Steve's Rig

Interesting Steve. The one tube that measures the same as it did in Jan 2013, is it in the same tube slot? I'm wondering if the location of the tube has an affect on its life? Does the #1 slot drive tubes harder than the #4 slot for example?

Good job...interesting research we can all learn from. [emoji106]
 
Yes that tube was from the rear quad (v1+) centre, but saying that the two duds were also from the rear quads. (v5-) L&R. So maybe, v5- takes the final brunt/shunt?

So, I haven't really discovered a correlation because everything else looks fairly even.

Looks like they need more time!

I might do a rematch shuffle despite the MC2301s auto bias being quite forgiving. ----Probably not, they remain quite well matched.

Another quick look at the numbers and retest of tube v5- would suggest that v5- cops it hard when it gets it.
 
@Steve. I keep going back and looking at your gear. Snazzzzzy - my favourite rig photos of all time. Not showing my rig until it looks on par with yours!
 
It's true. I have a bunch of McIntosh. I had custom built iron racks to hold my two MC2301s. Each rack holds two. I worked with Chuck at McIntosh a tiny bit to make certain I had per spec, proper ventilation clearance.

I am designing a rack now that will optionally support two TTs side by side.


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BTW: I have studied your rig carefully for ideas!


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Additional HiFi real estate to make way for more boxes!

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Steve, did you remove the protective tube grill covers from your M2301s and if so, why?
 
Golucid said:
Steve, did you remove the protective tube grill covers from your M2301s and if so, why?
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I prefer them off for ease of maintenance and aesthetics reasons. I don't believe that performance is compromised at all. However some may argue that the cages perform like a faraday cage and help shield the tubes from external EM and RF influences.

All my cables are shielded, most are braided with Flexo Conductive, carbon filament. The amps are powered with Siltech which have zero emissions.

Sometime ago, I did trial some unshielded power cables in my system. They didn't work in my setup. Furthermore, I firmly believe that all cables need to be shielded and don't subscribe to any pseudo science tripe that advocates that unshielded offers a performance advantage.
 
@Steve. More questions:

1. I may have missed it in your posts, but what are the plans for the space beneath your center speaker?
2. MDA1000 delivery ETA?
3. Using stock or 3rd part tubes?
 
Golucid said:
@Steve. More questions:

1. I may have missed it in your posts, but what are the plans for the space beneath your center speaker?
2. MDA1000 delivery ETA?
3. Using stock or 3rd part tubes?
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1. Studer A721 cassette deck and A726 Tuner monitor. Possibly one of these on the right rack under the Studer A810. I'm thinking about a Lumin U1, possibly in black. Not sure, need to experiment with placement and then order cables for each.

2. MDA1000 left rack of Mac.

3. 3rd part tubes in all Mac gear. Gold Lion KT88 reissues, Telefunken ECC801S and ECC803S NOS, Tesla E83CC goal label NOS.
 
Studer A810 MKIII s/n:7979 EPROM 2591, 2mm rec/repro heads, A820 trafoless line stage cards. Mine is a 3-speed, no time-code track, no Dolby and no monitor speaker. This is my preferred "stock audiophile" configuration although I would have been happy with the 30ips upgrade. But as everyone knows, 30ips will wear your heads down real fast. 15ips is where the audiophile is at anyhow and 7.5ips for home recordings is still very fine.

Recently found some beautiful NOS Revox take-up reels, various colours. On it's way is a remote control.

Shelf below is for a Studer A721 on it's way from Switzerland.

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Studer A726 tuner has landed. Looks brand new. Beautiful. Have it racked and test toned but need to make up a coaxial to outside aerial. I was going to hook this up to the Denon's spare XLR inputs and route to the C1000T via passthru and selective triggering for the 2ch pure direct unity gain but decided against this.

Given that there are another 2 new fully balanced pieces on their way (Studer A721 and McIntosh MDA1000), I've decided to go with a C1000P to drive the additional gear while it is still available. New photos when racked.

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Steve said:
Studer A726 tuner has landed.
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Congrats, it looks complicated and pretty.

I don't know that I have ever intentionally listened to radio. I take that back, when I bought both my Mercedes SLS AMG and SL65 AMG, both came with free subscriptions to Sat elite radio. I recall setting it up and plowing through stations quickly within a few minutes. I never used the service and let it expire. I have never tuned either AM or FM. Is radio very popular in Australia? What do you like about radio that I should be aware of. Maybe I might consider it??? LOL...I don't think any of my friends have ever used Radio either. However, when I do marathon runs, there seems to be a radio sponsor at the events but I don't pay much attention because I am all nerves about the run and chatting up my friends
 
I enjoy listening to classic rock and 80's. Analogue FM has the ability to transmit incredible resolution that surpasses digital radio. Analogue FM can sound amazing with the right equipment provided the broadcast is not compressed.

The Studer A726 is a fully balanced professional studio tuner monitor and one of the best receivers ever made. The station broadcast quality is as good as it gets. It's really going to get down to that and regional content which includes advertising and talkback.
 
Steve.......Fine looking tuner. I have been tempted on more than one occasion to purchase a Revox tuner. There are a number of different models that are quite nice.
 
Studer A721 Cassette Recorder landed and racked. Unit is calibrated to specification. It has a wonderful dynamic range and depth of presence. Have a stack of the best NOS sealed TypeIV metal cassettes ever made for casual recording from my other sources.

Father and son below. :D

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