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Hey All,
For those of you running an Inspire 45 SET amp, I'd be curious to know what rectifier tube your utilizing and with which 45 tubes? What do you hear with your combination that you like? Thanks, Tim |
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-------------------------- For sure, and I've not heard they stopped offering those services either. While they do a nice job, one consideration is shipping cost and risk of damage shipping back/forth and more of a concern for HEAVY items. As an example, my larger Cary amp is 87lbs, costs $300 minimum to ship. Last time I spoke with their shipping department a few years ago they received an amp just like mine from a customer. Got hammered in shipping big time, transformers completely crushed in. Chassis ruined. Argh. The tech later told me it had to be completely torn apart and rebuilt with parts collected over time. As I recall with an older out of stock unit needing shipping damage repairs, it took few months to find and acquire the replacement parts and put it back together. In another case example, a member right here on this AA forum had to ship his preamp back and forth a few times to get it fixed right, and he waited quite some time to get it back. ...just some other things to consider about local upgrades vs. shipping for upgrades, mods. I'm rather nervous about shipping heavier amps now. Last edited by decooney; 01-15-2019 at 10:05 PM. |
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On another forum, a person wrote about using a dual 6J5 to 6SL7 adapter and liking this better than the 6SL7s he has tried. A 6SN7 is two 6J5s in one envelope.
Has anyone here tried this? From the looks of my Inspire amp, I think the dual 6J5 board (available through that auction site and other sellers) would fit. Could start a whole new wave of rolling 6J5s to see which one likes best. I went through over 15 different 6SN7s. Last edited by Bombadil; 01-17-2019 at 10:23 PM. |
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What did you settle on?
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Anyone seen the Inspire 300b Dennis has on eBay right now?
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Friday afternoon at the Toy Shop
Went over to Dennis' shop to drop off the parts for my next build and see what Dennis is up to. He was messing with a new pre amp and amp he is calling part of his "Nineteen series" for new 2019 builds. The preamp is a "3.1" using a pair of 6SN7s and a 6BX7 as a buffer/cathode follower. The amp is a 6550 SEP design with a 6SL7 up front. Neither has VR tubes, so I assume he's using SS voltage regulation. Together they make a really nice combination with a ton of bass and woofer control. Everything sounds clear and clean with a huge sound stage and plenty of dynamic headroom for big transients. We also played with the Inspire speakers, with Dennis tweaking the crossovers with a potential eye for tossing them up on that auction site for general consumption. Overall, a fun afternoon. Some pix...
Untitled by Analog Addict, on Flickr From right to left - the new 3.1 pre, a current 3 series pre with VR tubes, and my knockoff pre. In the back, my phono pre Untitled by Analog Addict, on Flickr From right to left - an unknown and unused amp, a 300B SET, the new Model 19, and an older 45 SET amp. We ran the last three amps, and the 19 blew away everything else. |
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Question for the group. Below is a picture of my MB12 monoblock from 2014. I'd like to bypass the big white Audyn 4.7 uF cap (upper left in the pic) with a Jupiter copper cap, .22 or .1 value.
Question - if the Jupiter is rated at 600v, is it OK to use as a bypass there? I ask because the Audyn is rated at 800v and don't want to use an under-rated cap. Thanks! EDIT - Dennis got back to me via email and let me know that the 600v Jupiter Copper cap would be just fine bypassing the Audyne. So out came the soldering iron, they are in there now. Hmm, I saw there's some red caps in there (10uF and 4.7uF) and I have a few extra .1 uF copper caps. I think I'll bypass those red caps too..... Last edited by Tyson; 01-19-2019 at 07:46 PM. |
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Is there a preferred Inspire amp?
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