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The previous version was better than the previous version with the gain modified.
Hi all, giving this a little bump. This past weekend the folks in Tokyo had a Stax amp shootout - we had the BHSE, KGST, my(Radiohead's) Electra. I won't dwell too much about the comparisons and will leave that to @arnaud to divulge more about the general comparison but will focus more on my Electra and to get tips from other Electra owners on how I could further tweak it.
There is the peculiarity to the midrange "hump" with a hairline more treble edginess giving an overall more aggressive and compressed/congested signature in comparison to the BHSE (and to the opposite end of the spectrum, the KGST which sounded mellow) - all this on the SR-009.
I'm using XF2s in my output stage, Electro Harmonix for 2nd stage and Tung Sol 6SN7GTB for first stage. Any recommendations on how to "tone down" the midrange and smooth down the trebles a little? More precisely to the question, is there a methodology to tube swapping the 1st, 2nd stage, and/or output stage or is it more just a trial and error in just swapping all 3 randomly to see what sounds best?
HemiSam, I have the Carbon boards since but just haven't done anything with them. Same with KGSSHv boards. Just been too lazy.