You guy's are killing me!

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    There not so bad. A person could be very happy with them, its just tube rolling is fun and seeing what you like or dont like.

    RT1
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited November 2005
    I believe the ELP ships with the Yugos I sent you, Maurice. They are very neutral/flat, too much so for MY taste. I'm sure that many would enjoy the sound of them.

    Maurice,

    Have you had the chance to try them out, yet?? Or have you even got that pre back from the shop??
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,497
    edited November 2005
    jfb4548 wrote:
    So I have to ask why not use good tubes in the first place? Even if he added $25.00 to the price. Or are the tubes he supplies not so bad?? :confused:

    I don't know what the ELP ships with, but the Sovtek 12AX7LPS that came with my MLP sound very good from top to bottom. They sell for $12 per tube at the http://www.thetubestore.com/.

    The only valves I rolled in it are some Baldwin 12AX7, but to me they lack in the highs compared to the Sovtek's.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited November 2005
    Yeah, I think the Baldwins (Raytheon's) are laid back a little. Probably better for overly bright systems. I just tried some Raytheon 5751's, which are a very highly regarded 12AX7 replacement, and kind of thought the same way about them too.
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  • jfb4548
    jfb4548 Posts: 168
    edited November 2005
    Enough tube talk already! :) Lets talk power cord upgrades for equpt. without removable cords, just what options are there. If a cd player can improve that much and I might add the stock power cord was pretty heafty, how would my 270 watt power amp with it's wimpy lamp cord improve? Is it possiable to do a cord upgrade on it?
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  • jfb4548
    jfb4548 Posts: 168
    edited November 2005
    Sorry it's a double take!
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited November 2005
    Noel,
    The pre is still in the shop. Gary is working on it thanks to Russ. He'll be upgrading caps too.

    I'm using my ASL pre right now.

    The Yugo looks very interesting. It's actually made by Ei. Looks like a copy of A frame Ampex. Man, I've got some interesting 6DJ8/6922 to play around with when I get it back.

    Maurice
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