Are those capacitor bottoms with wires exiting from black blobs belonging to Obbligato film in oil cans?
Tubes can be very synergistic between them sometimes. Just keep what you like best.
If the the same synergy with the #26 tue preamp now I understand why sound so good, thanks Salas for all support & giving the best sound really appreciated.
I had listened to very good #26 config with trafo pot and 2 SSHV2, Rod on cathodes, trafo out, the works, at VG's through his nice big horn speakers. It gives that golden tone. Although I could easily say it was a form of DHT coloration when he sent me files directly from vinyl riaa pre or through 26 also that I checked on headphones, in the listening room's acoustic space it was very engaging.
I have two trafo pots & two outputs tx, just now I'm wiring the TVC to my Shallco attenuator.
I did not have the opportunity to listen to them A/B in the same system. If I am grasping it right the 6V6 one has more fleshed out and neutral tone, the #26 has that illusive DHT touch of golden halo open mid-highs.
Someone has to use same TVC, regs, etc. to be fair and listen in the same system of course. The 6V6 can get you to very good level cheaper with less problems to solve and less subsystems is one sure thing. A TKD, or Cosmo 50-100K, 100 Ohm good grid stopper, 7.5K Mills load, 300V clean B+, good capacitor output, and you are there.
Haha, nice! Sounds to me like king and queen; the royal family of preamps! The queen is harder to make happy.
The original one, yes. You can use lighter PSU filter, 7.5K load, 100 Ohm stopper and 300V SSHV2 for a bit more gain and same THD quality.
In my winter plans, I will make a choke loaded 6V6 with SSHV2 and attenuator at the input, no tvc, just to compare.
Will report then.
Also will try the #26 with starved filaments that was reported to give better results.
For a more monitor sound or less DHT sound you could use Sylvania ST tubes instead of globes that I use.
Will report then.
Also will try the #26 with starved filaments that was reported to give better results.
For a more monitor sound or less DHT sound you could use Sylvania ST tubes instead of globes that I use.
Well, I do not want to dismantle my other pre. Hope will get an idea how it sounds. If I like what I hear will make more tests with TVC.