Have some time off, listening to the Mazda VR37, Sylvania 6A5G, and GEC U18/20
tube rectifier (
@gibosi )
These tubes sound great, really hit the spot in terms of looks / build for me too.
Here are the operating curves.
Tomorrow afternoon I am gonna get back on the amp building horse and make some real progress on those two Airmid OTLs, think I should be able to get one or both of them done or darn close this week.
Still working on figuring out the grill situation for the Forte IV. I'm waiting for Klipsch customer service to get back to me, they have been unreachable by phone and email, which I assume is mostly due to the busy holiday season. Going to give them another ring tomorrow. Plan is to see if they will build me a pair of metal grills, if not I will ask to buy the magnetic grill substrates from them without the clothe and either make my own or send them to a custom grill maker. I'm thinking I am probably going to make some changes to the Forte IV whenever I do get them, maybe not right away but at some point. Probably will make some upgrades in the crossover, add some damping to the horns at the very least. Could get a little more aggressive and add some bracing to the cabinets, we'll see, I think there are some improvements that could be made.
Another thing I am excited about - as part of the deal for the 45 amp I built Zach, he is working on some custom headphones for me, probably will have them by Feb. I will finally be joining the Vérité Closed club
mine will be made in black and white ebony.