Posted by akhilesh [ 129.244.120.71 ] on May 12, 2004 at 09:40:09:

In Reply to: Re: Sopranos? posted by Manualblock on May 11, 2004 at 16:37:19:

HI John,
Yeah i just got the amp (and yor article!) yesterday.. i havent even opend the amp yet.
Definitely going with the hexfreds....and for coupling caps, i havent decided yet, i need to cost out auricaps versus the silver foil caps they are talking about in the article..
i am eager to compare this to the zen which also uses el84s in single ended mode, but uses a 6922 tube as driver, and has zero feedback.
I want to see if power supply & coupling cap beef ups alsong with some NOS tubes can make this osund better than the zen (can;t use NOS tubes in zen since they run really hot and last a year).
will keep you all posted.
-akhilesh

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