Conrad Johnson MV75A-1

RuSsMaN

Organ,

Sovtek is making 7199's now, you shouldn't buy anything else. I've heard em all, and the Sovtek is 'right there' with the best NOS RCA.

Polka,

We can talk on the NAK Dragon. I take it you have a use for 'THE' cassette deck of all time?

Cheers,
Rooster

organ

****! Are you serious? I had a pair of Sovtek 7199 and hated them. This was almost 2 years ago. I gave them away. But during the time I had the Sovteks installed, my coupling caps were going bad (a few were bad already). I'll have to give them another shot. Maybe Sovtek improved the design because a lot of people were complaining about it when it first came out. I'm going to order some Sovteks when I need 7199. Thanks for the heads up.

Maurice

polkatese

Russ,
It was first for sentimental reason, second, I need a replacement for a deck, that is crapping out on me. I went to Agon, and (sigh) the ballpark is way off my spending plan. So, I am bowing out, thanks for entertaining my questions.

RuSsMaN

Polka, If the Dragon is out of your range, I do have other decks (even Naks) I could put you in 'on the cheap'. Memory lane doesn't have to cost a mortgage payment.

Organ, Sovtek rules current production tubes. I think the biggest issue with people rolling them, is they haven't broken in and stabalized. Give ANY current run Sovtek at least 20 hrs, at full B+ , with everything else in order before passing judgement.

Ei? Are you KIDDING me? Nothing good comes out of Yugoslavia. Not cars, certainly not tubes. EH? Screw that, reliability and microphonics are off the friggin chart. Buy EH, you are buying Sovtek that didn't make the cut. Besides, we bombed the **** out of all the (decent) Euro factories (short of some Mullard and Amperex) back in the second BIG one.

Sovtek is THE premier, current production tube manufacturer. EL34's, 6BQ5's, 12AX7's, 6922's, etc etc. The build quality is FAR superior to anything else on the market, and the tonal qualities are well rounded - and while they may not do ANYTHING absolutely perfect = they do EVERYTHING very well. The 7199's are no exception.

Cheers,
Russ

TroyD

My pants are going CRAZY

Oh, and all you effers can just STOP drooling over the CJ, for all intents and purposes that amp will be in one of two places for what you might call the foreseeable future.

BDT

polkatese

Thanks for the offer, Russ. Would you email me:

polkatese1@verizon.net on what you have available (decks)?

we'll take it offline.

Aaron

Russ, I always knew you were a nut, but seek help! Let's see some shots of your rigs.

Aaron

hotwheelman

I thought I had it bad.........Jeeeeez I got wood.

polksda

One word: wOw.

I don't feel so bad about being a packrat now...