Frimpy
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Went from Harmon Kardon Citation 19 SS amp to Decware se34i.5 and I also wanted rock n roll levels from this amp. Had an issue with Sansui SR 626 turntable and solid state phono pre cambridge 551p where I couldnt get the gain needed to give me dynamics I was getting from CDP. By the way I am running Decware DNA that are 89 db. Puschased a Quicksilver phono pre used and that helped alot, I also purchased 6n2p pre tubes for the Racheal which added 2 db of gain to the amp. Things were getting better gain wise with the Sansui turntable, noticed the 6n2p tubes clipped quicker than the 6n1p's but got the gain I needed. Had Klipsch quartets before DNa's arrived and thought them very good with the Racheal until the DNA's arrived. Played 2 songs comparing the Quartets to the DNa's , after 2 songs the Klipsch's were in the garage, 2 days later in someone elses house to enjoy. The DNA's bettered the Quartets in every arena. Today my setup is Decware Se34i, AR XA Grace tonearm(modded by Mark Morin AKer) , Decware DNA's , Quicksilver Phono Pre, Denon 2910 for CDP. So far stock tubes have been the best JJ EL34 and 6n1p's. Sidebar: Switching from Sansui Sr626 to AR XA turntable my gain problem when playing records have gone away. I player 85% vinyl ....and yes it took me a while to get used to less than rock n roll volumes at 1st but now I listen to music not noise. frimpy
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