know when that review maybe printed or posted.My opinion about speaker breakin is the passive parts in the crossovers need more time to settle and form and most drivers breakin quite quickly.Anytime that ... 
Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering
Looks ok to me too. 
Sonic qualities of SET output tubes?
wolf,You should have stayed with the dual toaster outputs,probably wouldn't have issues.LOL.Kenny. 
Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering
Mmm,knowing what I do I just might build my own someday,no great hurry though.Kenny. 
Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering
I didn't see this on the site but I would like to hear this setup,The SE version is'nt officially released yet and will be dealer only I do believe.Most of us DI owners would like to hear it also.Kenny. 
Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering
craigl59,Very nice analogy of basic driver costs that effects the bottom line that all speaker designers and manufacturers must factor in.Just for clarification for the other readers,I believe you told me that your room is very large and you enjoy... 
Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering
Soundscience,Thank You for this good info,Leo Beranek's Text book for MIT on acoustics, I have read bits of this book,I will take the time sometime and read all of it.Kenny. 
Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering
grannyring,Thank You very much,Get that soldering iron fired up no telling what you may mod next.Kenny.