If I wanted to spend thousands of pounds I would not be using a sub £200 valve amp!! I don't want to try and justify my purchase nor discredit any other views but a £250.00 cd player with 5 star rating, £40 interconnects straight into my DV and it only sounds marginally better than using my Grado sr80's straight out of my IPod via the earphone jack has to be questioned! So hence me asking about the tubes, or headphones being the problem!! I am new to the whole Tube Amp, IPod source adventure so I only spent £20 on the RCA interconnects off e-bay, cheap with reasonable reviews.Copper, twin shielded gold plated blah!.īack to my source CD with Cambridge Audio £40 interconnects, nothing great either it's just ok. I am using the dock "out" as you guessed. No offence taken, you opinion is valued!! Any positives to inject to my quest? On a final note, to give props to this wonderful forum- Everything in the pics (except my laptop & CDP-CE335) was purchased due to research on head-fi. ***All the usual disclaimers apply to the above- MY gear, MY ears, your mileage may vary. Let's hear some new combos, tricks, ideas and keep the DV336 following going strong. Like I said before, this is just basic info that I have dealt with and hopefully it will help others as the previous thread helped me. The tube will test good, however, they can't hear the nuisances from dirty pins like we do. A bit tedious but worth it.Īnother tidbit of info- A lot of the tube sellers on ebay (not all), do not have headphone amps to try them out. So I now use that process on all my tubes. threw it in and it was dead silent.I was about to dump it, thought it was no good. I put on my cleaning hat and after about 3 min. I received a Ken-Rad VT-231 that had so much noise- static, crackling.I took a good look at the pins and they had some sort of residue on them that you really could not tell unless you looked really close. I use DeoxIT and a toothbrush and clean all the pins, then add a very thin layer of SilClear. Would like to share a little maintenance that I do with the tube pins. Different flavors, music, moods.Mix and match-Synergy.Find out what works for you. Next week it will probably be a different combo. My favorite combo so far (we all have them)- TS5998 & TS6SN7GTB (tall tube, short black plate).I also like the Sylvania JAN-CHS 6SN7WGT (brown base). It sort of brings out the best in them, so to speak. One thing I have noticed when using a real good power tube (TS5998, Bendi圆080WB.) is that they seem to wake up the weaker driver tubes. Example- "My Grados are so bright, I can barely open my eyes"- Throw in some warm sounding tubes before you reach for your sunglasses (Tung Sol, VT-231, Sylvania brown base.etc), "My Senns seem so dark with this CD"- Liven it up with some RCAs, GE, Raytheon etc.).POSSIBILITIESīefore I get flamed- I love Grado & Senn. The beauty of this amp is that you can tailor it to your headphones or your music. More tubes, more music, more gear= new ideas. So why am I starting a new thread on this? Well, really, I see it as a continuation of something that was started two years ago. If you are considering a Darkvoice 336i or 336SE, it is suggested reading so you can be ready to really enjoy this amp. Outstanding.I go back to it everytime to see if I missed anything or to see if any new developments have been posted. Opinions, favorites, hum, maintenance, you name it, it's there. There is so much information in that thread, by so many different people, about everything 336. I began reading it one night and did not stop until the last page. Before I went ahead and bought it, I wanted to know the certain tubes it used and the different combinations it was capable of, as well as the ins and outs and how it compared to other amps. It was that thread that really caught my interest in the DV. Back on 08-25-06 Superpredator started a thread on tube rolling with the Darkvoice 336 & 336i.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |