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https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl AUDIO FORUMS >> General Discussion and Support >> Christmas Came Early! https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1606781574 Message started by CAJames on 12/01/20 at 00:12:54 |
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Title: Christmas Came Early! Post by CAJames on 12/01/20 at 00:12:54 So 5 months almost to the day after I ordered them my UFOs were delivered today. I'll have (much) more to say about them as I get to know them better, and start rolling through the wide variety of input, power and rectifier tubes I've accumulated. But I've got to say that right out of the box, or "cold off the bench" they sound FANTASTIC!!!! I have them configured as balanced mono-blocks and hooked up to Omega SAMS (resplendent in Macassar Ebony) and I am blown away by the resolution, dynamics and tonality that I am hearing. Everyone says Decware amps are more than worth the wait, and more than worth double or triple the price. And now I'm a believer too. Steve has a special product and I couldn't be happier I found it. |
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Title: Re: Christmas Came Early! Post by Geno on 12/01/20 at 00:50:06 Congratulations!!! |
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Title: Re: Christmas Came Early! Post by piezoman on 12/01/20 at 00:50:10 Hey James, Welcome to the higher plane ;D You're going to love it! Agreed, the pinpoint resolution is astounding with Decware amplification, and the Omega combination. It keeps getting better. Are you using a preamp with those wonderful monoblocks? ENJOY! Brad |
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Title: Re: Christmas Came Early! Post by Emre Manav on 12/01/20 at 02:48:50 Congrats! I also expect my order to arrive in around 5 months. And boy is it hard to wait... |
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Title: Re: Christmas Came Early! Post by CAJames on 12/01/20 at 03:30:37 Thanks guys. I must say, in addition to Re: Preamp. I am using a Woo Audio WA22 as a pre/headphone amp. But, since I don't want the extra hours on my preamp tubes, while I'm going thru breakin I'm also re-wiring the amps in "regular" bridged mono so I can run them directly from the RCA outputs of my Yamaha CD-S2100. And they sound really good like that as well. But perhaps missing the last drop of detail and dynamics compared to balanced. My plan is run the amps over night into an 8 ohm dummy load for the next couple of weeks. That way I can season the amps and run in the different input tubes while I sleep. And just FWIW I skipped the Decware rectifiers and am using National Union 5Z3s for now, because I have no faith in current production. |
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Title: Re: Christmas Came Early! Post by GroovySauce on 12/01/20 at 14:19:22 Congrats on the amps! Have you tried running just one amp yet? How / does the sound change? I suggest not running them over night into a dummy load. Part of the seasoning process is to let them get cold. Steve recommends 5 hours on 5 hours off for fastest burn in. It is wild how adding a good pre amp just adds some magic to the music. |
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Title: Re: Christmas Came Early! Post by CAJames on 12/02/20 at 04:36:29 Thanks Groovy. How the system sounds with just one amp is a potentially interesting question, but not one I'm keen to answer. Mostly because I don't have (nice) speaker cables long enough to make it work. That is actually one of many reasons I like monoblock amps: short speaker cables. I can tell you this though, according to my iPhone SPL app, when I'm listening to my favorite music as loud as I'd like (which is the exception, not the rule) the peaks are in the mid to high 90 dBs in my smallish room. Which would probably be a stretch for 2 watts and 94 dB efficient speakers, but is fine with 5 or 6 watts. I would have bought two amps to run balanced and use short speaker cables even if power wasn't an issue, but I’m happy I've got the extra watts. |
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Title: Re: Christmas Came Early! Post by canonken on 12/03/20 at 16:03:42 Nice! I now have 22 tubes hoarded for my February 2021 delivery amp! I might even buy a few more! |
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