rgmffn
100+ Head-Fier
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2015
- Posts
- 297
- Likes
- 109
You guys are killing me!! I was just thinking that I had a very good collection of tubes for my Ember and at least 4 that I would rate A to A+.
And now this. A mysterious Soviet tube that was hidden in a jungle in South America for 50 years. Will this tubeitis ever end??
Question to the owners of this new wonder tube. The comment about moving the vocals forward. Are you EQing your Ember? I have found with even my A+ tubes that I need to dial in just a tad of treble and upper mid s with my Loki to get the vocals more forward in headphones.
The Ember is an amazing amp! Every time I listen to music with it I am more in love with it!
Love my Ember too! As to your question, I only have the 10k knob tipped up to about 1-1:30 maybe, but I consider that as mostly an adjustment for the HP's I'm using. The middle two knobs are centered. Those would likely affect the vocals the most. I don't feel my phones need any help there. I have the 20Hz knob at ~ 2:30. Love me some bass.
While I'm at it, I mentioned earlier that I was considering getting another one of these 'Russian Jungle Tubes'. Well I did. The second one still has that open air presentation to it like the first. You can tell it's the same tube, but on further swapping between the two, the second one is a bit sharper overall. It has more of a SS sound to it. It's most noticeable when the music reaches a crescendo or loud passage. When comparing, noticing this, the first tube I received is a bit softer sounding. It's subtle though. I love them both and can find myself switching them out on occasion just to change it up some. It's nice to have a backup.
Oh, and you could say that they look identical. Like the pic I posted several posts back.