Ha! Occasionally revisiting the thread. Good to see you still enjoying yours, I'm still enjoying mine, it's one great amp :).

Yes but it's the electrical characteristics of the tube vis a vis the circuit that matters I think. A given tube will express in a certain way depending on the relation of its gm, voltage swing, transconductance, amplification factor, plate dissipation etc etc. to the circuit characteristics...

My very first amp, a LDMKIV se If I remember, had very syrupy tubes which, after the initial excitement wore off fairly soon and I never wanted that sound again, I wanted realism more than syrup. But you're right, it's the circuit not the tubes that is important, I think Sonic would have had...

Haha 😆. Absolutely, agree 100%. That's exactly why I always steered clear of 300B. But curious how Sonic managed to put one together in Telemachus though. My own journey began with the Supermods thread, some guys together with one aim to perfect the LD, as much as possibly anyway, and that...

Yep ☺️. Some say tubes are accurate for realistic reproduction, live sound, real distortion - the marshall guitar amps for example, harmonics, realistic decay, realistic speed for music reproduction, not pinpoint like SS, linear voltage swings, etc etc. Of course with all the gizmos at their...

Well, before the Telemachus came about I was interested in how the new ideas that Sonic implemented sounded, like on your amp for example. After that when he put forward the Telemachus idea, old classic tube types but with the new technology I felt that it would be a very interesting...

Yes, that's a great shame, that can no longer happen. That's great that you have so many choices with your sound, but I've reached the point where I'm happy with the sound on my amp, even though I have limited options. Probably to do with all the angst with modding mine, I don't want to do that...

You are lucky that you have a custom made amp with many possible adjustments, something that the big boys would not bother to have in their amps because of the manufacturing cost. You have so many available features that it would be possible to find the sweet spot for any tube you might want to...

You are sooooo lucky to have one of the few Telemachuses every made, I think 2 or maybe 3. This will be the pinnacle of Sonic's achievements, who knows how great it would have been to see this achieve the greatness it deserves. I was interested in this above all else, the 300B together with some...

x2! But I do enjoy headphones too, when it gets later in night. Comparing my headphones to speakers, there's not a lot of difference, both good soundstage, resolve etc. Speakers, better realism, but headphones you can hear the intricacies of the detail better possibly, probably due to room...

The trouble is wooden fuses only work in wooden amps... and... quantum fuses only work in quantum computers 😆.

Quantum baby 😆.

Not sure about this, it is either single ended or balanced, it can't be single ended and balanced at the same time. I don't know about Oblivion but it may be that either the 6.3mm output is balanced or that the XLR can output single ended by only having one side outputting through the XLR's...

Ha yes! Your amp is infinitely adjustable and for that comes the need to pay attention to settings lol. For that you might need to become acquainted with Ohm's law. I imagine that Sonic provided a good safety margin with the wattage on your components so that they wouldn't fry when your hand...

The main advantage with the Russian caps is value/money ratio and build quality. For the money they are superb and compare very well with other top quality caps. You would probably be satisfied with all top quality caps although they all have their differences, Mundorf - top end, Jupiter -...