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Adamaley

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Re: Space Tech Lab Super Tube Rectifier Arrived!
Reply #650 - 11/23/25 at 16:26:35

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Posted by: CAJames Posted on: Today at 15:15:56
I noticed no meaningful volume difference between the 211 and 805 or 845 in my non-Decware preamp.

FWIW I tried to power a UFO25 with pairs of all of those DHTs: 211, 805 and 845 and none of them worked. AL said it was because the internal impedance of the tubes was too high. To me it seems like the voltage drop you get using triodes as diodes like in the STR is more a function of the load than a characteristic of the tube. But JMO and all that.

Thanks for this info. All one can do is compile experiences to gauge what the resultant volume levels will be. I'll be using the RS237 mostly in the STR rectifying my Lampizator DAC, so was hoping folks that have Lampi DACs night chime in.

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Re: Space Tech Lab Super Tube Rectifier Arrived!
Reply #651 - 11/23/25 at 17:32:20

So I went back and reread my old posts and kinda refreshed my memory on the DHTs. This is my TL;DR

845 was very linear with excellent soundstage.

805 was more dynamic and emphasized the lower frequencies.

211 was very transparent and linear but somewhat compressed soundstage relative to the others.

But my biggest takeaway is the difference between all of the bargain Chinese tubes and any of the USA/Elrog tubes is much bigger than the difference between the tubes themselves. I'll admit to being prejudiced against current production anyway, and I have no clue where the fancier Chinese tubes would fall, but that's what I've got.

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Campo007 Verified Member Posts: 5	Re: Space Tech Lab Super Tube Rectifier Arrived! Reply #652 - 11/25/25 at 19:31:27 Has anyone tried the Cryotone 845?
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Adamaley

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Re: Space Tech Lab Super Tube Rectifier Arrived!
Reply #653 - 11/25/25 at 19:38:12

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Posted by: CAJames Posted on: 11/23/25 at 17:32:20
So I went back and reread my old posts and kinda refreshed my memory on the DHTs. This is my TL;DR

845 was very linear with excellent soundstage.

805 was more dynamic and emphasized the lower frequencies.

211 was very transparent and linear but somewhat compressed soundstage relative to the others.

But my biggest takeaway is the difference between all of the bargain Chinese tubes and any of the USA/Elrog tubes is much bigger than the difference between the tubes themselves. I'll admit to being prejudiced against current production anyway, and I have no clue where the fancier Chinese tubes would fall, but that's what I've got.

Thanks. This really helps. Since I am using headphones, I love the feeling of getting lost in huge images with an expansive soundstage - it is something the Linlai 845 does even better than the RCA 845 - so losing that to any degree as a tradeoff for other technicalities sucks. As always, everything is a balancing act.

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Posted by: Campo007 Posted on: Today at 19:31:27
Has anyone tried the Cryotone 845?

I haven't.

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HockessinKid Seasoned Member Posts: 1296	Re: Space Tech Lab Super Tube Rectifier Arrived! Reply #654 - Yesterday at 23:05:17 The graphene Sluggo arrived yesterday and is in the STR-1002 Super. There you go Lon😉. HK
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