You meet the nicest people on the Dynaco Tube Audio Forum

Just had a quick visit with Glacier John, who dropped by on his way home from an event in Washington yesterday. MontanaWay has visited us twice, and we were even graced by a quick drive-by with His Eminence, Tubes4HiFi. All very pleasant folks.
Not to mention countless helpful phone calls and emails with other bottle-heads I have met on this board.
Drs. Bob and Roy, ye have built a nice community.

Props to you, too David!

You meet the nicest systems too! This is David's :

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Thanks for the audio-porn, Dr. Madden! deepee sure has sumpin' to drool over.

man those amps sure look sexy!!!
how are those Shuguang's holding up...they should be just idling along since there are two in parallel!

MontanaWay wrote:man those amps sure look sexy!!!
how are those Shuguang's holding up...they should be just idling along since there are two in parallel!

Troy, thanks for posting.
MWay, I think I hear the Shuguangs yawning once in awhile for lack of work to do. I should probably buy a coupla hundred spares, though.

deepee99 wrote:

MontanaWay wrote:man those amps sure look sexy!!!
how are those Shuguang's holding up...they should be just idling along since there are two in parallel!

Troy, thanks for posting.
MWay, I think I hear the Shuguangs yawning once in awhile for lack of work to do. I should probably buy a coupla hundred spares, though.

oh...they will do just fine in that setup! :-)

It was great meeting you and your very affectionate dog David. My God what a system! I'll give myself more time for a quality listen next time. Oh and a very cool Soviet submarine clock too.

Amazing what a bottle of Skyy vodka can get you in Russia, ergo the clock for one jug in Vladivostok. They drink gasoline there. I thought it would be like giving sand to the Arabs, but not the case.
At Kentley's PM request, the tube line-up is as follows (this is for a single Big Bopper).
On the offensive line, a pair of antique tungsols flank a chrome-dome Sylvania. In the secondary, two more ancient tungsols, flanking an RCA 6SN7.
In the backfield, two Shuguang rectifiers, acting very bored.
In the Troy-built SP-14, a quad of precambrian RCA 6SN7s.
Pretty close to as good as it gets.

deepee99 wrote:Amazing what a bottle of Skyy vodka can get you in Russia, ergo the clock for one jug in Vladivostok. They drink gasoline there. I thought it would be like giving sand to the Arabs, but not the case.
At Kentley's PM request, the tube line-up is as follows (this is for a single Big Bopper).
On the offensive line, a pair of antique tungsols flank a chrome-dome Sylvania. In the secondary, two more ancient tungsols, flanking an RCA 6SN7.
In the backfield, two Shuguang rectifiers, acting very bored.
In the Troy-built SP-14, a quad of precambrian RCA 6SN7s.
Pretty close to as good as it gets.

just like you...Jurassic!!

Very nice system David...what are those SPEAKERS?....or have I mistaken those coffins for an audio transmission source

bluemeanies wrote:Very nice system David...what are those SPEAKERS?....or have I mistaken those coffins for an audio transmission source

Those are Tyler Acoustics D12Xs. Ty hand-builds these speaks and he was actually recommended to me by Dr. Latino, who swears by his Tyler Decades. Ty sells direct, eliminating middle-man and dealer mark-ups, so you save a ton of money.
Yeah, they're big (about 6 foot) and heavy (200 lbs each) but with the right finish they won't take over a room. He uses Daytons for the active and passive woofers, and Dayton pistons as the mids, and Seas for the tweets. Also housed within each is a 1 kw Keiga Class D amp to run the woofs. Electronically they are simple and elegant, and the built-in woofer amps give you great crossover control to match room acoustics. They are rated at 4 ohms and have a 90 dB/watt efficiency, so even a very low-powered tube amp could drive them just fine.
The woofs at top and bottom are essentially in a transmission-line cabinet with ports.
Go to Ty's website, http://www.tyleracoustics.com/index.html
give him a call and chat him up. Nice guy. Best speaks I will ever own.