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I'd for sure keep it - anyone buying down the road would appreciate having them.
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Congrats the setup looks awesome.
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Looks great - I really like that Leak unit - I would totally buy one if I needed a new amp.
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My 76' Cornwalls were on a Schitt Aegir - which I absolutely loved but now that my tube amps are finished - they are back in the picture.
Cornwalls sound great no matter what (assuming the amps are very good.) They only sounded somewhat flat (soundstage wise) using an older Pioneer receiver (which needs a rebuild.)
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On 10/22/2022 at 12:19 AM, Astarkey said:
Did you ever get the 2nd Aegir? I was wondering what your thoughts were if there was a big advantage when going from 1 to 2 ran in mono?
And then once that’s figured out, how does the Vidar compare?My current setup:
Bluesound Node - Bifrost2 - Willsenton R8 - Cornwall IVs
Subwoofer: Golden Ear SupSub XXL - (ran speaker wire through a Russound ADP-1.2 Speaker-level to Line-level Adapter) **Don’t judge - I already had the sub in my living room for my HT setup. Lol. 🤣🤣. I drug it to the room with my stereo setup because I wanted to add a sub with the Cornwalls.
I’m very new to all of this and I wanted to get the Freya+ and start experimenting a little.
I’ve searched this thread looking for the final verdict on the best Cornwall IV/Schiit setup regarding powering them with either a:
Vidar vs. 1 Aegir vs. 2 Aegirs
Thank you.
Nope - no thought of all running a second Aegir with my Cornwalls - one is plenty. Very happy with it - but now my tube amps are back so it is sitting as backup.
Best of luck!
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1 hour ago, JohnJ said:
Like Elton John's early music the best. It was all rock then, even when it got mellow.
@costerdock Love those Cornwalls!
Thanks very much!
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Chet Baker tonight. Cheers!
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5 hours ago, Curious_George said:
I love tubes, but I do have limits I will pay for a given tube. I won't pay more than 30 for a tube rectifier, which limits me to everything but a 5AR4/GZ34. I simply refuse to pay more than that. Having said that, the JJ 5AR4 and Sovtek 5AR4 should work fine in most circuits.
I've blown too many cheap ones but my amps are at a pretty damn stable point now - so the cheap ones should last (I have some Sovtek and some really nice Phillips.) I have 3 of the GZ37s - one which is pretty dark on the inside from the last amp melt down - but it still works - it is my backup now.
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1 minute ago, henry4841 said:
I bought a very nice GZ37 for 150.00 about a month ago. I was surprised because I bought two back in 2016 for not much less.
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I've had good luck with the Weber GZ68 - but badluck with their WS1 - which they refunded. They were supposed to be very similar - but my amp blew fuses with the WS1.
I'm a glass man so I prefer a nice Mullard.
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41 minutes ago, Dave A said:
Well not exactly since our point is that cable lifters are wealth transfer devices and not true audio improvement devices. If you like them and enjoy using them do so. Just don't expect many others to think they work.
I found that marble cable lifters sound harder than mahogany cable lifters which sound more wood like. I use 24kt Gold ones for certain music - good to have all different types.
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I can't imagine even knowing if this is happening - I have 77 CWs and with all the screws around the plywood back - it is in place pretty damn tight.
So not something I'd worry about.
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Cornwalls as a wedding gift? That is wild. I had to brace my wife for my Cornwalls as at the time they were the ugliest speakers on the planet.
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Greg Foat - Girl Robot and Flowers, From Bosch TV Series.
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I have 77 Cornwalls - I replaced the Caps with a Crites kit - back when they were cheap - 40.00? - now the price has increased substantially. I still have the oil can caps boxed up. My speakers sound fantastic - but I made too many upgrades at once to be able to tell if they made a difference or not.
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Too much light with those fluorescent garage lights. I like listening in the dark to my Cornwalls.
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I have the Aegir with 1977 Cornwalls - love it. Plenty of power - not sure what your issue is.
I have Crites - Sonic Caps, CT125 tweeters, and Cast Frame Woofers.
I also have 125W tube Monoblocks - the Aegir is an awesome substitute.
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Just now, vjdebart said:
Nice rig
Thank you.
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2 minutes ago, SWL said:
What preamp are you using with it?
Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk
I'm using a McIntosh C220. So I still have some tubes in the mix.
Thanks
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11 minutes ago, Shakeydeal said:
So it only took a couple of weeks to arrive?
Yeah - they said 4-6 weeks - back ordered - and I get a "shipped" email within about a week or 2 of ordering it. Surprised for sure.
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Wow - just wow - really loving this new little amp. Just setup yesterday and listened to one album side - Joe Henderson's State of the Tenor - Vol 2 (side 1) - a favorite. Great everything and the noise floor is reduced - in the 20's dB from a simple iPhone dB app (my tube amps from a recent test - no ground lifts - was in the 30's.)
Great first impression for sure.
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9 minutes ago, captainbeefheart said:
He uses the multi-section can capacitors which are notoriously known to be garbage, they have a high failure rate which is why I refuse to use them in anything anymore. These are mainly the CE manufacturer types, I have had decent luck with some labeled "Hayseed Hamfest" or something like that.
It's not worth the vintage look of the can style caps, or if you absolutely need to have it for restoration I'll gut the old one and stuff with high quality modern types. The modern radial electrolytic caps from the reputable big brands are inexpensive and vastly superior, it's best to design the amp around them vs an outdated vintage style can look. Bob Latino should know this and have a power supply board for these amps designed to take advantage of high quality inexpensive power supply capacitors. Those can style caps are like $60each, that's insane when $15 worth of Nichicon's would be a far better choice.
They are German made Authenticaps - I haven't heard of to many complaints as I've been following these amps for a while.
But probably would be good to get rid of it and replace it with something more robust - I'm all for that.
Thanks.
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56 minutes ago, Curious_George said:
If the brand of capacitor is not known, it could be a crummy Chinese cap. I'm not openly disparaging the Chinese, but they are well known to release inferior products that do not last, especially capacitors.
Bob uses good quality components - I know the few caps I did replace were all CDE. I've never read any complaints about the quality of the kit parts - that is for sure.
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Man that cheap ebay quad - those are some fugly tubes - with the gold bases.
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All I know is mono material - sounds just awesome with my mono's - very centered between the two speakers with depth and texture. Bob Dylan mono albums sound wonderful.