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| Russian 1587 tubes I bought a lot of nearly 300 of those Russian 6SN7's, I marketed them, under the nick-name of "Russia Solders" because they were military tubes, but they were too hot or had to much gain. I had them in a three 6SN7 tube based Cary Audio pre-amp.Th... | |
| The New Western Electric 845 Replicas To buy either version directly from China go to this site:www.tube-sale.com | |
| The New Western Electric 845 Replicas I know it's an NOS tube buyer's paradise, but since the Chinese have yet to properly identify the different versions correctly and accurately, the inferior Psvane's are doing better in the marketplace and I am concerned that they will stop making ... | |
| The New Western Electric 845 Replicas For starters, the Psvane's are the oldest version of the WE 284, while the Shuguang's are copies of the WE 284 last version.That top chamber provides extra support for the plate assembly.I owned the United Electronics 845 W's and these sound very ... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective When I was auditioning DACs and transports, versus complete CD players,I found the digital cable was both expensive and very important, in terms of the signal quality produced.Those of you that have heard several digital cables, which are your fav... | |
| Time for POT? previously owned tubes THE SECOND BIGGEST LIE?"Tests like NOS".Since vacuum tube manufacturers never published a booklet, of how their new tubes should read / test, on a vacuum tube test meter, and since vacuum tube meters read out, using different scales (in many cases... | |
| Time for POT? previously owned tubes I completely agree with Tomcy6.Raytheon produced 4 different 5694 designs, in only 7 years of production. | |
| Purepower APS a reliable product? My experience was worse than yours.Avoid Purepower! | |
| So what would you recommend for my next upgrade? What is your complete tube compliment?Rolling tubes are your easiest and most bang for the buck upgrade.If your budget doesn't allow for NOS tubes, I would go SS, with one of Nelson Pass'es designs.Hidden weaknesses: RCA plugs and jacks, poor pots... | |
| Time for POT? previously owned tubes I own a Hickok 752 A, but send out 5694s for AT1000 testing.I still can't establish much of a relationship between test results and audio quality.Has anyone out there been clearly able to hear an audible difference, betweengreat matched and balanc... | |
| Time for POT? previously owned tubes Medical Marijuana , has been legal, by prescription, in Colorado, since 2009.Last month recreational use of marijuana became legal, in certain counties.It has led to a new term, "Marijuana Tourism".Colorado experienced a surge of immigrants, but n... | |
| Best of current production 845 tubes? You can find these tubes on E-bay. I had a perfectly matched pair shipped directly from the Shuguang factory. They are known as the Nature Series. Tell them that Cary aka WS_trader sent you. They will consider you an adept critical listener.Be pat... | |
| Is the CD and DVD/Bluray going away? "Vacuum tubes are dying". We have only been hearing that for sixty years. | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Roll the signal caps. Replace OEM tubes where applicable. | |
| How much does your system retail for? Six hundred thousand, keeping an honest count on mistakes madeand either sold at a loss or they still occupy a shoe-box somewhere. (Count the price of those tubes you never want to hear again).I could build it for about $30,000 without the mistake... |