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anyone heard a Darling amp here? [message #10595] Mon, 26 April 2004 08:41 Go to next message
akhilesh is currently offline  akhilesh
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Seem to be a small cult following: use funky tubes i have never heard of....anyone ever heard them?
-akhilesh

Re: anyone heard a Darling amp here? [message #10596 is a reply to message #10595] Tue, 27 April 2004 16:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
GarMan is currently offline  GarMan
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Haven't heard one of these, but I have had my eyes on building one for a while. But the weather's warming up, and that means speaker projects. Amp building is cold-weather projects.

Check out the other projects at Bob's site. Lot's of good ideas.

Gar.


Re: anyone heard a Darling amp here? [message #10597 is a reply to message #10596] Wed, 28 April 2004 03:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Great link, Gar. Thanks!

Re: anyone heard a Darling amp here? [message #10598 is a reply to message #10597] Sat, 01 May 2004 13:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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A friend of mine has an amp that's very similar to Bob D's "Darling." It uses a 6SL7 pushing a parallel pair of 1626's for 1.5 WPC.

It has incredible speed and and good dynamics, with very articulate textures. The bass weight and slam far exceed it's modest power output. Microdetail abounds, yet it's quite smooth with no grain, glare, or brightness, and has great frequency balance from top to bottom. All in all, it's a winner for sure. If Bob D's amp sounds better than my friend's, I don't even wanna hear it.........

Thermionic

i own a DC double darling for 6 years now [message #10612 is a reply to message #10595] Tue, 11 May 2004 23:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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if you r going fopr the darling, remember to go for the DC version, it seems to me that they sound much nicer, and i am driving my pi 4 with them, 1 1/2 watt is loud enough, the bass are really good.

gabriel

Re: i own a DC double darling for 6 years now [message #10613 is a reply to message #10612] Wed, 12 May 2004 08:41 Go to previous message
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Thanx Zeno. Quick question: Have you heard the 1.5 watt zen that uses el84s in SET mode? How would you compare the sounds, if you have?
thanx
-akhilesh

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