Audio Research vt 60...Tubes!

[sucks2beme]

I have added a tube amp to the 2 channel. 50WPC of tube goodness.
It replaces a B&K st-202. It is being fed from a Acurus acd-11 cdp,
Parasound psp1000 pre and I'm using Paradigm Studio 60's. Cables are Heros
and AQ cv-6's.
I need to re-do cables for neatness, but I was in a hurry to warm her up!

[RuSsMaN]

Sick man. What it it, EL34? Whats on the front end?

[sucks2beme]

Specs say:
Tube complement (2 matched pairs) 6550B, (2) 6922 driver, (1) 6922 input

Actual: 4-Svetlana 6550
3-Slovtek Damn i forgot to write it down!

I will have to pop the cage and check. I have been sucking up to the ol'lady.
Haven't done much other than verify operation. I've got to take her to the
Dallas Arboretum Saturday. Gotta sell a couple of amps, too!
It's seems to have a classic big, warm sound. The terminals on the back look like old Mac stuff instead of 5 ways.

[madmax]

Nothin like tubes!
madmax

[engtaz]

Nice I really like the head phone stand

[halo]

very nice set up. congrats :)

[W WALDECKER]

I have added a tube amp to the 2 channel. 50WPC of tube goodness.
It replaces a B&K st-202. It is being fed from a Acurus acd-11 cdp,
Parasound psp1000 pre and I'm using Paradigm Studio 60's. Cables are Heros
and AQ cv-6's.
I need to re-do cables for neatness, but I was in a hurry to warm her up!AudioResearch is great stuff!Good for you! how do the Ref Paradigm's sound with tubes ? i have a pair of Studio 100 v3's sitting here unused and your post has me wanting to try them with My Sonic Frontiers SFS 80.congrats....WCW III

[sucks2beme]

The Tube sound fixes the major flaw of the Studio 60 v2.
They tend to be bright. I don't think the 100's had as much problem with that.
With tubes, they really show what they are capable of.
I now know what the term "organic" means!
Stevie Ray Vahn. Enough said with just that. WOW.
Tried a number of other artists. My wife was allowed to pick out stuff.
Maybe a mistake, but it is mother's day. Early 80's hair bands.:(

Seals and Crofts is hard to listen to on SS gear. Different animal now.
The sound separation and vocals have improved.
Since I'm lazy, I'll just post a link to someone else's Pics!

http://www.6v6gt.com/VT60/index.html

[sucks2beme]

Nice I really like the head phone stand

My son made it. William Shatner bust.

[W WALDECKER]

The Tube sound fixes the major flaw of the Studio 60 v2.
They tend to be bright. I don't think the 100's had as much problem with that.
With tubes, they really show what they are capable of.
I now know what the term "organic" means!
Stevie Ray Vahn. Enough said with just that. WOW.
Tried a number of other artists. My wife was allowed to pick out stuff.
Maybe a mistake, but it is mother's day. Early 80's hair bands.:(

Seals and Crofts is hard to listen to on SS gear. Different animal now.
The sound separation and vocals have improved.
Since I'm lazy, I'll just post a link to someone else's Pics!

http://www.6v6gt.com/VT60/index.htmlthe 100 v3's were compressed sounding and a little hot on top with the Rotel RB 1080, they were sweet on top when i switched to the Khartago monos. to borrow the term you used
they were a different Animal.my SFS 80 uses a similar tube complement to your VT60. i now use Ei KT90's and i also use a quad of Teslovak KT88's and i use four Ei 6DJ8 goldpins in the small driver tube positions.i am also going to try the Winged C Svetlana 6500C power tubes that Russman Suggested. i can also cut the bias setting in half and run EL34's if the mood strikes me.Tubes Rule ! :cool:

[sucks2beme]

the 100 v3's were compressed sounding and a little hot on top with the Rotel RB 1080, they were sweet on top when i switched to the Khartago monos. to borrow the term you used
they were a different Animal.my SFS 80 uses a similar tube complement to your VT60. i now use Ei KT90's and i also use a quad of Teslovak KT88's and i use four Ei 6DJ8 goldpins in the small driver tube positions.i am also going to try the Winged C Svetlana 6500C power tubes that Russman Suggested. i can also cut the bias setting in half and run EL34's if the mood strikes me.Tubes Rule ! :cool:

I originally had a Rotel rb980 with AQ King Cobra IC's. I swapped to
Kimber Heros and a B&K st-202 that helped a lot. SS can only take so so far
before you have to go to glass. I've had glass in the headphone rig for a year
now, so I really knew that there was room for improvement.
This was a deal that only comes up once in a while. There have been a couple of times in the
past when I should of cut a beeline up to Russman's
to grab a tube amp. Instead I thought about it too much. Snooze and lose.
Spending the last weekend surrounded by tubes everywhere at the LoneStar
Audio fest showed me what I was missing. Wayyyyy too much time in the
Audio Note room!