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post #691 of 823
10/28/06 at 3:45pm
I haven't forgotten the tremendous work Echo1 did in buying the first DarkVoice on these forums.
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post #692 of 823
10/28/06 at 3:49pm
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Originally Posted by DennyL
I haven't forgotten the tremendous work Echo1 did in buying the first DarkVoice on these forums.
He bought the 4th

But he was the 1st to find the current dealer.
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post #693 of 823
10/28/06 at 11:31pm
Atlanta seems to be where the Darkvoice discoverers hail from. I know Fitz and aznsensazian have had theirs for quite some time. aznsensazian's comments on the synergy with his K340's prompted me to look into buying one. Echo1 made the process effortless.
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post #694 of 823
10/29/06 at 12:39am
So which one of you is responsible for driving up the price?!
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post #695 of 823
10/29/06 at 12:52am
I remember reading (on the Audioasylum forum) that the Sovtek/Svetlana 6as7 tubes (current production) are actually a better tube for a power application than the old NOS (6as7); to find more details, do a search on that site. This may have been related to performance, not necessarily sonics. As compared to the 6080, I am not sure. In reading posts related to other amps, I have heard the same that has been reported (at least once) on this string: swapping the power tube will not make as much of a sonic difference as the preamp tube.

I plan to pick up a couple of variants to experiment w/the power tube, at some point, but it's not high on my priority list. I am running a Sovtek 6as7.
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post #696 of 823
10/29/06 at 3:17am
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Originally Posted by swt61
Atlanta seems to be where the Darkvoice discoverers hail from. I know Fitz and aznsensazian have had theirs for quite some time. aznsensazian's comments on the synergy with his K340's prompted me to look into buying one. Echo1 made the process effortless.
Listening to Minh's Darkvoice at the Atlanta meet (back in April?) is what prompted me to hunt down and buy my own Darkvoice and sell my Aria. It wasn't enough to really win me over for the K340, though.

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Originally Posted by Nugget
So which one of you is responsible for driving up the price?!
Surely not me! I only drove up the price of my own Darkvoice.

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Originally Posted by SLCanhead
I remember reading (on the Audioasylum forum) that the Sovtek/Svetlana 6as7 tubes (current production) are actually a better tube for a power application than the old NOS (6as7); to find more details, do a search on that site. This may have been related to performance, not necessarily sonics. As compared to the 6080, I am not sure. In reading posts related to other amps, I have heard the same that has been reported (at least once) on this string: swapping the power tube will not make as much of a sonic difference as the preamp tube.

I plan to pick up a couple of variants to experiment w/the power tube, at some point, but it's not high on my priority list. I am running a Sovtek 6as7.
From my understanding, the 6H13Cs and new production 6AS7s are more reliable and have slightly higher limits than NOS 6AS7s, but it's not really an issue with the Darkvoice since it it's not running the power tube anywhere near full capacity.
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post #697 of 823
10/29/06 at 3:43am
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Originally Posted by Fitz
Listening to Minh's Darkvoice at the Atlanta meet (back in April?) is what prompted me to hunt down and buy my own Darkvoice and sell my Aria. It wasn't enough to really win me over for the K340, though.



Surely not me! I only drove up the price of my own Darkvoice.



From my understanding, the 6H13Cs and new production 6AS7s are more reliable and have slightly higher limits than NOS 6AS7s, but it's not really an issue with the Darkvoice since it it's not running the power tube anywhere near full capacity.
This is what I remember, from Audioasylum (concerning the new production 6as7s). Thank you for the clarification (and how it applies to the Darkvoice).
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post #698 of 823
10/29/06 at 10:10pm
Alright, I snagged a cheap tube tester off fleabay, so I should have it by the end of the week. If all goes well with it I'll get my tubes tested and available for you guys next weekend.
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post #699 of 823
11/1/06 at 9:42pm
Okay shmokey. El Cheapo tester seems to be working as expected, so I'll sort out the tubes into: strong, decent, and GARBAGE. I dunno if I'll get far enough checking tonight to post an ad up yet though, since for each tube I have to first test that it's still good enough to use, then check it for noise/distortion in my own amp (sorry, can't check for hum with my amp anymore), then take pictures of it. And I have a lot of tubes to do this for.
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post #700 of 823
11/1/06 at 10:06pm
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Hi I'me back

Ya well I havent chimed in to this forum thread for awhile now.Howes everyone doin?
Liken your Darkvoices?Yes?
I spent a good part of a day researchin to find a seller and it seems to have worked well.I would call and ask"can you speak Engish" and got hung up on untill I got to Jain.Its been a fun ride though. Little hard on the wallet.But there even selling them back on Ebay now.
So whos going to buy the 337?
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post #701 of 823
11/4/06 at 11:26pm
Got all the 6SN7s checked and listed in the FS forums. Just a heads up.
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post #702 of 823
11/17/06 at 2:52pm
I just ordered one of these from the seller on french eBay. should be here by the end of next week.
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post #703 of 823
11/18/06 at 4:19pm
I just ordered a 336i from Jian Liu so that I have something to listen to until my Heed CanAmp arrives (sometime in January I believe). I've never owned a tube amp before (aside from my guitar amp) so maybe I'll actually like this more than the Heed. I'm only going to keep the one I like best, so either a CanAmp or Darkvoice will be in the F/S forums...well...in January...

Where's a good place to get a power cable for the 110v? (not looking for anything fancy at the moment...I just want it powered)
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post #704 of 823
11/18/06 at 6:09pm

Very Interested...

Obviously... all of us, who are "vicarious headfiles," will certainly, be anxiously anticipating you're comparative perspective on the two...


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I just ordered a 336i from Jian Liu so that I have something to listen to until my Heed CanAmp arrives (sometime in January I believe). I've never owned a tube amp before (aside from my guitar amp) so maybe I'll actually like this more than the Heed. I'm only going to keep the one I like best, so either a CanAmp or Darkvoice will be in the F/S forums...well...in January...

Where's a good place to get a power cable for the 110v? (not looking for anything fancy at the moment...I just want it powered)
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post #705 of 823
11/18/06 at 6:16pm
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Where's a good place to get a power cable for the 110v? (not looking for anything fancy at the moment...I just want it powered)
Any place that sells electronics should have one.
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