ProfessorC1983
New Head-Fier
Hi everyone... wanted to say hello, since I bought myself a TU-8200DX from Victor as a Christmas present to myself. Had a lot of fun soldering it together and now I'm waiting for it to fully burn-in. I only have about 15 hours on it, so from everything I've read I know it will only get better from here! Thanks to everyone who has participated in this thread over the years. Reading it was a delight and there's such a wealth of information here about how to customize this amazing product.
Victor talked me into the Mundorf Supreme Silver Gold caps and the Genelex Gold Lion ECC82 tubes, along with the Amtrans resistor upgrades. As for power tubes, it's really a shame the NOS market has dried up... I'm so jealous of you guys that got GE 6L6GC's for $50 a pair back in 2015! Right now they're going for $180/pair on eBay, but I figure I should bite the bullet and pick up a set since they'll soon be gone forever. I want to try the SED Winged C EL34's as well since those will also disappear. I figure I'll have years to enjoy the new-stock tubes which will hopefully get better with time.
I picked up some Senn HD650's as well, which is a divine pairing so far, and I'm also using the Elekit to drive my ELAC Debut B6's. They aren't quite sensitive enough for Triode mode, UL is slightly better, but I think my next investment will be in some high sensitivity floorstanding speakers. I've heard that Tekton Lores are a great option for low-wattage tube amps, but I'd love to hear what <$1000 speakers you guys like specifically for this amp.
I did have a question for the user above who's using the Schiit Saga as a pre-amp for the Elekit, as I'm eager to use this combination as well. (I'll use the setup for TV watching in addition to digital music and vinyl, so having a remote volume control is important.) Did you find the reduced clarity occurred in the Saga's passive or active tube buffer mode, or both? I plan to try various combinations later but don't want to jump to conclusions since the Elekit is still breaking in, and all the new Mogami interconnects will require some burn-in time as well.
So far I couldn't be happier!
Victor talked me into the Mundorf Supreme Silver Gold caps and the Genelex Gold Lion ECC82 tubes, along with the Amtrans resistor upgrades. As for power tubes, it's really a shame the NOS market has dried up... I'm so jealous of you guys that got GE 6L6GC's for $50 a pair back in 2015! Right now they're going for $180/pair on eBay, but I figure I should bite the bullet and pick up a set since they'll soon be gone forever. I want to try the SED Winged C EL34's as well since those will also disappear. I figure I'll have years to enjoy the new-stock tubes which will hopefully get better with time.
I picked up some Senn HD650's as well, which is a divine pairing so far, and I'm also using the Elekit to drive my ELAC Debut B6's. They aren't quite sensitive enough for Triode mode, UL is slightly better, but I think my next investment will be in some high sensitivity floorstanding speakers. I've heard that Tekton Lores are a great option for low-wattage tube amps, but I'd love to hear what <$1000 speakers you guys like specifically for this amp.
I did have a question for the user above who's using the Schiit Saga as a pre-amp for the Elekit, as I'm eager to use this combination as well. (I'll use the setup for TV watching in addition to digital music and vinyl, so having a remote volume control is important.) Did you find the reduced clarity occurred in the Saga's passive or active tube buffer mode, or both? I plan to try various combinations later but don't want to jump to conclusions since the Elekit is still breaking in, and all the new Mogami interconnects will require some burn-in time as well.
So far I couldn't be happier!