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In Reply to: RE: Soundstage & Imaging - Why the differences between amps? posted by Dr. Toobz on October 12, 2009 at 20:32:13
From my admittedly limited experience, I've found soundstage to be very dependent upon the line stage and preamp. I learned that from Subwatt and Sector-7G. My old Paramours had a huge soundstage with the right line stages.
Just as a WAG, I have been thinking that the linestage needs to have enough drive to push the whole signal evenly, or what some people call effortlessly. Therefore lots of extra current and a CCS helps, which has been my experience again. A choke should get most of the way there, and some people (IIRC Phil Sieg is one) prefer iron to a CCS.
All that said, one mod I am looking forward to is doubling the 9V battery bank (longer screws and putting the second bank directly under the first) and running the Quickie at about 72V. I haven't looked at the tube curves yet, but more voltage and current, combined with a choke, should have a positive effect on fidelity. But now we're starting to play with real voltage, and somebody has to tell me there is little chance a 9V will blow up in my face.
I would be interested in other people's opinions, too.
Triamp... Take a load off!
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