Audio Research vt 60...Tubes!

sucks2beme
sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
edited May 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
I have added a tube amp to the 2 channel. 50WPC of tube goodness.
It replaces a B&K st-202. It is being fed from a Acurus acd-11 cdp,
Parasound psp1000 pre and I'm using Paradigm Studio 60's. Cables are Heros
and AQ cv-6's.
I need to re-do cables for neatness, but I was in a hurry to warm her up!
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2007
    Sick man. What it it, EL34? Whats on the front end?
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited May 2007
    Specs say:
    Tube complement (2 matched pairs) 6550B, (2) 6922 driver, (1) 6922 input

    Actual: 4-Svetlana 6550
    3-Slovtek Damn i forgot to write it down!

    I will have to pop the cage and check. I have been sucking up to the ol'lady.
    Haven't done much other than verify operation. I've got to take her to the
    Dallas Arboretum Saturday. Gotta sell a couple of amps, too!
    It's seems to have a classic big, warm sound. The terminals on the back look like old Mac stuff instead of 5 ways.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2007
    Nothin like tubes!
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited May 2007
    Nice I really like the head phone stand
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited May 2007
    very nice set up. congrats :)
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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  • W WALDECKER
    W WALDECKER Posts: 900
    edited May 2007
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    I have added a tube amp to the 2 channel. 50WPC of tube goodness.
    It replaces a B&K st-202. It is being fed from a Acurus acd-11 cdp,
    Parasound psp1000 pre and I'm using Paradigm Studio 60's. Cables are Heros
    and AQ cv-6's.
    I need to re-do cables for neatness, but I was in a hurry to warm her up!
    AudioResearch is great stuff!Good for you! how do the Ref Paradigm's sound with tubes ? i have a pair of Studio 100 v3's sitting here unused and your post has me wanting to try them with My Sonic Frontiers SFS 80.congrats....WCW III
    Rogue Audio stereo 100 tube amplifier - Lector Zoe preamplifier with 6H30 pi's
    .Audience AU24SE speaker and ic cables- Chord Qutest DAC - Black Cat Silverstar II 75ohm digital cable-Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature system with large bass cabinets to accommodate 10" Seas magnesium woofers.2xhmpsuownoj.jpg
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited May 2007
    The Tube sound fixes the major flaw of the Studio 60 v2.
    They tend to be bright. I don't think the 100's had as much problem with that.
    With tubes, they really show what they are capable of.
    I now know what the term "organic" means!
    Stevie Ray Vahn. Enough said with just that. WOW.
    Tried a number of other artists. My wife was allowed to pick out stuff.
    Maybe a mistake, but it is mother's day. Early 80's hair bands.:(

    Seals and Crofts is hard to listen to on SS gear. Different animal now.
    The sound separation and vocals have improved.
    Since I'm lazy, I'll just post a link to someone else's Pics!

    http://www.6v6gt.com/VT60/index.html
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited May 2007
    engtaz wrote: »
    Nice I really like the head phone stand

    My son made it. William Shatner bust.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • W WALDECKER
    W WALDECKER Posts: 900
    edited May 2007
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    The Tube sound fixes the major flaw of the Studio 60 v2.
    They tend to be bright. I don't think the 100's had as much problem with that.
    With tubes, they really show what they are capable of.
    I now know what the term "organic" means!
    Stevie Ray Vahn. Enough said with just that. WOW.
    Tried a number of other artists. My wife was allowed to pick out stuff.
    Maybe a mistake, but it is mother's day. Early 80's hair bands.:(

    Seals and Crofts is hard to listen to on SS gear. Different animal now.
    The sound separation and vocals have improved.
    Since I'm lazy, I'll just post a link to someone else's Pics!

    http://www.6v6gt.com/VT60/index.html
    the 100 v3's were compressed sounding and a little hot on top with the Rotel RB 1080, they were sweet on top when i switched to the Khartago monos. to borrow the term you used
    they were a different Animal.my SFS 80 uses a similar tube complement to your VT60. i now use Ei KT90's and i also use a quad of Teslovak KT88's and i use four Ei 6DJ8 goldpins in the small driver tube positions.i am also going to try the Winged C Svetlana 6500C power tubes that Russman Suggested. i can also cut the bias setting in half and run EL34's if the mood strikes me.Tubes Rule ! :cool:
    Rogue Audio stereo 100 tube amplifier - Lector Zoe preamplifier with 6H30 pi's
    .Audience AU24SE speaker and ic cables- Chord Qutest DAC - Black Cat Silverstar II 75ohm digital cable-Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature system with large bass cabinets to accommodate 10" Seas magnesium woofers.2xhmpsuownoj.jpg
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited May 2007
    W WALDECKER wrote: »
    the 100 v3's were compressed sounding and a little hot on top with the Rotel RB 1080, they were sweet on top when i switched to the Khartago monos. to borrow the term you used
    they were a different Animal.my SFS 80 uses a similar tube complement to your VT60. i now use Ei KT90's and i also use a quad of Teslovak KT88's and i use four Ei 6DJ8 goldpins in the small driver tube positions.i am also going to try the Winged C Svetlana 6500C power tubes that Russman Suggested. i can also cut the bias setting in half and run EL34's if the mood strikes me.Tubes Rule ! :cool:

    I originally had a Rotel rb980 with AQ King Cobra IC's. I swapped to
    Kimber Heros and a B&K st-202 that helped a lot. SS can only take so so far
    before you have to go to glass. I've had glass in the headphone rig for a year
    now, so I really knew that there was room for improvement.
    This was a deal that only comes up once in a while. There have been a couple of times in the
    past when I should of cut a beeline up to Russman's
    to grab a tube amp. Instead I thought about it too much. Snooze and lose.
    Spending the last weekend surrounded by tubes everywhere at the LoneStar
    Audio fest showed me what I was missing. Wayyyyy too much time in the
    Audio Note room!
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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