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Old 04-04-2011, 11:54 PM
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Issue 36 will be on zinio on wed and the free version about ten days later.
We only publish 8 times a year, so we aren't monthly...
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Jeff...any highlights from SSI? Thx
I'll have something up in the industry news section of our website on wed. Need one day to hook up all the gear that arrived and decompress...
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Hopefully, we can read about the CJ and how it compares with your 011.
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Approaching 100 hours on the clock and the ET5 is sounding great. At the 500 hour mark, I'll be taking it over to a good friends house where my ACT 2/series 2 lives for a comparison.

Impressive, even with the stock tube. Again, once we hit 500 hours, I've got a brand new EAT tube ready to take its place.
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Old 04-10-2011, 08:06 PM
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Interesting that you'll upgrade to an EAT tube in the Pre. Do you find they make a positive difference in the sound? What improvement would you expect to hear?
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The EAT tubes are fantastic. If it makes the same difference it has in every other preamp I've used it in, it should be a substantial jump. Quieter, better tonality and bigger sound.

We'll see. Don't want to put the hours on the EAT tube until the ET5 is pretty much broken in. It's been playing day and night since I unboxed it.
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Old 04-11-2011, 08:27 PM
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Thanks. I always enjoy your reviews and look forward to this one. Guess I'll need two EATs for the GAT Pre. My amps are C-J's LP140 Monos. Each side has 7 tubes, quite an investment if I used EATs all the way through. Would you consider them at all for use in the Mono Amps?
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Approaching 100 hours on the clock and the ET5 is sounding great. At the 500 hour mark, I'll be taking it over to a good friends house where my ACT 2/series 2 lives for a comparison.

Impressive, even with the stock tube. Again, once we hit 500 hours, I've got a brand new EAT tube ready to take its place.
LOL. I would be more than willing to keep any gear you have at my house to use for,"comparisons".
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Thanks. I always enjoy your reviews and look forward to this one. Guess I'll need two EATs for the GAT Pre. My amps are C-J's LP140 Monos. Each side has 7 tubes, quite an investment if I used EATs all the way through. Would you consider them at all for use in the Mono Amps?
The EAT Tubes are admittedly pretty spendy, but so far the sonic benefit is as good as any rare NOS tubes I've had the chance to try, and at least these have a guarantee if they fail prematurely. I've had a few expensive NOS tubes croak in a short period of time with no recourse.

The EAT output tubes worked great in my LP70, but that only required four. At about 1600 per quad, it's up to you if that's cost effective for your power amps.

But I would highly suggest trying a pair in your GAT. Or even your favorite NOS 6922's. So far, the result has been spectacular in every preamp I've tried them. Bigger soundstage, lower noise and better dynamics. The GAT is an awesome preamp, so you'll probably hear a pretty decent difference. Let us know what you think...
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Old 04-15-2011, 05:56 PM
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The EAT Tubes are admittedly pretty spendy, but so far the sonic benefit is as good as any rare NOS tubes I've had the chance to try, and at least these have a guarantee if they fail prematurely. I've had a few expensive NOS tubes croak in a short period of time with no recourse.

The EAT output tubes worked great in my LP70, but that only required four. At about 1600 per quad, it's up to you if that's cost effective for your power amps.

But I would highly suggest trying a pair in your GAT. Or even your favorite NOS 6922's. So far, the result has been spectacular in every preamp I've tried them. Bigger soundstage, lower noise and better dynamics. The GAT is an awesome preamp, so you'll probably hear a pretty decent difference. Let us know what you think

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Good suggestions, thanks. I've ordered a pair of the EAT ECC88s for the Gat. The dealer is expecting a shipment soon. To be sure of fit in the GAT, tried to order them w/o the spiked thingy on the outside but despite being listed in the price sheet, they're not available that way.

The LP140s have a critical driver tube up front. That may be a place to try an EAT without spending $3200 for two quads. By the way, C-J has an update for the LP140s that makes that single perfect driver tube less critical. Don't know if it applies to your LP70.

Got to figure out how you guys do the nice gray quote boxes for reply on this site...
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