In Reply to: RE: I know you have a emotional attachment to your AI but posted by kavakidd on March 28, 2015 at 11:29:26:
I mostly used NOS russians tubes and they lasted OK but I did change tubes several times to try to get better sound. The Transcendent Sound Grounded Grid sounded noticeably better for peanuts money. A small Silvaweld preamp (the SWH450) simply demolished the AI, the big Silvaweld was in another universe from the AI.
Its ok though if you really like it...I wanted too because it is in some way a "coo" preamp but sonically I found it just didn't really deliver as promised.
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- RE: I know you have a emotional attachment to your AI but - morricab 14:26:14 03/28/15 (9)
- At age 72 and on a fixed income - kavakidd 15:34:01 03/28/15 (8)
- RE: At age 72 and on a fixed income - morricab 05:52:27 03/29/15 (5)
- RE: At age 72 and on a fixed income - A.Wayne 09:18:58 04/03/15 (0)
- Transcendent would need an external phone stage - kavakidd 14:56:02 03/29/15 (1)
- RE: Transcendent would need an external phone stage - morricab 07:19:29 03/30/15 (0)
- The Silvaweld is more than "a bit" hard to find, its damn near impossible to find. nt - Rick W 08:18:54 03/29/15 (1)
- RE: The Silvaweld is more than "a bit" hard to find, its damn near impossible to find. nt - morricab 07:25:43 03/30/15 (0)
- RE: At age 72 and on a fixed income - RGA 20:59:57 03/28/15 (1)
- Thanks for that - I have always trusted my ears - kavakidd 23:07:22 03/28/15 (0)