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Apr 13, 2018 at 1:13 AM Post #19,336 of 39,986
Through a friend who knows people who work in the headfi industry I've been trying out a lot of gear this year. Today I was given the chance to listen to and potentially buy a pair of basically new LCD4s that have only been demoed/shown at a few shows. I did indeed end up buying them (for much cheaper than used ones sell for on here). These are now my all time favorite headphones, but I'm not going to say they "kill" the LCD3s. Far from it. The LCD4s are simply a better LCD3, with a greater "wall of sound" and everything else seems to be about 10% better. One could argue used LCD3s are much better value.

I totally appreciate we all have different tastes, but my "best value" headfi system is the following:
- LCD3
- Lampizator Euforia DSD
- Glenn GOTL or EL3N. This is based upon the many reviews on here, and what you guys have compared to what you've previously owned. I also have a GOTL on order. The temptation to be able to use 6 6BL7's with only one driver tube such as the B36 was too much for me...

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Apr 13, 2018 at 5:17 AM Post #19,337 of 39,986
leftside said:
Through a friend who knows people who work in the headfi industry I've been trying out a lot of gear this year. Today I was given the chance to listen to and potentially buy a pair of basically new LCD4s that have only been demoed/shown at a few shows. I did indeed end up buying them (for much cheaper than used ones sell for on here). These are now my all time favorite headphones, but I'm not going to say they "kill" the LCD3s. Far from it. The LCD4s are simply a better LCD3, with a greater "wall of sound" and everything else seems to be about 10% better. One could argue used LCD3s are much better value.

I totally appreciate we all have different tastes, but my "best value" headfi system is the following:
- LCD3
- Lampizator Euforia DSD
- Glenn GOTL or EL3N. This is based upon the many reviews on here, and what you guys have compared to what you've previously owned. I also have a GOTL on order. The temptation to be able to use 6 6BL7's with only one driver tube such as the B36 was too much for me...

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Very nice...those look like cocobolo ?
I am in line for a GOTL also and I believe the line to be getting a bit long.

gibosi has sent me some Tung Sol 6BX7 to listen too and they sound quite good, from what time I have had to listen to them.
 
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Apr 13, 2018 at 6:47 AM Post #19,338 of 39,986
leftside said:
Glenn GOTL or EL3N. This is based upon the many reviews on here, and what you guys have compared to what you've previously owned. I also have a GOTL on order. The temptation to be able to use 6 6BL7's with only one driver tube such as the B36 was too much for me...
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Several years from now, Glenn Super 9, 10 or 11 OTL amp will be an iconic classic and I'm glad you're getting one. The lure of tube rolling aside, it's the signature sound of this amp that is captivating. Dynamics, transients, superb imaging, it's all there. So good is the tone, I've finally sold off my Ragnarok.

Even LCD-2f sounds great with the GOTL with 6336 tubes.

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Apr 13, 2018 at 8:48 AM Post #19,339 of 39,986
This sure looks like mikey mouse and a pair of elephants. :)

However the Voskhod 6N23P russian driver with 6336 power tubes proves that you can get great tone on a shoe string budget. Adapter is ECC88 to 6SN7 adapter. 6N23p bass is a knock out. It's unbelievable that such a small tube can churn out such bass. This combination is ultra quiet on the GOTL.

Now I have to look for another 6922 tube since I already have the adapter. Perhaps the Genalex Gold Lion ECC88 6922 tube as suggested by @Xcalibur255 ...
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GENALEX...336817?hash=item441a60f0b1:g:BGgAAOSwW3Vaud~Y

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Apr 13, 2018 at 11:58 AM Post #19,341 of 39,986
whirlwind said:
Very nice...those look like cocobolo ?
I am in line for a GOTL also and I believe the line to be getting a bit long.

gibosi has sent me some Tung Sol 6BX7 to listen too and they sound quite good, from what time I have had to listen to them.
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I really don't know in regard to the wood being cocobolo. I just took what they had without giving the wood too much thought.

Yes, the line for the GOTL is getting longer.
 
Apr 13, 2018 at 12:00 PM Post #19,342 of 39,986
leftside said:
Yes, the line for the GOTL is getting longer
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Perhaps Glenn can tell me exactly how long? My brother just received his Auteurs last night and is already asking whether or not to get in line for his own GOTL.
 
Apr 13, 2018 at 12:10 PM Post #19,343 of 39,986
Monsterzero said:
Perhaps Glenn can tell me exactly how long? My brother just received his Auteurs last night and is already asking whether or not to get in line for his own GOTL.
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Your next in line as soon as I finish the EL3N amp I am building now. Hopefully I will have it finished this weekend.
A amp for your brother would be mid June before I can build a amp for him.

Glenn
 
Apr 13, 2018 at 11:04 PM Post #19,347 of 39,986
Is there a list somewhere of all the different tubes the GOTL takes? I see there are 9 tube sockets. The 1 at the front is for the driver (6SN7, 12SN7?), 6 for power (6BL7?), 2 for different power (5998?) Also 2 solid state rectifiers? Thanks.
 
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Apr 13, 2018 at 11:12 PM Post #19,348 of 39,986
leftside said:
Is there a list somewhere of all the different tubes the GOTL takes? I see there are 9 tube sockets. The 1 at the front is for the driver (6SN7, 12SN7?), 6 for power (6BL7?), 2 for different power (5998?) Also 2 solid state rectifiers? Thanks.
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Apr 13, 2018 at 11:45 PM Post #19,350 of 39,986
There are 9 sockets if you opt for solid state rectifiers. 10 if you choose tube rectifiers.

For the GOTL with 9 sockets (refer to the picture below), the sockets are for:-

1st socket
. 6sn7 / 12sn7 / 25sn7

Next 2 sockets
. c3g

Next 6 sockets are for power tubes:-
. 2 or 4 or 6 6BL7 / 6BX7
. 2 or 4 6as7 / 6h13c / 5998 / 7236
. 2 6336

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