wetowne 247 Posted January 22 Two very tongue-in-cheek shots of both my tube setups. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rebuy 676 Posted January 23 On 12/27/2020 at 10:19 AM, Fido said: Rolled kt150s into my evo 400 - presents from my wife for Christmas 😃 What difference did those make to your sound? I'm using Stock. If I change anything It probably would be the 2 small tubes in the middle. Is that small box a Schitt EQ and if so do you like it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fido 624 Posted January 23 8 hours ago, rebuy said: What difference did those make to your sound? I'm using Stock. If I change anything It probably would be the 2 small tubes in the middle. Is that small box a Schitt EQ and if so do you like it? IMHO in my system they radically changed the sound in a positive way. I had previously changed out the 2 small center preamp tubes to Brimars and enjoyed that change. The kt150s made the midrange punch and lower bass much more pronounced and full and powerful while the top end sounds perfect. I do not think I will ever go back to the original el 34s. After that change I replaced the rest of the preamp tubes with more of the Brimars. I think the changes are all massively positive. The evo 400 sounded wow stock but now to my ears it sounds wow wow wow. Highly recommended. the Schiit Loki plugs in line to my vinyl setup and allows me to tweak it a little depending on albums that are a tad thin down low or run a little hot. I like it but now that I have a Puffin phono preamp I can equalizewth that instead although I have not used it for that since the Loki works so well 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeffLebowski 13 Posted January 23 It is amazing that the PL let's you do this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pdlu 16 Posted January 24 Here is my rendition of Maynard’s “Ultimate Gem”. 1.7 watt SEP. Maynard, thanks again for sharing your design! Pete 12 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MicroMara 6153 Posted January 28 5 days ago I picked up my two Cayin tube mono amplifiers from the revision. For this I drove over 700 miles. Both power amps had new transformers and all 6 filter capacitors replaced. In addition, all tubes were checked and the circuit with additional fuses in front of the output stage transformers modified. The power test resulted in the following : 49.7 WpC / 8 Ohm with a distortion of less 0,45 %. 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wetowne 247 Posted January 28 16 minutes ago, MicroMara said: For this I drove over 700 miles. I applaud your effort. What are you going to use for speakers? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MicroMara 6153 Posted January 28 55 minutes ago, wetowne said: I applaud your effort. What are you going to use for speakers? Thanx @wetowne Have a look in my profile...there you´ll see or have a look into my technical modification thread Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wetowne 247 Posted January 28 2 hours ago, MicroMara said: have a look into my technical modification thread I did. What you have done with those RF7s is quite a feat. I can only imagine that they must sound amazing with those Cayin amps. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bliss53 26 Posted January 28 Tube set up from about 2 years ago. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bliss53 26 Posted January 28 Tube set up today 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
henry4841 302 Posted January 29 Gotta love the look of those Belles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A1UC 1385 Posted January 29 Shindo Labs Aurieges L 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richieb 7292 Posted January 29 28 minutes ago, A1UC said: Shindo Labs Aurieges L There you go again rummaging through Walmart electronics department. Well maybe not, it is Shindo - Target? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A1UC 1385 Posted January 29 There you go again rummaging through Walmart electronics department. Well maybe not, it is Shindo - Target?Actually it was Menards Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogwylde09 158 Posted January 29 4 hours ago, henry4841 said: Gotta love the look of those Belles. Thanks @henry4841MC 30’s pushing CF4’S back wall, MC 75’s on the Belles. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richieb 7292 Posted January 30 8 hours ago, A1UC said: Actually it was Menards Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk We’re you able to take advantage of the 11% rebate? Might defray the price of the Menards Ultra Definition power cord - they ain’t cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites