What vacuum tubes do you have in your life?
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Happiness is being in your speakers sweet spot grills off,listening to favorite music in the dark,only the glow of vacuum tubes.
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Very late to the party. I went with Rogue and NOS EH KT90's. Sad thing is it's a dual use room and the mono solid states sound so good the tubes don't get a fair shake.
yeah, Philco sounds rad! pics!
here is a pic of the headphone amp.
the cd player (which is on the speaker rig) has internal tubes, so no real pics of the tubes...
Sennheiser HD800's ?
I build/modify most of my own tube gear. National Electronic branded East German 6CA7s for my main single ended triode connected amp with 6N1P drivers, a SV83/6pi15ev - 6N1P SET, modified MG Head headphone amp with SV83s only - no driver, modified MGHead into guitar amp! JJ 12AX7/EL84, JJ 12AX7s - RCA blackplate 6V6GTs for my Trainwreck Express inspired guitar amp one of which is pretty much worn out but they still sound glorious.
Hi all,
New member SixCats! here. I must say I'm surprised to find a thread on Tubes here at KKF. I am a loooong time (early member) of AudioKarma.org
I mostly have/listen to MONO Tube Amp system. I have a PILOT AA-903B ("the Baby with the Bite" EL84's) a HEATHKIT A-9C (6L6), a FISHER 500 MONO Receiver (EL37), a SCOTT 222D Stereo Integrated Amp (7189's) and a FISHER 400 (I can't recall). I also have a beautiful pristine vintage GOLDEN LION (?) something or other stashed away somewhere.
My main speaker : http://jelabs.blogspot.com/2011/06/architects-music-and-hi-fi.html
http://i39.tinypic.com/fjjhus.jpg
This is an interesting picture of a Charles Eames/Stephens Tru-Sonic collaboration sent a while back by Thomas Patrick Shortall, Jr. aka Sixcats! with another intriguing speaker in the background
Robert Stephens was part of the Shearer Horn project before starting his own company. I have seen a few Stephens drivers and the quality of construction is comparable to an Altec or JBL. But I never saw or heard this particular speaker system which according to a brochure in Hi-Fi Lit contained a 15" woofer in a folded horn chamber, compression driven 10 cell horn midrange + super tweeter. It is a rare piece and probably samples have been snapped up by mid-century modern collectors long before audio aficionados became aware of the sonic virtues of vintage equipment.
Regards,
SixCats!
New member SixCats! here. I must say I'm surprised to find a thread on Tubes here at KKF. I am a loooong time (early member) of AudioKarma.org
I mostly have/listen to MONO Tube Amp system. I have a PILOT AA-903B ("the Baby with the Bite" EL84's) a HEATHKIT A-9C (6L6), a FISHER 500 MONO Receiver (EL37), a SCOTT 222D Stereo Integrated Amp (7189's) and a FISHER 400 (I can't recall). I also have a beautiful pristine vintage GOLDEN LION (?) something or other stashed away somewhere.
My main speaker : http://jelabs.blogspot.com/2011/06/architects-music-and-hi-fi.html
http://i39.tinypic.com/fjjhus.jpg
This is an interesting picture of a Charles Eames/Stephens Tru-Sonic collaboration sent a while back by Thomas Patrick Shortall, Jr. aka Sixcats! with another intriguing speaker in the background
Robert Stephens was part of the Shearer Horn project before starting his own company. I have seen a few Stephens drivers and the quality of construction is comparable to an Altec or JBL. But I never saw or heard this particular speaker system which according to a brochure in Hi-Fi Lit contained a 15" woofer in a folded horn chamber, compression driven 10 cell horn midrange + super tweeter. It is a rare piece and probably samples have been snapped up by mid-century modern collectors long before audio aficionados became aware of the sonic virtues of vintage equipment.Regards,
SixCats!
