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At Zenfest this year, I listened to a Rachael with the Valve Art 274B. Everything else was the same as my rig - input tubes, power tubes, interconnects, speaker wires, etc. Speakers were different, but I tried a couple different types of speakers.
Anyway, I liked the way the Valve Art sounded. I had read both good and bad reviews about this rectifier but I thought it had a more "present sound" that was more appealing to me now than the somewhat more laid back sound of the RCA 5u4Gs I have been using. I'm going to run it for awhile and then switch back to the RCAs to see if I still prefer it more.
Anyway, just thought I would toss that out there. They are relatively inexpensive and I bought one from Steve before I left the fest. I think Cryoset offers a cryo'd version for $25. I'd seen non-cryo'd for as low as $13.
He seemed to have them in many of the amps which use rectifiers so I figured it didn't hurt that he liked them too.
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Mac Mini with LPSU/SSD running Audirvana Studio, Uptone Audio Regen on LPSU, Mytek Brooklyn DAC+, Ven Haus DIY Silver ICs, 25th Ann. Zen, PS Audio P5 Power Supply, PS Audio/DIY Power Cords, GR Research Speaker Wire, Lii Audio P10 based OB speakers
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