Miszny Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hi all! New here but not new to LampizatOr... I wanted to start this thread so people can describe expericenes with different tubes in their Level 7, Big 7 and Lite 7 DACs. Just recenltly moved to Level 7 from Level 5 and this means new stuff to learn and new experiences to gain. In my case I started with stock Psvane 101Ds and Russian rectifiers. Rectifiers I practically instantly swapped with NOS RCA from 1940s as I had good experience with this swap in my Level 5. Also my Level 5 had a great combo of 1960s ECC81 Marconi brand made in France tube + Dutch made 1960s Amperex ECC82. After say 500 hours I will also try out Sylvania rectifiers that I have. As for 101Ds I ordered Psvane WE replicas. Psvane 101D Psvane 101D Western Electric replica I am very curious if anyone had a chance to compare the replicas to oryginal Western Electric tubes? Ofcourse another tube type suggestions would be great. As I am new to CA I hope I did not start a thread that was already started by someone else long time ago. Thanks! Link to comment
elcorso Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hi all! New here but not new to LampizatOr... I wanted to start this thread so people can describe expericenes with different tubes in their Level 7 and Big 7 DACs. Just recenltly moved to Level 7 from Level 5 and this means new stuff to learn and new experiences to gain. In my case I started with stock Psvane 101Ds and Russian rectifiers. Rectifiers I practically instantly swapped with NOS RCA from 1940s as I had good experience with this swap in my Level 5. After say 500 hours I will also try Sylvania rectifiers that I have. As for 101Ds I ordered Psvane WE replicas. [ATTACH=CONFIG]17323[/ATTACH] Psvane 101D [ATTACH=CONFIG]17324[/ATTACH] Psvane 101D Western Electric replica I am very curious if anyone had a chance to compare the replicas to oryginal Western Electric tubes? Ofcourse another tube type suggestions would be great. As I am new to CA I hope I did not start a thread that was already started by someone else long time ago. Thanks! I began with the Psvane 101D, tried some others like Emission Labs 45 & 5U4GM rectifier (between a lot) and finished using the Psvane 101D Western Electric replica & NOS Mullard GZ34 - 7 Notch plate rectifier that I love. I'm on a B7. Roch Link to comment
calerdqvc Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Ofcourse another tube type suggestions would be great. Link to comment
wisnon Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 There are several massive B7 tube rolling threads ate AurioCircle, on Facebook and at theartofsound.com Link to comment
Miszny Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yes, I hear that Cunningham CX345 and Sylvania VT-52 are good options. I hope to obtain pairs of these soon and post some info. For now I can say that 101D-L WE replicas vs stock Psvane 101D is an obivious choice for someone that feels that spending 3x the money is ok ;-) Link to comment
wisnon Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Check out 6A3…very big SQ to price ratio. Link to comment
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