Tubes in the House!

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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited March 2012
    no I didn't. The 703's I had boxed up awhile ago and gave my stands to a buddy who needed them and it was before I got the mono's so didn't have a chance to try them out. Image it would have sounded pretty good though.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited March 2012
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    So more listening thoughts.

    These things get hot, wow. I figured they would but holy crap with the weather here lately I had to turn the AC on for a little bit to cool the room down.

    Even though they run hot I really like them. The only other issue is getting them up and running does take some time. Its not where you can go turn on the switch and listen in a few minutes. I let them come up for about 20 minutes and then start listening. Overall the sound just still remains to be more natural to me.

    I did have some harmonics coming from a tube. not sure if this could be fixed or what to do. It was ringing at a very high pitch and could only notice when the amp was on with no music, but still annoying.

    Overall the bass is great, midrange is nice and I don't feel the top end is rolled off. Details still do come thru. Bass seems to even have a little more tightness to it then before but still deep and good.

    Tubes are great in the Winter

    Glad you are enjoying them. The heat will become an issue, it does for me every Summer. It's just something you learn to live with. I will say in my case there are times in the Summer when I don't turn the rig on simply because I don't want to deal with the heat issue. This early hot weather doesn't help.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited March 2012
    You could try a tube dampner but I suspect you will need to replace. I find with my Tube AMP it takes closer to 2 hours before she sounds her best.

    Heat is just a part of living with Tubes. I was thinking mono blocks but I may need to rethink that, in particular the ones I was looking at.
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited March 2012
    I never found warm tubes to be any sort of problem, some should just ride the sissy sandy side, licking ice pops and igloo's.

    If the world must end in fire and ice....I choose fire.

    RT1--Tubes Rule
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  • charley95
    charley95 Posts: 908
    edited March 2012
    I keep a small desktop type fan next to the amp when running mine. $5.00 at Wallmart.
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