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    13 hours ago, Madman1 said:

    Wow, that’s terribly discouraging. Seems all the guys at the haven that have had amps built by him were very happy. 

    Yes that and two guys I know have amps he built but, with mine there were problems that he even acknowledged and then said nothing was wrong with the amp.

    45 suggestions...

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    15 hours ago, Curious_George said:

    Ask Rich, he may be in the market to sell his. Just a suggestion, I do not know. 

    Maybe but, I don't think he is wanting to sell his. I am also not interested in owning anything made by Oliver Sayes ever again after my recent history with him!!! 

    45 suggestions...

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    On 9/18/2022 at 9:07 PM, Madman1 said:

    Wow! Really? He’s built an amp for me that I’ll be taking delivery on in the next few weeks. I’ve talked with him several times and although he can be slow to respond sometimes he’s been very nice and helpful in helping me decide which direction to go. 

    Well it's a long story but the short version is he built an amp for me that I had to send back because was bad in many ways, then after saying he would refund me he charged me a restocking fee!!! So he stole over $300 from me!!!

    Anyone using La Scala's with 2.5 -5 watt amps

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    To the OP, while my room is smaller than your and I have Khorns in an all active system I have used a 45 type amp for over 10 years from 11 feet away and it would run me out of the room easily!!! I also have a Decware SE84UFO and I had to turn it down 7.5db to achieve the same levels as the Korneff 45 amp.

    Now I have a 71a SET amp that is 3/4 of a watt that's right about 750mw per channel and it will run me out of the room also!!!

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    Tubes to roll the Tung-Sol 12AU7

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    9 hours ago, jimjimbo said:

    Perhaps you could post your results/thoughts here?  

    Hi Jim,

    Ok I have a little time for this now. This whole thing started when I wanted to find variants for the 6SN7 tube, my pre amp and my Korneff 45 amp uses them.

    Anyway with really great sounding 6SN7 tubes being super pricey and hard to find I started my journey. Long story short I found some really great sounding variants,

    while in the process I was talking to my friend Mark that owns Rogue Audio and he said I should try the 12AU7 tube as sub for the 6SN7!!!

    Mark knowing quite a bit about tubes told me that the 12AU7 was the closest tube he knew of to the 6SN7, So now I have another option.

    Using an adapter I started with what I had a NOS pair of RCA clear tops, they sounded pretty good but the highs were recessed a bit kinda like in the background.

    Then a NOS pair of Valvo 12AU7's and they were better, thena friend told me about the 5963 tubes. I got some and they were terrific but noisy so I started looing for some quiet 5963 tubes. I got a pair of Sylvania gold labeled 5963's and they were dead quiet and sounded fantastic!!!

    I talked with another friend about a trade for a pair of Tele's 12AX7's for his 12AU7's, I know all about the Tele sound and I like it, I been using them in my phone stage for 10 years. 

    Meanwhile while waiting for the trade to happen I learned about the Amperex 7316 square D getter tubes, that alot of people in the know consider them to be the best sounding 12AU7 tube ever made!!! So the hunt begins as luck would have it I  bumped into someone that had both the square D and the Halo getter versions of this tube.

    I got one pair of each from him and was and still am blown away at how good these tubes sound!!! They are almost too good if you can believe that!!!

     

    In summary the 5963's are cheap NOS matched $50, the 7316's are high dollar tubes if you can even find them. I checked with both of my go to tube vendors and was told

    they are looking for them too!!!! The square D getter tubes sound the best with the Halo getter tubes so close it's hard to tell them apart. The only thing left to do is compare 

    them to the mighty Tele's. I am told that the 7316's were Amperex's answer to the Tele 802S tubes.....

    Driver age

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    59 minutes ago, Crankysoldermeister said:

     

    Ahem, exuse me. Something you can hear but can't measure? :P

     

    Old post by Dennis about AlNiCo and mishandling. I'll see if I can find it.

    Well I don't really know nor do I really care about measuring anything that sounds really good!!! If it sounds terrific why measure???

    WTB 71A SE Amp

    in Garage Sale

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    1 hour ago, Limberpine said:

    Did you find that people didn't like the amps he builds? I have considered buying one of his amps, so I'd love to hear what your research turned up. 

    Well first I have a friend that has a few of his amps and he said they sound wonderful but, his soldering skill are very poor. All of his amps had to be gone through and repaired. He also doesn't color code the wiring something that is undesirable. Then on another forum I read more of the same from others that bought his amps. With that knowing the shipping back to Japan is $300 I decided against. Even though I really want one of his amps I am gonna get it done here in the states. Hope this helps.

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