Christmas in August
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Re: Christmas in August
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Always fun to get boxes. BTW, what is that last thing in your pictures? An electronic sandbox? I'm not sure my cat would approve.
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Re: Christmas in August
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It's an unfinished, alder wood box that comes w/ the Bottlehead kit. http://www.bottlehead.com/store.php?crn=44&rn=433&action=show_detailUnfortunately, my wiring doesn't even come close to looking like that. Hence, why I didn't post the underside.
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I've mentioned once or twice on this board, and have been known to say it in other places too: The even-order distortion of tubes is pleasing to the ear. While modern solid state amps routinely have THD percentages as low as 0.01%; this tube amp is 1000x higher at 10%. Yet people sing the praises of how warm and natural tube amps sound.
I'd definitely be curious to hear one of these. I can't stand headphones though, so it'd have to be powering speakers.
I found this statement rather intriguing, "...the hardcore eXperimenter might even convert it into a 10 watt push pull class AB monoblock amplifier!" That's interesting, two of them paired with some M22s...
Pioneer PDP-5020FD, Marantz SR6011 Axiom M5HP, VP160HP, QS8 Sony PS4, surround backs -Chris
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Yeah, I try not to get lost in forest of specs, which is easy since I'm an engineer.
W/ this expensive audio hobby, I've learned to let my ears decide. And they've decided that I can hear a difference w/ tubes and it's a difference I like. Colored or not, neutral or not, bright or not, it works for me.
I have tube monoblocks (ASL AV-25's) powering some efficient Von Schweikert VR1's and they sound great. I did run my M22's w/ a Sophia Baby Amp (which is available...) rated at 8W or so, if memory serves me. Sounds VERY good, as long as the room isn't too big. I used my Pio 45TX as the pre-amp.
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Looks like ya got the Grado bug real bad. Congrats in the new phones and amp.
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