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Torpedo

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  1. Well, it all depends on how much negative connotation we apply to "analytical". The B22 isn't analytical in the negative sense of killing music by enhancing unnecessary detail, or adding fake "air" or whatever which shouldn't be there. The B22 just lets pass information without adding much of his own. However, with some headphones -the HD800 come to mind- sound becomes kind of "too much of a good thing", while with other phones sound is more balanced and natural. Is under this perspective that I think that the GR, without being a warm or colored amp, is less "analytical" than the B22. Both are great amps anyway
  2. If the GS-1 sounds anything like the Gilmore Reference I wouldn't say it's "analytical". Just rather "neutral". Probably the B22 is more in the analytical side of things, though not harsh.
  3. Great news Doug, I hope you enjoy your new studies
  4. Not that shitty, I wonder if some of the noises people tell aren't actually part of the album. Something like when the artists add clicks and pops as though it were a vinyl playing. The music is good, I'll be getting the album as soon as it's released.
  5. Porcupine Tree - The incident
  6. Have a great day mate. I hope you're enjoying your vacations too
  7. I'd bluetack the speakers to the stands instead of spiking them. A firm attachment would transmit the speakers' enclosures resonances into the stands, which is you want. Not that spiking is bad, it would get the same results, but damaging the speaker base.
  8. Yep, they're quite good IMHO Just finished Steely Dan - Aja Later Peter Frampton - Frampton comes alive
  9. Happy birthday mate
  10. Nice amp Icarium, enjoy it And share your impressions hehehe.
  11. I hope they're good quality postage pounds
  12. Finished Dire Straits - Dire Straits Now almost ready for Camel - Breathless
  13. You'll be beaten anyway at some point hehehe. You're on "beware" mode, just note that your post count is still at 0.
  14. So you read your welcome PM and you know all us. So far so good. Welcome jantze
  15. And the thing sounds?
  16. Sorry for your bad luck day Vicki. Great that you still keep the JH13/iPhone. Things can always get worse Hopefully you get your new ids, cards and the car fixed soon.
  17. The Allman Brothers Band - Allman Brothers Band
  18. First things first, look after yourself, go to that sleep clinic and try to lose some weight Maybe that won't help you snoring, but will be good for your health. Those thin walls are an issue anyway. Would you need to soundproof the whole room or just the wall between you and your roommate's? Having a whole room acoustically isolated is going to be expensive
  19. The Mullards (NOS) I've tried in my amp sounded as you describe, wonderful midrange but lacking bass correctness. No depth, no impact, no authority. The treble is smooth, kind of silky and quite detailed, but lacks some spark and top extension. They're great for midrange bloom and meatiness. Lovely with voices if you don't care for anything else. Never tried EI EL34s, but I tried EL84 in other amp and 12AX7 in my phono pre. They don't sound much better than russian tubes. Maybe a tad bit more "elegant", but still not comparable to Telefunken or Siemens. For power tubes I don't think going NOS is really worth it. Power tubes have a quite short life expectancy (rarely more than 3000 hours) and while some of the NOS tubes have very interesting features, IME don't have the completeness and top to bottom balance that more modern tubes offer considering the price. Furthermore it's very difficult getting well matched quads. If the amp doesn't provide manual bias adjustment for each tube (as in my amp) this can generate more sonic problems than the benefits of using such special and expensive tubes. I think I've tried most of the currently available EL34/E34L tubes in the market. In my amp and with my speakers, the ones with the more balanced response across the freq spectrum and not being harsh anywhere, are the JJ E34L. The KT77 keep that balance, and sound a bit more authoritative in the bass, but trade off a bit of delicacy in the midrange. The ones I'm currently using are Chinese Shuguang EL34-B. These keep most of the JJ virtues, maybe a bass a bit less impactive, but still going deep and very well textured. I like them better for their midrange, which is rich and enveloping, it reminds me a lot of the 300B SET midrange (tonally, not for the full richness nor the spatial distribution). In the treble they're quite similar, at first the Shuguangs may seem less detailed, but they're not, it's just that they're a bit smoother, kind of recessed. If you decide to try them, be warned, these don't have reliability issues IME, but for the first 10 hours sound damn awful. Really, they're the tubes that change their sound with burn in more hugely of all the ones I've tried. They go from crappy sound to very good. Fortunately you don't need to wait for 400-800 hours just in the 2 first hours the changes are very evident and promising. With 10 hours the sound just slightly worse than they'll do after 50, 100, or 1000 hours. The quartet I'm using now probably has around 1500 hours on and still going strong.
  20. Sure. I've made a lot of tube swapping on my Filarmonia: My conclusions are similar, output tubes produce changes which aren't as huge and obvious as those provided by the input tubes, however the bottom end, treble extension and smoothness, and midrange richness are the areas were most of the differences may be noticed. Of the many tubes I've tried, the JJ E34L and KT77 are the ones with the most bodyful yet tight bass, without any treble edge. Russian tubes have decent bass, but treble is quite inferior. If Justin doesn't advise against the E34L, I'd recommend you to try them, but be warned of their reliability issues
  21. E34L is a perfect direct substitute of the EL34 if the circuit is designed for the later. E34L can be driven harder than the EL34, so on a EL34 tuned circuit the E34L will work perfectly fine, but on a circuit biased and conceived for the E34L, a EL34 might fail. More or less the same goes for the KT77. However when things are designed consciously and conservatively, both can be used without problems. I had forgotten that 6CA7 is the american nomenclature for the EL34 I thought you were speaking of the driver tubes... Just proclaims my ignorance of what tubes the BHSE uses
  22. Torpedo

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    ^ Interesting way to shape the upper body
  23. Listening to it right now on Spotify. This thing is great, someone speaks of music which might be interesting, then you look for it and if available, just play And completely free and legal
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