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Bob's devices SKY 30 SUT
New outcomes.
A friend of mine who is very dedicated to vinyl and tubes told me that SUTs do actually need break in and according to him, 300 hours is the minimum. He let me to try a tube MM phono stage from the french company Halgorythme ( actually I had one and sold it a few months ago ) because he suspected that the MM stage of my Cyrus could not be optimal. Things improved with the Halgorythme. But still I was not rediscovering this crazy feeling of magic and out of this world that I got with the Cyrus MC stage. So the Cyrus MC went back and the magic returned. I set up the Rosewood in the living room system and tried there the SKY 30 in the Shindo Monbrison. The sound is a bit dark but very musical and the voices are stunning, very familiar to the Urushi Vermillion. I will let the Sky 30 break in in the second system and will give it a new chance in the main system in a few months. For now, the Cyrus MC stage is so much more pleasant to my ears that it is impossible not to use it.
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Jerome - To avoid the approximately 900 album side playings that would be needed to reach 300 hours of break-in time, you might want to invest ~$35 in a Granite Audio Phono Burn-In CD which you should be able to find available with a quick search. It allows you to run a very low MC level signal on a CD player's track repeat feeding the SUT to facilitate burn-in. Congrats on your new Urushi Vermillion, and enjoy the tunes!
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Thanks ! Great tool.
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Update on the Sky 30 :
I am using it now in the living room system, with the Koetsu Rosewood Standard and a LFD MM0 phonostage. The Sky 30 is a superb SUT. It gives a full weight sound with saturated tones and agility that serves perfectly the Rosewood. There is a a ton of finesse in this unit. And it is dead silent. I will have to try it again in the main system. But I am still thrilled by the performance of the Cyrus phono signature there.
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So despite using dedicated phono stages, there has been a benefit with a SUT? I have never been clear on the role of a SUT in the context of a phono stage. I have a phono stage with variable impedance, but I was not certain of the need or benefit of a SUT. Maybe I will give Bob a call.
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Tim Amplifiers: McIntosh 1.2 Kw Preamp: Esoteric C03 Speakers: Salon2 with F113v2 x 2 Analog: VPI Avenger Reference with Ortofon A95 and Esoteric E03 phonostage Digital: Silenzio and Esoteric K03-x and G02 Power Management: PS Audio P10 x 2, P5 Cables: WW PE7 SC & IC, Furutech Flux-50 Filters Rack: HRS SXR Signature |
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Advantages of using a SUT:
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Last edited by mulveling; 04-18-2018 at 12:30 PM. |
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^^ Excellent SUT overview Mike, thanks! ^^
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