Ron's Favorite Private Rooms + Systems of All Time

[christensenleif@msn.com]

I´ve got his new nanocrystalline AVC s waiting to be installed too, but not looking fw to the mechanics and all the soldering

 

[Blue58]

Ditch the grid stoppers and interstage and run direct coupled.
from my dac it’s Khozmo vc with 1 z-foil/amtrans to 1/2 12ax7 direct to 45 to electraprint partial silver opt. Doesn’t get much more direct than that.

 

[Lagonda]

If the bass woofers are in a sealed cabinet and running servos , good luck and may the power of Zeus be with you ..

No servos, separate active crossover with analog room correction options and phase adjustments, same amplifiers as main towers, lightning fast and very, very deep bass when on recording.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

Ditch the grid stoppers and interstage and run direct coupled.
from my dac it’s Khozmo vc with 1 z-foil/amtrans to 1/2 12ax7 direct to 45 to electraprint partial silver opt. Doesn’t get much more direct than that.

so 1/2 12ax7 drives 45 directly without cap or IT to 45 then?
not sure I can run a tube like 6s45 without gridstopper?

 

[DasguteOhr]

so 1/2 12ax7 drives 45 directly without cap or IT to 45 then?
not sure I can run a tube like 6s45 without gridstopper?

You can do that, but then place a Ferit bead over the grid cable as close to the tube socket as possible. But I prefer a grid stop resistor saftey first at steep triodes.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

My ferrit bead experience is terrible sound

 

[DasguteOhr]

My ferrit bead experience is terrible sound

Ok. I don't why but accept your statement
Various measures can be taken, e.g. switching a capacitor 100 nf from anode to ground. The capacitor short-circuits the high frequencies so that no oscillation can occur.

 

[Audiohertz2]

My ferrit bead experience is terrible sound

If it’s working don't touch it , one listen beats a thousand theories ..

 

[PeterA]

I bought a pair of FW SIT-1 to test purity in ss vs tubes, but they went on to Santiago de Compostela in Spain
close but no cigar....

I was going to do the same thing with a pair of SIT-1s for back up for my Lamm ML2s. I never found a pair for sale and then bought a spare pair of ML2s. It would’ve been an interesting comparison. My Pass Aleph3 is close but no cigar….

 

[cjfrbw]

I was going to do the same thing with a pair of SIT-1s for back up for my Lamm ML2s. I never found a pair for sale and then bought a spare pair of ML2s. It would’ve been an interesting comparison. My Pass Aleph3 is close but no cigar….

Pass DIY has a variety of single ended transistor amp designs based on Tokin or Sony VFETs. I think the single ended Sony 2SK60 version that I built sounds a bit better than the SIT 1 or 2 that I heard many times at shows. The radar SIT in the SIT 1/2 sounds very good indeed, but a tad on the dry side, whereas the old Sony VFET is liquid and analog sounding by comparison. It's the first transistor amp that I think could knock the fleas off their pedestal, mainly because it also has intensity and attack (strings and brass) by comparison. The fleas sound beautiful, but tend to be a bit more theoretical on intense transients.

 

[DasguteOhr]

Pass DIY has a variety of single ended transistor amp designs based on Tokin or Sony VFETs. I think the single ended Sony 2SK60 version that I built sounds a bit better than the SIT 1 or 2 that I heard many times at shows. The radar SIT in the SIT 1/2 sounds very good indeed, but a tad on the dry side, whereas the old Sony VFET is liquid and analog sounding by comparison. It's the first transistor amp that I think could knock the fleas off their pedestal, mainly because it also has intensity and attack (strings and brass) by comparison. The fleas sound beautiful, but tend to be a bit more theoretical on intense transients.

sony ta n7b vfets love that sound.phantastic build quality

 

[morricab]

Pass DIY has a variety of single ended transistor amp designs based on Tokin or Sony VFETs. I think the single ended Sony 2SK60 version that I built sounds a bit better than the SIT 1 or 2 that I heard many times at shows. The radar SIT in the SIT 1/2 sounds very good indeed, but a tad on the dry side, whereas the old Sony VFET is liquid and analog sounding by comparison. It's the first transistor amp that I think could knock the fleas off their pedestal, mainly because it also has intensity and attack (strings and brass) by comparison. The fleas sound beautiful, but tend to be a bit more theoretical on intense transients.

Get some high sensitivity speakers and then compare again your VFET to your flea amp. Might not. be such a close competition.

 

[Al M.]

Are you sure it's not something else?

Well, whatever you may think of it, my brief one-sentence statement has by now elicited quite a few positive responses ("likes", you can go back and check). It must have hit a nerve among posters, also among some who usually do not comment on the issue but are still annoyed by it.

 

[PeterA]

Well, whatever you may think of it, my brief one-sentence statement has by now elicited quite a few positive responses ("likes", you can go back and check). It must have hit a nerve among posters, also among some who usually do not comment on the issue but are still annoyed by it.

Al, yes, your comment got some “likes“. It also got a couple laughing emojis. I’ve spoken to four or five people who have left the forum. None of them cited system videos as the reason for leaving. Some of the system threads, like Ron’s and both of mine have plenty of videos. No one seems to think those are a problem.

It’s really easy to avoid threads one is not interested in. I never read some of the wildly popular threads here and I don’t complain that those threads are ruining the forum.

 

[Al M.]

Some of the system threads, like Ron’s and both of mine have plenty of videos. No one seems to think those are a problem.

Except that Ron himself thinks that system videos are a problem, because they give no adequate representation of the sound in the room to someone who has never heard it in person. As he would say, they generate "more heat than light".

 

[PeterA]

Except that Ron himself thinks that system videos are a problem, because they give no adequate representation of the sound in the room to someone who has never heard it in person. As he would say, they generate "more heat than light".

fair enough, but he posts videos of his system because people request them and he obliges, which I respect and appreciate. If he thought videos were ruining his forum, I do not think he would purposefully post videos of his system on his system thread. And I do not think that he feels his system videos on his system thread are ruining his thread, but I might be mistaken.

 

[Al M.]

fair enough, but he posts videos of his system because people request them and he obliges, which I respect and appreciate. If he thought videos were ruining his forum, I do not think he would purposefully post videos of his system on his system thread. And I do not think that he feels his system videos on his system thread are ruining his thread, but I might be mistaken.

He did push back against videos on this present thread (p. 4).

 

[PeterA]

He did push back against videos on this present thread (p. 4).

Yes he did, but unless they are of the ten ranked systems, they’re a bit off topic. And pushing back against videos here is a far cry from claiming that videos are ruining WBF.

My suspicion is that the owners welcome videos here because they provide content and drive eyeballs and they are a growing presence in the industry for both marketing and discussions.

They are used privately as tools and for sharing. Personally, I don’t think system videos are ruining WBF. Some of the discussions and tone are certainly not helpful but I put that on the members, not on the videos themselves.

 

[tima]

Personally, I don’t think system videos are ruining WBF. Some of the discussions and tone are certainly not helpful but I put that on the members, not on the videos themselves.

It's the continual defensive whining about videos that deflects from interesting discussion.

Some of it comes from the highly competitive character of certain forum members. Some of it comes as a cover for not posting videos because they cannot be deemed competitive, or out of fear of being judged harshly in public. Those reasons are out there though maybe they are not the pretty reasons that some like to read. But until the WTF owners decide to ban videos they will be posted, and those who do not care for them may as well accept the inevitable -- continual complaining about videos will not make them go away and it clogs up the flow of ideas. Just move on to the next message.

 

[Al M.]

Yes he did, but unless they are of the ten ranked systems, they’re a bit off topic. And pushing back against videos here is a far cry from claiming that videos are ruining WBF.

My suspicion is that the owners welcome videos here because they provide content and drive eyeballs and they are a growing presence in the industry for both marketing and discussions.

They are used privately as tools and for sharing. Personally, I don’t think system videos are ruining WBF. Some of the discussions and tone are certainly not helpful but I put that on the members, not on the videos themselves.

Maybe. But trying to bully people into posting videos and/or suggesting that people who post videos are somehow better or more "daring" than those who don't, and that those who do not post videos are somehow "hiding something" is both mean and childish. The posters who do not want to post videos have provided perfectly rational arguments for why they don't. These arguments are simply not accepted by some video fanatics. All this reminds me of the adolescent schoolyard days. I thought we were grown-ups on this forum. Apparently not all are.

And yes, criticizing the sound of videos is fully legit, even by those who do not post videos themselves. Once videos are publicly posted, it's a free for all. Complaining about criticism of video sound by those who are posting videos is silly. You reap what you sow.

EDIT: This post overlapped with the one just posted by Tima. That post is a perfect example of what I am talking about.

"Defensive whining." "Out of fear of being judged harshly in public." How pathetic.