dbaker1981
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No. You cannot use any 9-pin double triode in the LD without considerable modifications....
Uggh. I'm looking for some natural sounding tubes for my LD 1+.
No. You cannot use any 9-pin double triode in the LD without considerable modifications....
Uggh. I'm looking for some natural sounding tubes for my LD 1+.
PS - Contrary to most comments, even LD I+ (with above modifications) being a hybrid powers HD6XX almost perfectly.
What opamp have you changed from so therefore making your comparisons against? The stock one?
I'm currently using LT1364 having gone through some of the cheaper available opamps
Burson, Sparkos and Muses are perhaps on my list to try at some point this year
btw have been using Sylvania 6HM5 for the last few months. I found the EI to be quite microphonic.
PS - Contrary to most comments, even LD I+ (with above modifications) being a hybrid powers HD6XX almost perfectly.
^^ this. I'm currently using the I+ w/ the HD650, stock op amp & NE408A tubes & it powers them perfectly fine. Even on low gain, I can't go past 12:00 before being extremely loud. Plenty of power for these cans. People who say otherwise either haven't tried the combo, or they're trying to justify their $400+ OTL tube amp purchase.
Well I have a Little Dot 1+, Muses02, EI 6HM5 on the go, and just picked up a Darkvoice 336i on massdrop (still have to order some replacement tubes for it). I will do the comparison to see and post here to tell you my findingsI kind a hope you are right and sell the DV after..
For cans like the HD650 the Darkvoice will definitely sound better than the I+. But IME Darkvoice breaks down too often (i've seen at least 4 DV336 break down in use). If it were to me, I'd go for a mk3 which I think should be of the same price with the 336 on MD. Also, maintaining 2 sets of incompatible tubes would be too expensive for me, so LD all the way.
just wondering, aren't the tubes for the ld mk3 more expensive than those needed for the 336? first of all, four tubes are needed instead of two, and if you go for matched pairs than the price goes up quickly.