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In Reply to: RE: The Sira has more tubes than a boiler! posted by Cpwill on January 28, 2012 at 12:56:11
Epifania is more my speed. But I'd want 816's for rectifiers...maybe 866JR's.
cheers,
Douglas
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In most of the instances where I heard the Sira in comparison to other linestages, the Sira sounded rich, but a bit muddy and lacking in clarity. The Epifania (I own one with Teflon capacitors), in contrast, is much more on the detailed, clear and leaner side (those who think "tube sound" should mean warm would find it on the analytical side).
Like the Sira, the multiple tubes of the Epifania are mainly for regulation. The signal for each channel passes through one 12B4 tube. That said, I hardly think it really matters how one gets to a particular result, so I don't think tube count matters at all. This linestage is rare, and perhaps pricey, even as a used item.
Larry,
Your listening impressions are quite similar to mine. I have been looking at using some other amplifier tubes in something resembling the Epifania circuit...all lingle triodes, for example the 6AH4 and with a current regulated filament, the 801A and perhaps the 45. I've parted with my 12B4 SE linesstage when I went balanced to run an active criss over...a second system will likely be SE driven as I don't epect to multi-amp.
cheers,
Douglas
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