SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Gary,You and I have touted the Takatsuki virtues for quite sometime and subsequently the EML XLS I added as well. None of these premium 300bs are cheap. However for music lovers with high qu... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Excellent points Brownsfan(Bill).Of the current production oxide filament 300bs I can vouch for Takatsuki, EML and Sophia Royal Princess to be top tier. Elrog is a very different approach with ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Well that is a possibility but I would think the UK distributor is as motivated to get the newer tubes for his clients as is the American . Anyway I hope Spirit gets a good pair this time. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).When you consider the Elrogs are from the same factory, built by the same person/personel the distributor shouldn't matter. They all have the same common source so the quality should be uniform. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Jeff,Spirit is located in the UK so he most likely has a different vendor for his Elrogs. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Brf,Spirit is correct, I welcome any good information that may benefit others who may happen to come across these posts. Spirit, my buddy Jwm just got his Elrogs last week and so far so good. H... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).No problem, it wasn't clear which Shuguang Spirit had tried in his amplifier. Given his original message to me I naturallyassumed he was referring to the various Shuguang offerings compared to ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Early,Read Spirit's initial post. He's had the Shuguang 845 but they were far outperformed by the Elrogs in terms of the sound quality. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Spirit,Yes, I understand clearly your dilemma, you'd hate to give up a proven excellent amplifier due to tube problems/incompatibility. I can appreciate your attraction to the NAT Audio amplifi... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Spirit,I reread your post and realize that sound quality isn't the problem but reliability of the tubes. Elrog had some early failure problems initially but my understanding is that this is rec... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Sprit,Well I'm not sure what the issue may be. The North American Elrog distributor has both Audion amps and these tubes and praises them. My friend's Absolare Passion PSET has thd Elrogs an... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Music for the SoulHello, you have put together an exceptional audio system. Your previous system was already at quite a high level, what have you improved or gained with the insertion of the Manlely tube components? posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Single Ended JourneyYes, you never stop learning/discovering things and every single portion of the audio chain matters. It seems all part choices/changes have consequences and influence. As you point out, an amazing ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Jeff,As wonderful as the Duelund CAST copper are in my speaker I don't doubt their silver foil version is better yet. Their cost was more than I wanted to spend, so the copper foil it was. Many... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Miguel,You know the high regard I have for you products and that I love your Tripoint Troy. The attraction I have toward the Maestro is performance/cost ratio. I expect this cord to sound ex... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Bill,Yep, I agree there are good and bad products with either metal. I've been using the same Coincident cords I got with the CSL and Frankenstein back in 2009. These are very good and have out... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Somewhere down the line I'm going to try the Cruze First Audio Maestro power cords. I like Fernando and trust his ear. He sold me my Coincident speakers and the Tripoint Troy.Both are purchases I'l... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Bill,Well I read your email and I'm not surprised by your initial listening results. It seems the Elrog 300b is as good as their 845. Very good sounding right out of the box and already surp... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Bill,I 'm glad you're doing well despite the on going long distance commuting. Bill I've just spent the past 2 hours listening to Jwm's system. He installed his new Elrog 845s in his Absolar... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Cal,I am bias in favor of good quality active preamps. The high level of your system would exploit what the active has to offer. Something to consider. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Meant Elrog and I tried to provide the video link, really good sound even via You tube. posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qrMGOorjaM Bill, These elrods playing my kind of music. Charles posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Bill,It's been very interesting and fun to follow how your system has changed over the past couple of years(given the high quality of your previous system). To think that it all seemingly began... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Bill,So good to hear from you, I hope you're all settled down in your new home. Bill, a good friend of mine Jwm is scheduled to get his Elrog 845 tubes today for his Absolare amplifier. I'm ... posted over 11 years ago | View comment | |
Single Ended JourneyDdriverman,You have a terrific system and wow! what a collection of wonderful amplifiers, all top choices. I rotate the EML XLS and Takatsuki 300b in my amplifier. You have chosen the EML to us... posted over 11 years ago | View comment |