I was reading a discussion on the 6AS7G thread about the dangers of damaging headphones by turning an OTL on with headphones plugged in. According to the discussion the period of turn-on and first few minutes of warm up is when power tubes are most likely to fail and potentially cause damage or destroy a headphone attached when the failure occurs. I'm curious if any of you turn your Elise on only when there is no headphone attached.
Hi pct...must admit I'm taking Lukasz's word that Elise's protection circuits would
probably save my T1s - so I take the (hopefully!) small risk of keeping them plugged in all the time. But as the old saying goes : "you pays your money and takes your choice" LOL!!...
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The Dac is alot bigger han the Elise. The manufacturer only uses big tubes. He believes big is better.
And I agree!
Hi aqsw...nice to hear from you again...(I too believe you don't need these multiple tube set-ups to achieve fabulous sound, lol!
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With the results I'm getting from my own tube DAC that 'only' uses - now, that is! - Tesla E88CCs (gold pins & grid posts), I can only imagine what your beauty delivers! The fact that it makes your Russian powers sound so good is certainly confirmation of its credentials...and also confirms that the 'lowly' 6N13S is in fact a much better tube than many would believe. Yet another case of what other elements in the system are providing!...(perhaps I should look into a "big tube" replacement for my stock ECC85s LOL!!...
if they'll fit, that is! - mind you, the sound I'm getting already from my Teslas is MORE than good, and so I can sympathise with your reluctance(?) to upgrade any further. Plus...can Elise
really be pushed to even higher limits?...I wonder...
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ps Glad you're still liking the EL3Ns - they do indeed appear to keep upping their game along with other system upgrades...more so than any other (driver) tube I've used, including the "Chrome Dome" 7N7; several VT231s; C3g'S'; ECC31 and FDD20. It really saddens me that not everyone has the same experience...but such is "tube land", alas!..(but it sure was nice to hear the fabled Glenn, of 'Glenn Amps', say he was "shocked" by their performance, and has chosen
these to use in his own amp project after many years. Given the vast array to choose from - especially with his extensive experience - this is endorsement indeed, lol!).
I am on the brink of quitting head-fi, you have no idea what is going on, maybe UT can fill you in for me. I bought 2 T1's first one was not as described, the other one never left the seller cause France did not allow shipping to my country in middle east. HD800, it is lost, no tracking information after it left Texas, I am going to customs.
If I ever visit UK, I will bring my DAC and we do a jam
LOL
That sounds horrendous LR...there certainly wouldn't be much of my hair left if I were in
your shoes, lol!
...I can only hope - as I'm sure does everyone else here - that you do eventually end up with either Senns or Beyers. Elise just
cries out for them!!..hang in there, mon ami...
A jam sounds wonderful...but from the look of things, I doubt you would ever be
allowed out of the country - Customs have probably listed you as Public Enemy Number One, for some reason lol!!...but GOOD LUCK with 'em anyway!...
ps. Am still trying to put together that comprehensive, infallible "recognition" factsheet for the GECs...not enough hours in the day at the moment I'm afraid, but will try as soon as I can!