[joseG86]

Did anyone compare the stock PSVane's 6SN7 VS PSVane CV181-TII? Is it worth the investment?

 

[shafat777]

Did anyone compare the stock PSVane's 6SN7 VS PSVane CV181-TII? Is it worth the investment?

I did own a pair of CV181-TII when i first had my Elise. These tubes need lots of burn in to sound good. These have slightly elevated mids and upper mids than stock tubes. However, they have a lot of bass, mostly subbass, but its not very controlled and sounded a lillte too boomy for me. Back then i was using RCA 6as7g power tubes and those are also known to be bassy power tubes so that could also be the culprit. Anyway, i dont think i kept them long enough to hear their true potential and moved on to Sylvania 6sn7gt and later sylvania vt231 tubes and those sound really good with the Elise and warm power tubes

 

[Deceneu808]

Did anyone compare the stock PSVane's 6SN7 VS PSVane CV181-TII? Is it worth the investment?

I remember buying these for when I first got my Darkvoice. Not much of a difference to my ears between the two but as a general thought, compared to any other NOS tube, they sounded kind of sterile to my ears, nothing stood out in a certain way. Way too close to a solid state sound to justify their price. They've been sitting in a drawer ever since.

 

[Renexx]

Maybe a Melz or Kenrad vt-231 is a good addition to your sylvanias.
Skip Chinese tubes I doubt they are worth that much money.

 

[joseG86]

I'm really surprised after having 3 valve amps and 5 SS amps but then the one that made me listen to my music with such realism and 3D feeling was the Elise with stock tubes

Thanks for the info really appreciate it, I might be getting Sylvanias, Tungsol etc and try different flavours, the CV181 was 145€ for the pair I might give a try and sell it after fully burning them if they're not that much better than stock

José

 

[Renexx]

I can advise you to try Tungsol 6as7g. Very warm tube with a super nice tone but most important a very holographic and 3d sounding stage. Very immersive tube.

But that might start the tube game for you.

 

[joseG86]

I can advise you to try Tungsol 6as7g. Very warm tube with a super nice tone but most important a very holographic and 3d sounding stage. Very immersive tube.

But that might start the tube game for you.

I had the Valhalla 2 and tried lots of tubes I love the tube game

Thanks for that suggestion ^^

 

[joseG86]

So I had this problem with irritating noise, happening only sometimes, I thought it was interference caused by radiowaves, emi/rfi etc...

It has to be the power tube, I checked both carefully and moved and noise changed as I changed the valve.... They look like this, you can imagine which one is the one with the problem.....

I bought new ones, same model/maker very cheap on eBay

 

[ThanatosVI]

Any news on the 300B amp that's in development?

 

[Deceneu808]

Any news on the 300B amp that's in development?

End of the year. Fully balanced. 8W. Focused on low impedance/low sensitivity, hard to drive planars via a switch from low-mid-high impedance. 1 XLR input and 2 RCA. Price significantly more than the Euforia (guessing 4-5K ?). That's all I got

 

[ThanatosVI]

End of the year. Fully balanced. 8W. Focused on low impedance/low sensitivity, hard to drive planars via a switch from low-mid-high impedance. 1 XLR input and 2 RCA. Price significantly more than the Euforia (guessing 4-5K ?). That's all I got

Thank you.
Nothing known about size dimensions yet, right?

4-5k would still be low average for 300B amps, if they place it there it will surely be a killer in terms of price/performance

 

[Deceneu808]

Thank you.
Nothing known about size dimensions yet, right?

4-5k would still be low average for 300B amps, if they place it there it will surely be a killer in terms of price/performance

I guess they already have a solid base with the Arioso speaker amp. Also 8W. I think they are modifying it for headphones but generally should end up the same, size wise I mean. Need to stock on 300B tubes... BRB

 

[ThanatosVI]

I guess they already have a solid base with the Arioso speaker amp. Also 8W. I think they are modifying it for headphones but generally should end up the same, size wise I mean. Need to stock on 300B tubes... BRB

I actually think they do a lot more than that.
The new 300B won't use rectifier tubes and has balanced in/outputs.
Probably more of a new design from the ground.

 

[gazzington]

I currently own the echo2 and I'm thinking of getting an elise mk2. What headphones pair well with it?

 

[Deceneu808]

I currently own the echo2 and I'm thinking of getting an elise mk2. What headphones pair well with it?

It pairs wonderfully with everything I've got except the LCD-X. My fav is Aeolus