[rosgr63]

Great photos Joe, thanks for sharing.

I'm pleased you enjoyed your long weekend and had an amazing time.

Lesson learned be good to the boss............

 

[UntilThen]

Joe you're everything I imagine you to be. Happy, cheerful and good natured guy.

Thanks for sharing the photos. I'm sure you had a blast of a time.

I spend the day playing my LPs and really enjoying music on my speakers system. I am also thinking of Ulysses. I think it will be a special amp. My excitement is building.

 

[2359glenn]

Joe
Great pics I am sure you had a great time
Is that your wife and you in front of the JB truck?

 

[rosgr63]

I thought it was the beer lorry............

 

[UntilThen]

I thought it's the Transformer.

 

[2359glenn]

I am also thinking of Ulysses. I think it will be a special amp. My excitement is building.[/QUOTE]

I didn't finish it over the long weekend but it is very close to being done.
Then I will burn it in a couple of days before I ship
Plan on buy the end of the week. 2 weeks to get there you should have it before Christmas.
If customs there don't hold it up?

 

[UntilThen]

I am also thinking of Ulysses. I think it will be a special amp. My excitement is building.

I didn't finish it over the long weekend but it is very close to being done.
Then I will burn it in a couple of days before I ship
Plan on buy the end of the week. 2 weeks to get there you should have it before Christmas.
If customs there don't hold it up?[/QUOTE]

Thanks Glenn. You put a lot of effort into this amp working over the long weekend. It is much appreciated.

Never had a problem with customs before so it should be fine.

 

[UntilThen]

@ru4music I suppose you received Scarlett and have hidden yourself in your man cave listening to it.

Pictures and impressions please....

Don't do a gone with the wind.

 

[whirlwind]

Great photos Joe, thanks for sharing.

I'm pleased you enjoyed your long weekend and had an amazing time.

Lesson learned be good to the boss............

Yes, I learned my lesson long ago.

Joe you're everything I imagine you to be. Happy, cheerful and good natured guy.

Thanks for sharing the photos. I'm sure you had a blast of a time.

I spend the day playing my LPs and really enjoying music on my speakers system. I am also thinking of Ulysses. I think it will be a special amp. My excitement is building.

Thanks for the kind words, not sure my wife would agree with that though
We did indeed have a great time, it was fun.

I thought it was the beer lorry............

Ha! You would have thought they could have used one of those trucks for the beer lorry.
I like the way you think.

 

[whirlwind]

Joe
Great pics I am sure you had a great time
Is that your wife and you in front of the JB truck?

Yes, that is my better half and my fat butt!
The belly is getting bigger all the time...good food and beer will do that, and the older I get, the more ok I am with it.

 

[UntilThen]

I just realise it was Sept 30th 2017 that I got on this thread and ordered the OTL amp. That's less than 2 months. That's an amazing turn around time from a specialist tube amp builder. Thanks Glenn !!!

 

[ru4music]

@ru4music I suppose you received Scarlett and have hidden yourself in your man cave listening to it.

Pictures and impressions please....

Don't do a gone with the wind.

Yes, I have received it and I haven't forgot about posting my impressions. I really need to burn-in 100 to 200 hours before I can conclude anything myself (have 30 to 40 now.) I had an issue with an infamous EL3N socket on one of the driver stages when I first received it (nothing but noise on the right channel in 2 stage mode.) I worked with @2359glenn to isolate the issue and have put in a work around (see green cable tie strip below ) until my NOS sockets arrive from overseas and I can replace it.


As far as sound I have gone from flat and veiled (new) to tighter/ extended bass and more forward/ open mid-range. It's taking about 3 to 4 hours of warm up time before the EL3Ns are at their best presently. I replaced the 3DG4 rect. with a UE 596 rect. tube and that seems to have brought out more detail. As stated before, EL3Ns and their associated sockets can be noisy and micro-phonic (I'm finding that to be true!) On to another listening session tonight (lit the tubes a couple of hours ago.)

 

[mordy]

Yes, I have received it and I haven't forgot about posting my impressions. I really need to burn-in 100 to 200 hours before I can conclude anything myself (have 30 to 40 now.) I had an issue with an infamous EL3N socket on one of the driver stages when I first received it (nothing but noise on the right channel in 2 stage mode.) I worked with @2359glenn to isolate the issue and have put in a work around (see green cable tie strip below ) until my NOS sockets arrive from overseas and I can replace it.


As far as sound I have gone from flat and veiled (new) to tighter/ extended bass and more forward/ open mid-range. It's taking about 3 to 4 hours of warm up time before the EL3Ns are at their best presently. I replaced the 3DG4 rect. with a UE 596 rect. tube and that seems to have brought out more detail. As stated before, EL3Ns and their associated sockets can be noisy and micro-phonic (I'm finding that to be true!) On to another listening session tonight (lit the tubes a couple of hours ago.)

Hi,

Speaking of burn in, I just received my Massdrop HD6xx aka Sennheiser HD650. How long is the burn in time for these headphones?
I am trying to compare them to my Beyerdynamic T1 Gen1 but they are so new that I can only say that they are different....

 

[UntilThen]

Good to hear from you ru4. Sorry to hear about the socket but I'm sure it will be fixed soon.

Those EL3Ns do need a lengthy burn in and your initial impressions of it are very much in line with mine when I was running EL3Ns in Elise. Once really burn in, they open up with a nice rich texture.

Quite a few people had problems with EL3Ns on the adapters in Elise. Noise and microphonic are what they report too. I had none of those issues. The issue is with the contact of the tube with the adapter plates I believe. If those plates are pushed in too much, you will get those problems. The contact is not quite there. You can leverage out those plates with a small flat screw driver. Gently insert it into the bottom of each plate and push it up gently with a fulcrum motion.

Anyway happy for you that you are getting the hours into the GEL3N. Waiting to hear further reports from you.

 

[whirlwind]

Yes, I have received it and I haven't forgot about posting my impressions. I really need to burn-in 100 to 200 hours before I can conclude anything myself (have 30 to 40 now.) I had an issue with an infamous EL3N socket on one of the driver stages when I first received it (nothing but noise on the right channel in 2 stage mode.) I worked with @2359glenn to isolate the issue and have put in a work around (see green cable tie strip below ) until my NOS sockets arrive from overseas and I can replace it.


As far as sound I have gone from flat and veiled (new) to tighter/ extended bass and more forward/ open mid-range. It's taking about 3 to 4 hours of warm up time before the EL3Ns are at their best presently. I replaced the 3DG4 rect. with a UE 596 rect. tube and that seems to have brought out more detail. As stated before, EL3Ns and their associated sockets can be noisy and micro-phonic (I'm finding that to be true!) On to another listening session tonight (lit the tubes a couple of hours ago.)

It takes a couple of hours for these tubes to shine and settle in ....wonderful sounding tubes, but they can be finicky.