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Any EAR owners had the pleasure of listening to a Line 2A SE from Dr. Peppard? I was curious to hear your thoughts.
--Ken
--Ken
Red labeled GE 12B4A:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-VINTAGE-NOS-GE-12B4A-TUBE-MADE-USA-/180512061245?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2
This guy only sells to the US so one of you guys should pick this up. I'll have to keep looking.
My Purist HD has gone bass anemic in the right channel. Tried both inputs 1 and 2, same result. It does however work nicely as a pre-amp, so I guess the problem is somewhere in the guts/wiring and not the tubes.
Any suggestions?
My Purist HD has gone bass anemic in the right channel. Tried both inputs 1 and 2, same result. It does however work nicely as a pre-amp, so I guess the problem is somewhere in the guts/wiring and not the tubes.
Any suggestions?
Thread dying... must ... keep alive...
No seriously, I've got a couple things I'd like to discuss in this thread, so please bear with me:
1. I've tried my HD-600s with the Ear+ HD these last couple of days and the results were... disappointing. I read pretty much everywhere that the amp was voiced with the HD-600 so I guess my expectations were high, but I feel there's something off with the pairing. With my 5751s*, they sound dull and detail-shy ; with my 12AX7s**, they get their bite back, but they have a bright and somewhat "glassy / hollow" presentation. It might not be a fair comparison, but I feel the Cayin HA-1A makes them sound much more natural/musical.
Anyone who has experience with the 600/650 and Ear+ HD combo can comment on this? What tubes do you use, and what presentation do you get? Maybe I just dont have the right tubes. I'd really love for my HD-600 to work just right with this amp... I don't want to get rid of either! ... (OTOH, nothing to say about the RS1i's with this amp.... everything is fine and dandy there!)
2. It says on the Mapletree website that the power output of the regular Ear+ HD is only 100mW. (link: http://hollowstate.netfirms.com/HD.htm) How can that be right? This seems really low for a mains powered amplifier. And If the 100mW thing is not right, why would Dr. Lloyd put that on his own website? Pardon my ignorance, I'm not very knowledgeable of electrics and I'm just trying to understand if and how this can be right.
Food for thought...
(* Tubes used: GE JG-5751WA TMBP + RCA JRC-5751 DMBP)
(** Tubes used: Raytheon 12AX7 Black plates + GE 12AX7 Grey plates)
Hello
Can someone confirm if I can rolled a GE 5965 12AV7 clear top tube in place of my 5751 in my MAD EAR+ purist HD?
Thank you!
Simon
Ok, I received the 4x GE 5965 Clear Top that I won on eBay this week and I just want to share with everyone that it sound FANTASTICS!!!!! I'm not kidding. I was not expecting much after I received the message back from Dr. Lloyd at MAD but WOW! soundstage is amazing and the music got a 3D effect that I don't seem to get from my other tubes. The bass is fast and tight (not flabby) and the male/female voices are to die for. I've tried it with my SR225 and DT990/600 and only had to raise the volume from 9 to 10 with my Grado compare to GE 5751 5 Stars. Knowing this tube has a lower MU of 48 compare to 70 for 5751 it's not bad. The only negative I found so far is while no music play if I raise the volume I can hear some noise (microphonic??) that with my other tubes is completely black. Not noticable with music playing.