bcowen
Headphoneus Supremus
OMG. YES WE ARE!!!! Geez -- why don't you and Frankie just get a room already!!
So...I'm guessing you didn't like the shorted-out GE's I sent you for Christmas? Please try to remember it's the thought that counts.
OMG. YES WE ARE!!!! Geez -- why don't you and Frankie just get a room already!!
So...I'm guessing you didn't like the shorted-out GE's I sent you for Christmas? Please try to remember it's the thought that counts.
Those were shorted out tubes? I was wondering why every time I plugged them into the Christmas lights the strand quit lighting up.
GE's sound better shorted, yes?
I've heard reports that silence sounds better than a GE, so in effect, yes.
Adaptor arrived, plugged the Brimar in and i must say its nice. ok so not a giant leap forward in sound Q but its smooth, open but a bit woolly in the bass. gone is the shrill top end which works very well with the beyers. suits vinyl very well.
my only gripe is there is not enough wallop even at max volume, in fact the Vali and the Mani are both maxed out using the denon 301mk2.
I'm thinking of making something like that (well not exactly) so I can turn up my Vali a little more. On either gain setting my listening level is 9:00 or lower with HD650s and there's channel imbalance below 8:00, plus I like the sound on high gain better.
I don't have experience with the 6N1P per se but the 6sn7 draws the same current and have been running that on the Vali for over a year with no ill effects.I just ordered NOS Siemens and Valvo 6BK7B tubes. 6BK7 is supposed to be interchangeable with 6BZ7 which is what Schiit provides for the Vali. (Maybe 6BZ7 is why the amp doesn't sound great as shipped? lol)
I was wondering if anyone has longish term success running 6N1P? Schiit said in another forum that the heater current is (but barely) within spec of the rest of the components. Some sites (including a Russian 6N1P spec) claim that 6N1P is a direct replacement for 6DJ8 besides the increased heater current (600mA vs 365mA.)