I was looking at the TU-8550 to go with my TU-8900 , the only thing that is putting me off is that the phono is mm and I need mc. It’s a shame it doesn’t as the TU-8500 does have both.
Yes I’d thought of SUT but not sure which ones and I didn’t really want to spend any more as I was wanting to upgrade the caps as well.
More praise in June Stereophile TAD Compact Evolution One review by Herb Reichert:
Elekit TU-8900
"On a perverse whim, with no expectations, I connected the TAD speakers to Elekit's 8Wpc single ended TU-8900 300B amplifier. As with the SIT-3, I wondered if the Elekit would work at all. It worked right away. After successfully playing Shake Sugaree, the Room-bot led me to Folk Songs and Blues by Mississippi John Hurt (16/44.1 FLAC, Mississippi John Hurt/Tidal). That's when I fell in love. "On Candy Man," it was crazy how good the tone and texture were. Hurt's voice sounded like it came from a real person. His tricky guitar licks supported his satiny voice in a manner that made this album feel like the most genteel acoustic blues ever.
I am not recommending this 8W triode amp as an ideal choicer the CE1TX's, but I am saying that when operating within its 8W limits on low-energy program, the TU-8900 delivered more natural tone and textural magic than any other amp I tried."
Elekit TU-8900
"On a perverse whim, with no expectations, I connected the TAD speakers to Elekit's 8Wpc single ended TU-8900 300B amplifier. As with the SIT-3, I wondered if the Elekit would work at all. It worked right away. After successfully playing Shake Sugaree, the Room-bot led me to Folk Songs and Blues by Mississippi John Hurt (16/44.1 FLAC, Mississippi John Hurt/Tidal). That's when I fell in love. "On Candy Man," it was crazy how good the tone and texture were. Hurt's voice sounded like it came from a real person. His tricky guitar licks supported his satiny voice in a manner that made this album feel like the most genteel acoustic blues ever.
I am not recommending this 8W triode amp as an ideal choicer the CE1TX's, but I am saying that when operating within its 8W limits on low-energy program, the TU-8900 delivered more natural tone and textural magic than any other amp I tried."
Thanks Victor, I will have to think this over. I only need 2 inputs one for a LUMIN streamer and one for phono which I don’t use as much but it’s a bit of a nuisance unpluging the cables when I do. I have nearly pulled the trigger half a dozen times on the the TU-8550.
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Thanks, Victor. I think I will order the TU-8550 as it looks like the best in the longterm and get the LL1931 SUT In a few months. Just got to decide which caps to get maybe Mundorf MCap?
Do you mean the Jupiter ratio copper? are they only available from you if so how much are they?
No
Jupiter copper $62@ is for TU-8550
For TU-8900 I have VCAP CuTF , Audio Note Copper and Audio Note Silver
Jupiter copper $62@ is for TU-8550
For TU-8900 I have VCAP CuTF , Audio Note Copper and Audio Note Silver
I just assembly my Tu8900 a few weeks ago, the sound is amazing! I can get bigger stage when compare the Mac312 . The sound image what I like is the instrument without outlines, it sounds like closer to the live stage . So I want to step forward to update it , first what it the best drive tube for it ? eec82 or 12bh7a
Thank you
Thank you
The Stereophile review of TU-8900 is availavle in July Edition ( 1st or 2nd week of June)
The most important upgrade is the Lundahl LL2785C Amorphous core OPT. You can use 12BH7 or 12AU7/ECC82/6067 as driver tubes.
The review version includes the the following upgrade
Lundahl LL2785C Amorphous core
46 pcs of AN Tantalum Resistors (signal path
4 Takman 2% (less than 10 ohm)
2 Amtrans AMRG 1% 15 ohm
Audio Note Silver coupling cap 0.1 X 2
The most important upgrade is the Lundahl LL2785C Amorphous core OPT. You can use 12BH7 or 12AU7/ECC82/6067 as driver tubes.
The review version includes the the following upgrade
Lundahl LL2785C Amorphous core
46 pcs of AN Tantalum Resistors (signal path
4 Takman 2% (less than 10 ohm)
2 Amtrans AMRG 1% 15 ohm
Audio Note Silver coupling cap 0.1 X 2