[Ranger Ron]

Has anyone tried a pre-war Kenrad VT244, and if so, how does it sound?

I have one. It’s a very nice tube. Lots of detail. I don’t think it’s on the same level as say brimar U52 etc, not as warm and spacious. I think it sounds better than the later ones. Reminds me a bit of an old 5C3S svetlana.

 

[Monsterzero]

I have one. It’s a very nice tube. Lots of detail. I don’t think it’s on the same level as say brimar U52 etc, not as warm and spacious. I think it sounds better than the later ones. Reminds me a bit of an old 5C3S svetlana.

How's the bass on it?

 

[Ranger Ron]

How's the bass on it?

Not huge. I think that’s why I just look at now from time to time. If I recall the later KenRad I have has more bass impact but less refined sounding overall.

 

[Monsterzero]

Not huge. I think that’s why I just look at now from time to time. If I recall the later KenRad I have has more bass impact but less refined sounding overall.

Thanks Ron!

 

[Ranger Ron]

Thanks Ron!

Absolutely! Once you’ve heard the top dogs sing it’s hard to spend more than $35 for an audition from anything else out there.

 

[highstream]

Blame Highstream and Monster0.

Hah, think you better check the beginning of this thread -- and the U.S. stock market. My first one was $220 privately last year via someone on the Lampi Atlantic TRP thread, and the second went for $260 in August on an eBay auction, although that included the $100 Woo adapter.

 

[attmci]

Hah, think you better check the beginning of this thread -- and the U.S. stock market. My first one was $220 privately last year via someone on the Lampi Atlantic TRP thread, and the second went for $260 in August on an eBay auction, although that included the $100 Woo adapter.

I got my adapter from Dan. He can make you one for much less.

 

[highstream]

I got my adapter from Dan. He can make you one for much less.

Who's Dan? I got the first pair of adapters off eBay from China for $15.

 

[attmci]

Who's Dan? I got the first pair of adapters off eBay from China for $15.

@Deyan

 

[gibosi]

Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.

Don't know how much interest there is in the 596 rectifier.....

Recently, I've been rolling through various drivers and output tubes to discover which ones match up well with the 596. In my opinion, this rectifier is fairly bright. It reminds me of my Fivre rectifiers (5U4G and 5R4GY), but I confess I haven't directly compared them.

A couple days agoi I posted about using this rectifier with 5998s and a gray-glass RCA 6SN7GT, and feeling that it sounded quite nice. But with further listening, I began to feel that maybe another driver could be better. However, in the end I couldn't find a driver that was dark enough to properly tame the brightness of the 596 / 5998 combination.

So I decided to play it safe and roll in some of my favorite output tubes, four Tung-Sol 6BX7, and a pair of #76 RCA single triodes. And I do believe I can live with this combination for quite some time.

 

[attmci]

Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.

Don't know how much interest there is in the 596 rectifier.....

Recently, I've been rolling through various drivers and output tubes to discover which ones match up well with the 596. In my opinion, this rectifier is fairly bright. It reminds me of my Fivre rectifiers (5U4G and 5R4GY), but I confess I haven't directly compared them.

A couple days agoi I posted about using this rectifier with 5998s and a gray-glass RCA 6SN7GT, and feeling that it sounded quite nice. But with further listening, I began to feel that maybe another driver could be better. However, in the end I couldn't find a driver that was dark enough to properly tame the brightness of the 596 / 5998 combination.

So I decided to play it safe and roll in some of my favorite output tubes, four Tung-Sol 6BX7, and a pair of #76 RCA single triodes. And I do believe I can live with this combination for quite some time.

Try this?

https://www.amarrasound.com/amarra-luxe/

Merry Christmas!

 

[RobertSM]

The pictures of the rectifiers on page one seem to have disappeared. Too bad, this was a good way to get a good look at these rectifiers.

 

[gibosi]

The pictures of the rectifiers on page one seem to have disappeared. Too bad, this was a good way to get a good look at these rectifiers.

I have no idea why they have disappeared. Perhaps someone here with more knowledge will be able to tell us.

But are their specific rectifiers you are interested in? If you let us know, I'm sure someone here can provide a picture.

 

[MIKELAP]

i noticed this on several threads

 

[funch]

A lot of thread pics were lost several years ago when HF went to using a different host.