[Luckbad]

Have a Horizon on the way to do a round-up review of the Ember, Horizon, and Sunrise.

I love the Voskhod 6H6Pi/6N6P tube in my Sunrise III. Electro-Harmonix 12BH7 Gold Pin if I want more detail.

I also have an Electro-Harmonix 6H30Pi Gold Pin now (only tried in Ember) and a couple RCA 6SN7 Smoked glass.

Gonna a fun comparison!

Three amps enter, one amp leaves (and goes back to Jeremy).

I also plan to get a pair of the Garage1217 linear power supplies when those become available.

 

[jaywillin]

really looking forward to that !  
i'd wondered if it would be worth moving up to the ember SQ wise, i don't really need a lot of power, but the "auto" features would be nice
 
i posted my frankenrise pic over in the ember, i'd forgotten about the sunrise thread
 

 

[Luckbad]

So far I'd say the Ember is more dynamic, powerful, accurate, and detailed than the Sunrise. And objectively more versatile.

But the Sunrise is romantic if a little soft in sound comparatively.

If the Horizon is like a better Sunrise for my HD650s, the Ember is going to be sold or sent back with the restocking fee.

 

[jaywillin]

i have grado cans, and a he500, and the sunrise is great with the grados, and does a real good job with the he500, though not quite as nice as 
the gustard i have, so for what i have right now, i'm probably set up pretty good, and that's basically what jeremy said. 
jeremy has gone out of his way to be a help with my hum issue, and all i bought from him was the adapter and the newer cover plates.
i bought the sunrise from soundsgoodtome, got a pretty good deal, a few tubes and a jay's audio LPS, 

 

[Luckbad]

  i have grado cans, and a he500, and the sunrise is great with the grados, and does a real good job with the he500, though not quite as nice as 
the gustard i have, so for what i have right now, i'm probably set up pretty good, and that's basically what jeremy said. 
jeremy has gone out of his way to be a help with my hum issue, and all i bought from him was the adapter and the newer cover plates.
i bought the sunrise from soundsgoodtome, got a pretty good deal, a few tubes and a jay's audio LPS, 

 
Oh nice! I'm waiting on Jeremy's LPS to add that to my setup. I have heard good things about using an LPS with the Sunrise.

 

[jaywillin]

music seems a little more fleshed out punchier, of course, could be some of the old placebo effect, but nothing wrong with that, lol

 

[GnuB]

I love the Voskhod 6H6Pi/6N6P tube in my Sunrise III. Electro-Harmonix 12BH7 Gold Pin if I want more detail.

I also have an Electro-Harmonix 6H30Pi Gold Pin now (only tried in Ember) and a couple RCA 6SN7 Smoked glass.

...

 
Tried the EH 6H30PI and a Novosibirsk 6N6P-IR (replacing the cleartop RCA 12AU7) in the Sunrise III and the 6N6P-IR had more detail and impact with solid bass.  It is my favorite so far.  I have a Sylvania chrometop 6NS7 waiting in the wings.  
 
Have you tried the 6SN7 in the Sunrise?
 
Reproduction Chain: Winyl ASIO -> Schiit Wyrd -> Singxer F-1 -> MHDT Atlantis -> Sunrise III -> HD800

 

[Luckbad]

   
Tried the EH 6H30PI and a Novosibirsk 6N6P-IR (replacing the cleartop RCA 12AU7) in the Sunrise III and the 6N6P-IR had more detail and impact with solid bass.  It is my favorite so far.  I have a Sylvania chrometop 6NS7 waiting in the wings.  
 
Have you tried the 6SN7 in the Sunrise?
 
Reproduction Chain: Vinyl ASIO -> Schiit Wyrd -> Singxer F-1 -> MHDT Atlantis -> Sunrise III -> HD800

 
Yep. I ultimately preferred the 6N6P (or IR or 6H30PI--all sound almost exactly the same to me) after rolling dozens of tubes.

 

[bequietjk]

Bump for hifi-ness

Scrolling along these pages I got inspired to pickup some new tubes. I've had my PH3 for almost a month now and have been dying to get into tube rolling, especially before I get the supercharger installed.

Here's what's on the way via eBay:

GE Short Gray Plate O Getter 6189/12AU7
JJ Sovtek Fender GT 12AX7
Realistic 12AU7A ECC82 gold pin
Dumont 12AU7A

Honestly I have no idea what to expect and wanted to keep the budget low. Hopefully I come across some good sound here. Can't wait

*Definitely going to pick up that TJ full music when I can.

 

[chinook9]

bequietJK PM sent. You may not get cause I'm not sure how it works.

 

[bequietjk]

Found a crazy deal on this tube @$45 and snagged it. So far it sounds precisely detailed and has a good balanced soundstage.

 

[chinook9]

What model is that?

 

[bequietjk]

@chinook9 it is the Psvane CV181 Tii. The seller said it has gone through 50 hours of burn in but I still believe there is more to go. As fo now it provides a nice balanced tone with complimentary soundstage to the HD600 and more detail than previous tubes that I've used. I ordered 1 6N6P from G1217 and it is fantastic. I believe these 2 tubes as of yet are the best- including the 12BH7- that I have heard.

 

[Tuneslover]

I have decided that I would like to experiment with other tubes besides the 6922 group of tubes (I have the EH 6922, JJ E88CC Gold,Tesla E88CC Gold). Until recently I haven't spent too much time withe the 12V tubes (besides the Clear Top 12au7 that came with my Ember) but decided earlier this week to purchase a couple of Genalax Gold Lions, namely the12at7 and 12ax7. The 12at7 sounds quite good but the 12ax7 is a high gain tube causing far too much hum and this high gain seriously limits the volume control range. Perhaps I should have gone for the lower gain the Gold Lion 12au7 instead.

I checked the tube offerings listed on the Garage 1217 site and found a few interesting selections but I don't know if they are meant for the Project Ember, perhaps the more experienced out there could enlighten me. Do the following tubes work with the Ember:

6H30PI
6n6PI
6SN7 (with appropriate adaptor)

Thank you

 

[Luckbad]

Yes they do. An outstanding new production tube you should try is the Electro-Harmonix 12BH7. You can even get the gold pin version for under $30 new.