That is the compression I mentioned, it basically limits the headroom. In the case of this specific recording I in my setup could not hear any negative artifacts around the compression, do you?

I'd try to sort out the router first, those little buggers can introduce all sorts of noise. Wifi, cheap switching PS, mains noise even from the provider if it is based on copper and not fiber. I am in the luxurious situation that I do have a true full fiber 1Gibts connection to my carrier...

Just listened to the track on my rig, I‘d say the recording is OK maybe a little bit compressed but certainly no artefacts. Your chain should produce a very pleasing sound, even with the stock tube. If it is on the digital side it is not so easy to track down, and sometimes small changes can...

Short update on the ‘SHARK TEETH’ I went back to my trusted 6211 for a short time and was surprised that it did not leave me fully satisfied, I am still on the Mullard and it is the most universal an complete Mullard tube I do own. It does have very nice details a punchy full bottom end and a...

Tube #38 Mullard M8136 CV4003 1957 ‘SHARK TEETH’ Even though I probably now have tubes for multiple lifetimes, you guys made me really curious on the Mullard. I really do want to find the Mullard that does keep me happy for a longer time listening, speaking of multiple month. So far I have been...

I am running my Mola Mola with 6Vrms and prefer it to 2Vrms.

It’s been a while I did take the time to post, well post covid felt like jumping on a train at full speed… I left the G73-R black label untouched for quite a long time and it always gave me some very nice early morning listening pleasure, I‘d say it is the most precise and resolving tube I do...

If you are looking for a bit of a different sound profile the TFK 6211 gold pin is a wonderful alternative. To me it is what I was hoping for a Mullard would be, it does have a bit more body with a super silky/dreamy top end. To die for with female vocals, string instruments etc. It does have...

I am curious to give them a try! I do own several different Mullards, some were not really to my taste but that is true for other manufacturers as well. The one thing which was a bit confusing is the wide spectrum in difference, I was expecting a bit of a house sound like in TFK or Siemens but...

The AIC responds extremely well to it’s environmental setup, especially DAC and source, cables and power. The good part of that is that it’ll not be the limiting factor, the downside it’ll highlight shortcomings as well. Once you are settled on the source, try to find a more forgiving tube...

If you like to listen to vocals especially female jazz, make sure to give the TFK 6211 gold pins a try. The quarter is in the books … long weeks … back into traveling … got up early 4:00am jumping on planes too often… Now this.. On a lovely 6211 which is so none audiophile, but so full of...

I do have the balanced version as well, but only three positions on the dial

Congratulations! I am convinced you‘ll enjoy the journey

I would be super surprised that a true German company in the 60‘s would just run out of labels. I am sure it was intentional, I just don‘t know the reason behind. But I have seen quite a few with handwritten text on them. I was just not keen of getting them because the label is an indicator of...

Here is a picture of the handwritten ones.

The G73-R was never intended to sell to end customer, as far as I know they were shipped on trays all closely matched. So that you had closely matched tubes on the longer run.

I considered the EF1000 as well, I could have lived with the size and two boxes easily. Six tubes for sure is not for the faint-hearted. I had a conversation with a reseller close to their distributor and was told that the heat has caused quite some trouble and lead to stop selling them. This...

I’d say hard to compare the two, one is a full blown music server and streamer the other a purpose built upscaler

Most recently I have put a lot of work on my frontend mainly the reclocking part, replaced the SWPS in the Mutec MC3+USB with Farad LPS which was a true source upgrade. Today I did received new SPDIF BNC cables from Nick Bacon. I had to replace my expensive Tellurium Q since they simply fell...

I would say it sounded very good right out of the box after a warmup of 30 minutes. All in all it has turned me into a state of not looking for any further amp changes and that even became more solid over the weeks of listening into different tubes. Hope that helps even if not answering your...

Not going to argue, you seem to be the expert… Single mic does not mean mono

I received my back print G73-R this week, it just warms up for the weekend. Coming from a short plate Siemens ECC802s it is right out of the box a big step. I am really looking froward to the weekend to fully dive into it and enjoy it. Nice find @simorag !

Tube #38 Valvo Hamburg 1956 (?) Square getter I found a category of tubes which I initially described as vintage sounding, like my Lorenz square getter tube. I found a Hamburg based Valvo, mid 50‘s with as well a square getter. I have listened to this specific tube now for quite some time and...

@Ragnar-BY Thx for the writeup. I think they are the final stages of what was once one of the greatest tube manufacturer on the planet, Philips. Over the course of the decades Philips acquired quite a few companies and it is sometimes hard to track the original manufacturing plant, but one one...

I just texted with Tuan from Hanoi, it looks like he still has few left.