[JKDJedi]

So I've sampled every tube known to man....or most of them that are worth sampling.... am I missing out not sampling the Brimar?

 

[Slade01]

So I've sampled every tube known to man....or most of them that are worth sampling.... am I missing out not sampling the Brimar?

YES !

 

[jonathan c]

So I've sampled every tube known to man....or most of them that are worth sampling.... am I missing out not sampling the Brimar?

Absolutely! Go to the Schiit Mjolnir 2 threads to find out about Brimar, Footscray, and other wonders of the tube world…

 

[Slade01]

Absolutely! Go to the Schiit Mjolnir 2 threads to find out about Brimar, Footscray, and other wonders of the tube world…

@JKDJedi if you go to the Mjo 2 threads - you may get the fever to not just get tubes...but a matching amp to boot, namely to get a unicorn mjolnir 2. You wallet will hate you. Regarding Brimar tubes - the 6SN7 types, not many variations out there, and pricey. Watch out for the Brimar "Foreign" tubes...those are just other tubes rebranded with the brimar name. Although, of those, there are ones that are Fivre made, which are definitely also worth a look.

 

[bcowen]

Absolutely! Go to the Schiit Mjolnir 2 threads to find out about Brimar, Footscray, and other wonders of the tube world…

Danger Will Robinson! Danger! Danger!

 

[jonathan c]

Danger Will Robinson! Danger! Danger!

Did you have a GE nightmare that caused you to post at 3:45 AM…poor thing!……

 

[bcowen]

Did you have a GE nightmare that caused you to post at 3:45 AM…poor thing!……

ROFL! It wasn't a nightmare but more of a delayed blessing. Couldn't sleep, so went back to work on the DV mods. Had a crap GE (like there's some other kind) in the new socket to keep the inner contacts aligned while I soldered to it. Got done with the socket, and when I pulled the GE out it slipped out of my hand and hit dead center on a 12x12 ceramic tile I had on the floor. Didn't shatter, but the getter went white instantly. Enough impact to break a seal somewhere. On the plus side it probably won't sound any worse than it did before, and on the other plus side it will still work just fine for soldering sockets.

 

[SHIMACM]

It's friends, my new toy has arrived.

My Crack has Speedball installed.

First impressions are faster, more detailed and balanced sound than Darkvoice.

Looking forward to starting the valve roll.

 

[SHIMACM]

Does anyone use Darkvoice as a preamp?

Do you know if it works well?

 

[g3n3r1c]

First impressions are faster, more detailed and balanced sound than Darkvoice.

Congrats. Yes, IMO the Crack is technically a step up from the DV. I strongly suggest that you try a shouldered (coke-bottle) power tube instead of the 6080. I'm running a Svetlana 6N13S currently. To my ears it becomes smoother (less rumbly) and more natural.

I also tend to prefer long plate 12AU7 tubes over short plate tubes, as they sound more neutral and less-bright. The Crack can lean toward brightness with some tubes, or at least an extended high range.

Does anyone use Darkvoice as a preamp?

Yes. It works well, and mainly adds 3D depth and a sense of expanded space. [That's mainly what tube harmonics do.] The DV is a solid value as a preamp, just check the price of typical stereo-oriented tube preamps.

 

[pravous]

It's friends, my new toy has arrived.

My Crack has Speedball installed.

First impressions are faster, more detailed and balanced sound than Darkvoice.

Looking forward to starting the valve roll.

Congrats on the BHC. I found the speedball upgrade to be a pretty clear improvement as well. GEC 6080 in the power slot? I recommend the mullard cv4003 for the input tube. Of the few 12au7s I rolled I liked that one the best.

 

[musicinmymind]

Does Crack support 6SN7 for input tube?

 

[pravous]

Does Crack support 6SN7 for input tube?

Yes you can run 6SN7s with an adapter.

 

[HTSkywalker]

Does anyone use Darkvoice as a preamp?

Do you know if it works well?

I am and it does a much better job as a pre-amp than a headphone amp in fact. Important is to set the volume a bit less than 1/4 all the time. A better and warmer dedicated pre-amp would be a Yaqin SD-CD3 driven by dual 6SN7 (Raytheon in my setup - @bcowen loved ones).

 

[SHIMACM]

Congrats. Yes, IMO the Crack is technically a step up from the DV. I strongly suggest that you try a shouldered (coke-bottle) power tube instead of the 6080. I'm running a Svetlana 6N13S currently. To my ears it becomes smoother (less rumbly) and more natural.

I also tend to prefer long plate 12AU7 tubes over short plate tubes, as they sound more neutral and less-bright. The Crack can lean toward brightness with some tubes, or at least an extended high range.


Yes. It works well, and mainly adds 3D depth and a sense of expanded space. [That's mainly what tube harmonics do.] The DV is a solid value as a preamp, just check the price of typical stereo-oriented tube preamps.

Shoulder bottle I have a Chatham 6as7g which is very good.

I have some other exceptional power valves like: Bendix 6080, Tung-Sol 6080, Mullard 6080, GEC CV4079, Sylvania 6080 GB.

That's the perk of being with Darkvoice for some time.

It was able to accumulate many good valves.

Regarding the driver valve, I intend to use only the ones I already have.

I have a lot of good valves from the 6sn7/6j5g(t)/l63/6c5g families.

I don't know that I want to leave the valve house of the 12au7 family.