A cold, clear morning. So quiet. . . the few around us are not going off to work this morning.

Decided to play one of the Goodman discs that I pulled out last week to listen to, Benny Goodman "The Complete 1937 Madhattan Room Boraodcasts, Volume 1" on Viper's Nest cd

There is a History of Revisions section on the SE84UFO page here:
https://www.decwareproducts.com/se84ufo

And from the SE84UFO2.1 Manual there is info on the CCE/Hazen Grid Mod found here:
https://www.decwareproducts.com/_files/ugd/f1f204_fb43ae67a68849fd877328d80e2860...
"We took the transparency a step further with what we call the Hazen Grid Mod, aka Christmas Comes Early Mod, where we couple the suppressor grid to the cathode through a capacitor adding great clarity to the tube by reducing stray electrons that typically bounce off the plate and reattach themselves in a different location due to the potential on the suppressor grid. This pushes this popular tube up the fidelity ladder even higher and as a result handles stray electron bounce better than expensive directly heated triodes like the 300B. Another advantage to using this output tube configuration is that it’s quiet. "

Hi Steve. Any news about the DNA610?
Thank you for your time!

gnarlydad

Here is the 2009 paper Steve's above quote on the mod comes from.

https://www.decware.com/newsite/paper145.htm

Here is a quote by Steve Deckert from a 2009 paper:
"Thanks to the creative mind of Mr. Hazen, my top solder guru, we have stumbled into a modification that can be applied to most Decware amplifiers. In all the years of typical mods and tweaks, we have never come across a more dramatic improvement in sound quality. It eclipses all of the usual attempts to make something nearly perfect even better. Things like; cryo treated tubes, coupling cap or resistor upgrades, silver wire, tube dampers etc., etc. The mod actually improves the coherency of true pentodes to a degree that you wouldn't even think it's the same tube."

Yes, there is both a B and C amp. These amps don't come on the market very often and after a long search, I found these 2. My idea all along was to run them as mono amps. Also, Each amp can easily be used as a stereo amp just by removing the input connection wire on the back and the orange and black speaker jumper wires. This will allow you to have 2 separate stereo systems but with less power than 2 amps in 1 system.

I hope this helps.
John

I am also an owner of Alan Eaton 45 Monoblocks.  I can’t comment on how they compare to a  Sarah, but they do give a really nice flavor change to my Aric Audio Super 300b set and Taboo MK 3.  All three amps sound amazing in their own different ways.  The 45’s really stunned me with how such a simple small design could sound so good.  It provides incredible air, clarity and such realism.  I have never heard sound so life-like.  Live music takes you on stage… Vocals, Jazz, blues, soft rock excel.  What it is missing a bit is weight and that full sound that just surrounds like my 300b and the Taboo.  The 45 just floats more between and above the speakers.  My 300b just gives you that clean, crisp deep bass tha fills the room more fully.  The Taboo really holds it own and surprises me each time I listen to it.  All three will be rotated between my 2 systems.  The 45 is able to power my Fritz monitors 87db with ease at 70db with no strain better than my Taboo. The Fritz monitors are an easy 87db with series crossovers and no caps.  Fortunately (or Un), I think you will have fun with both flavors instead of just one. Enjoy them both!

Like the Yankees had Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle the German School of Pianists had Schnabel, Kempff, Gulda and Brendel. Who are all important pianists, but FTR the Germans are neither the last nor the only word in playing their own music. Regardless, I've had Alfred Brendel's early 60s recording of the Diaballi on my shelf for many years but never listened to it, until today.

Brendel has a reputation for cool intellectual playing (the German way) but here he is rather impulsive, and exciting as heck.   Alf himself claims he wasn't happy with his early recordings, but I like a lot of them a lot.



On CD from the Vox, Turnabout And Vanguard box.

Hi there, What is the Hazen / CCE mod for? Also, one of these appears to be a SE84B and one is a SE84C. Thanks.

SOLD

Another rainy / snowy day in SW Montana. Music is playing  [smiley=icqlite20.png]

Have a fantastic weekend~