Post by mark58 on 04/25/18 at 11:48:24
An ebay seller who screwed up an order I had with him sent one of these and three worthless 12AU7s. Has anyone used one of these rectifiers in their Decware Amps? Impressions...comments? Mark.
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https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl AUDIO FORUMS >> General Discussion and Support >> Potato Masher...chatham 5R4WGA https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1524653304 Message started by mark58 on 04/25/18 at 11:48:24 |
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Title: Potato Masher...chatham 5R4WGA Post by mark58 on 04/25/18 at 11:48:24 An ebay seller who screwed up an order I had with him sent one of these and three worthless 12AU7s. Has anyone used one of these rectifiers in their Decware Amps? Impressions...comments? Mark.
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Title: Re: Potato Masher...chatham 5R4WGA Post by will on 04/28/18 at 20:59:18 Hey Mark, A nice tube. Just depends if you like it with rest in your setup. I have not used them in quite a while, but liked them! Compared to RCA 5U4G-STs, it has a more solid, big, and less shimmery "signature," while having increased sense of spacial information. And like other 5R4s I have tried, it pretty fast, solid, dynamic, spacious, and neutral. The Chatham is big, a bit warmish, and mellow, but revealing, sort of like a bigger brother of Euro GZ32s, but with less fine-fine detail, though still good at fine detail. A good tube. Why not try it? |
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Title: Re: Potato Masher...chatham 5R4WGA Post by mark58 on 04/28/18 at 21:18:38 Good to hear. I'll try it sometime but at the moment I've got Mullard GZ-32's everywhere except the second system CSP3 where I have a 50's Ediswan GZ-32.and I don't want to change them for a while. Thanks for the reply. Mark. |
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Title: Re: Potato Masher...chatham 5R4WGA Post by will on 04/28/18 at 23:14:18 Nice. The ones I have are marked Chatham 5R4WGY...not sure the vintage, but guess they are a little different like various Mullard made GZ32s are different, but with a similar flavor. It would be interesting to play some reference tunes replacing a GZ32 in your CSP3 with a Chatham..all else the same. I used all Philips made GZ32s for years and really like the tube. For quite a while though, I have been using an engraved base Philco Type 80 Globe in the CSP3 and some early B4 (British 4 pin) versions of Telefunken AZ1s in the Torii. Both of these require special adapters, and in my setup, sound really right. But then, with a little mixing and matching, I love a lot of tubes! |
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Title: Re: Potato Masher...chatham 5R4WGA Post by DirtDawg on 04/29/18 at 03:48:46 When I saw "Potato Masher" in the title, I thought we were about to talk about something JBL. Disappointed I would love to talk about some JBL things with you guys. |
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