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    What are the Top Horn Speakers in the World Today? Vox Olympian vs Avantgarde Trio vs ???

    Hell Björn, looks very interesting.... my apologies! Any more detailed info... Greatings
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    SET amp owners thread

    This does not solve the prblem of the amps.... the caps are too high and the rectifiers failed, even the CV371. I owned such an amp and I know what I'm writing of. Lokk at the tube data sheets of the rectifiers and than compare the max. cap value in cap-input mode (firrst cap directly at the...
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    SET amp owners thread

    Yes it does.... I owned one 300B amp from Cary (first series) and many rectifiers failded. Lowering the caps to, for example 8uF, solved the problem.
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    SET amp owners thread

    The biggest mistake in the Cary amps is that the first capacitor direct after the rectifier tube is too high - especially when using a 274a rectiver. It should be lowered to my opinion.
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    EMT JPA66

    The ECC99 is an exceptional tube and I'd recommend to use it (very low plate resistance)... EMT is not any "garage" manufacture and has a reputation paired with deep know how. The advantage of variable adjustment of the cutting curves is, imho, the heart of listening to vinyl and a journey...
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    SET amp owners thread

    David, good luck... I'll cross my fingers, the 45, hard to beat, and owns a fresh sound and when it matches you will enjoy it
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    SET amp owners thread

    Is the 45 ac-filaments, and if yes can you adjust the hum with the pot? BTW, I prefer the 45 over a 2A3 & 50.
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    SET amp owners thread

    Typing error, thanks for the correction
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    SET amp owners thread

    David, you're loosing 6dB in power when using a single 2A3 instead of PSE. I think you'll not be happier with a "50" instead of the 2A3 and you should try out some NOS 2A3 before swapping the amp. The PHY-drivers don't go so much deep in the low frequency range but your brain needs only the...
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    Diesis dipole

    Hello Ked, thanks for the like and that you understanding the choke - sorry, I couldn't resist :)
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    Diesis dipole

    You should pay us that we are looking to this....
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    SET amp owners thread

    I have same in my mind to try it out, especially for the HF but using an input transformer instead of a volume control....
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    SET amp owners thread

    Thx for your reply, I have no experience with your cables you mention so it's not easy to give a recommendation. But I think the best is to try it out and listen (take some time for this)... and maybe you don't like both cables. Important is first the set-up of your XO and then look to the...
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    SET amp owners thread

    yes, and it's a continous work because we are learning with our experience.... still in progress because I will see how it works as 3-way (currently I use the Mid & High on the same amplifier - high with -6dB as well), other point is a line-level with constant impedance and a true active-xo.
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    SET amp owners thread

    Yes, that's correct - I forgot to mention but I thought this is the clear and must not be mentioned. BTW, nice horn setup you have :)
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