Recent content by Kruds

I really don't know. It was on the amp when I first bought it and the tech who added the binding posts, fuse and power switch left it in place. I think it's a lazy man's ground buss. I just left it there. My original intent was that I wanted to just hear what the amp sounded like first...

Here's a pix of mine which is mostly stock. I left the preamp circuit in and use an out board Blue velvet for volume control. Mates well with 50~60's jazz and vocals. I kept the original 6V6GT's in, but went for new Sovtek 12AX7LPS for the preamp tubes.

No nothing in particular I see some Eico, Heathkit, etc. Most of what I have been collecting is EL84 (Fisher 480, Knight 1515, Magnavox 8603 & 196, etc), but I have some Inspire 6FLV and Magnavox 185, amps too.

Did anyone make a master list of what everyone brought? I'm a part-time WNC resident and unfortunately I missed this event. I can Identify some of the gear but not all. Please advise. THX.

Did you sell the SE1?

B-Side, I haven't done it yet, but I plan on trying a CV181 in the center 6SN7 slot. I have seen a bunch of others who tried/recommended this. Otherwise I am running NOS RCA upfront and Shuguang KT88 Treasure's in the rear. I still need to put a few more hours on all of them and then I plan...

Frank Do you still have this preamp? What's your opinion 7 years later? Dave

B-Side, I waited and finally got a KT88 version on EBay. Running NOS RCA's upfront and Shuguang Treasures in the rear.

Any luck finding one?

I've had pretty good luck with HDTracks. They allow parallel downloads, so you can get pretty fast downloads. They offer multiple formats (just depends on the content).

Yes, I understand that point, but DH makes a point of suggesting that a lot of configurations are possible. Here is a table from his instruction manual sent with his units which pairs the various output tube "families" with suggested rectifiers. He also suggests that you can can use either...

Thanks I'll check into that.

I recently picked up a used Inspire 6FLV (2020) and I am exploring it's capabilities. I have seen some of the various comments about 6SN7 vs 6SL7, 5AR4 vs 5U4, NOS vs New, Chinese tubes, etc. but what I am looking for are any suggestions relating to your favorite tube combinations for this...

I would be interested to hear how you think it measures up to the Cayin A88T? On paper they look very similar. Your thoughts?