GroovySauce
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I bought a few of Herbies tube dampeners. They arrived last Thursday.
UFO25th I used the Hal-o III on the 6P15P-eb’s and an Ultrasonic Rx on the 6922
ZStage, Ultrasonic Rx on the Northern Electric 12au7 (it’s a bit taller than a standard 12au7)
ZP3. Ultrasonic Rx on the first two tubes, and 0A3, HAL-O III on the rectifier.
The difference was not subtle!
The density, body and low end just exploded!
First thing I did was Turn the Zrock2 down a little, Also adjusted the gain riding turned the Zstage down and turned up the UFO25th.
The high’s truly started to shimmer.
The sound stage goes even further past the speakers.
Didn’t know that the background get much quieter.
That is what I noticed almost instantly.
I fine tuned the Zrock2 and gain riding and really enjoyed listening for the afternoon.
Evening came and we cranked up the system while cooking dinner. Well again was shocked. The highs did start to breakup and distort before seeing the meters start to dance. With the tube dampers on the sound was crystal clear and pure with the amp near clipping.
After a few days with them in, I’m a convert. After the major cannot miss it changes I’ve found there is so much micro detail, soft and subtle things I’m picking up now.
I see how some people wouldn’t like what they do.
I’m eating my words. My past experience was they added a subtle change to the sound. Now I’m going to try them on and off on every component, and every time I change tubes.
I already ordered more of them so I have one for every tube I have in the system.
TL;DR Major changes, top to bottom I like everything they do. I’m buying more.
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