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Re: Michell and Vacuum State

Hello Mick,

"How would you describe the sound of the JLTi with the gyrodec."

You ask a tough question ...

Bear in mind, there is a difference in build quality between a UP-4 and a Schroeder 2, and we are using different carts. Although I prefer running LOMC's with 47k ohm loading, and the Helikon is perfect for this.

Also, I'm not familiar with the GSP Era gold, so cannot give you a much of a comparison.

The SVP, and I presume the JLTi (but check with Allen Wright about this), are based on 6922/6DJ8 tubes. These are generally not known for being particularly 'tubey' in character. In other words, the SVP, both phono and line sections, do not have mid-range bloom or HF roll-off.

Having said that, you can tube-roll the 6922 family and adjust aspects of frequency presentation, detail, sound stage, linearity, etc. However, the range of possible variations would not be as great as with a 12ax7 based stage, for example.

For me, the lows and lower-mids are much more difficult to asses at the pre-amp or phono stage level, since this depends so much on downstream kit, speaker placement, and the room.

All I can say is I don't sense any bottlenecks or unnaturalness at the phono or line stages of the SVP.

I would like to add a comment on the build quality of Vacuum State. This is very high quality kit. I also have a Vacuum State JTLi SACD/CD player that works very well.

Not sure if this helps you very much. If you need more info, I do suggest contacting Allen Wright directly. He's very helpful.

Cheers Brian



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