Thank you FloridaBoy, decooney, Formerly YB-2
Thanks for the advice about concentrating on the Orchid. This morning I'm sitting here listening and just soaking in the music. Wondering how the heck it can sound so good. Not particularly concerned about rolling tubes or swapping for one of Abbas's units.
Question: What tubes have you guys ended up with? Did you ever try that adapter thing with, like, a Mullard 6DJ8?
Also kind of interesting that it seems that several of us are using tube preamps with 6SN7 tubes.
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Analog sources: Garrard 401 in custom Baltic birch plinth, Jelco 850L 12" arm, Dynavector 17D3 into custom LCR phono stage, LP12 w/Ittok temporarily removed from system, Sony 2251/stock arm/Signet 33Ea into Plinius Jarrah phono stage, Nakamichi Cassette Deck 2, Numark dj turntable for playing 78s
Digital: Old laptop streaming Spotify or Cambridge CXC into MHDT Orchid with Amperex 6DJ8 tube (via socket adapter), Naim CD 3.5 cd player
Preamp: Supratek Cortese with LCR
Power amplifiers: Audio Electronic Supply (AES) SE-1 300B SET, Quad 909
Speakers: Quad ESL 2805, JBL 4430 studio monitors (93 dB efficient, so they work well with the 300B amp)
Power: Goal Zero Yeti 1250 lead-acid battery generator, Core Power power cords into the amps, otherwise all stock power cables (Note: the Yeti has been a significant system upgrade)
What's next: maybe some new production 6SN7 tubes or some quasi-mesh TJ Full Music 300Bs in the SE-1.
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