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I think what is happening is that, while the Gold Lions are very quiet, they take on a bit more of the gain than the pre was designed for. That means less gain from the V3-V6 tubes. The result is somewhat less transparency than with the Chinese tubes. I only ran them for about 6-8 hours.
So I put back the originals and will experiment later with the Gold Lions in only one of the V1, V2 positions. I'm also testing out a NOS Telefunken smooth plate in the V3 position. |
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Len.......You should allow 40 to 50 hours on the Gold Lion tubes before making any final decision about their performance. That is the typical break-in time for Gold Lion small tubes.
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Thank you Dan. I'm a tube newbie and happy for advice. I will have another go at them.
Len |
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Fosgate got bad noise
Hi
I have some problem with my fosgate signature phono. I got some "parasite" noise from it. Any ideas what it can be ? I don't know how to describe it better. |
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Just to let you know I found out what the problem was.
I recently moved my Sonos connect closer to the fosgate than it was previously, and it didn´t like it ... AT ALL !!! I move it back a meter away and all parasite noises are gone. Just got my hands on a copy of Hell freezes over and thanks god the fosgate is not to blame. |
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Good to hear Flay, as another Fosgate owner I continue to be more than pleased with mine.
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Well, well, well. I have flogged my Fosgate Signature. It now has a new and happy owner. I think I should say why I have sold it.
At the time I bought it I had a solid state pre-amp and a solid state power amp. The sound of the tubes in the phono stage was just fabulous. However, I upgraded my pre-amp to a tube based unit from Ayon Audio. It is based on 6H30 tubes which do have a very strong tube flavor. Some will say you can't have too many tubes - phono - pre - power. But for me I like tubes 'somewhere' in the system, not everywhere. So the reason I sold it, is not due to anything I dislike about it and I would still endorse a Fosgate Signature to anyone. One of the sad things about the Fosgate in my situation was that due to the local geography of my listening room I could not have it out on display. To my eyes (not to mention ears) it is audio jewelry. I like the look of tubes and the Fossie in particular is quite a head-turner. Even my spouse liked the look of it. |
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