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In Reply to: Be patient posted by Frihed89 on March 23, 2007 at 11:14:04:
Yes its a weird and frustrating period as different frequencies seem to open at different rates across different components...
But as everything has been used before, I am thinking it won't take as long as with unused things...
Although I am open to alternative lifestyle opinions on how and why this is or isn't the case!
For new components I have frequently heard differences at around the 200 hour mark. And sometimes a big change almost instantaneously.
I really have no explanation for it, just the observation. It's too long since i studied this stuff to have any hope of understanding it.
Follow Ups:
Call Quicksilver direct.
There's nothing wrong with them, it's just the burning in opening up the sound.
My pre-amp has sat in a cupboard for months, as has the 2 metre Eicjmann interconnect between the pre and the Quicksilvers.
Add whatever time those Quicksilvers have spend between the shop and me via my friend's holiday and I think it all sounds remarkable.
I found time yesterday to apply the contact liquid and that has, as I always find, taken a slight edge off the sound.
It was getting to the "damn that's good" level last night.
Give the Quicksilver Mini mites a chance. They really bloom after a few days.I purchased a pair a few months back, and use them with a vintage Electrocompaniet Preampliwire -- run into a pair of Linn Kans.
The sound is quite full and detailed with an expansive midrange.
A short run of speaker wire (Mike Sanders recommends a 4' pair) -- 16 gauge or thicker is best, optimizes these low powered amps.
For comparison sake I also purchased a pair of Antique Sound Lab Wave AV 25 monoblocks -- again, excellent little amplifiers that sound extremely lush after a few days break-in-time.
And both the Quickies and Wave 25's have plenty of low end grunt when paired with an efficient speaker.
Both amp's are a bargain new, and provided they're in good shape an even better bargain when purchased on the used market.
It sounds like maybe this is a brain thing and you're solution now lies in tube rolling to get the sound you want. With such a fine amp, I would not hesitate to try some EL34s and KT88s to start with. This amp can take many different outputs. I picked the EL34 and KT88 because they are quite a bit different (depending on the brand, etc). I am not familiar with the 6L6.
I agree with Frihed both are very musical especially the EL34. They generally have the most midrange good tone, tenor, timbre especially the JJ EL34L which you don't like, they aren't slammers and do give up something on both extremes. If your a slam guy go all the way and get some KT90s. IMHO magic of music is in the midrange.
that it might be the tubes.
The Sovtek 6L6GC is not what the factory supplied and Sovtek has not made it for a few years.
Sometimes when a jerk sells a tube amp they stick old tubes in there. Sometimes it's best to start over with new tubes.
I like the 6L6 in the minis. That's what I'm using now (Sovtek 6L6WXT+), although I plan to try the others.
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