Taguro

Mod your Jr. to take 83 tubes instead of the more ss-like Elrogs!

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/studio-b-glowy-toxic-mercury-power-supply-mod.12824/

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/300b-tube-compendium.13095/page-2#post-408166 Elrog impressions here

You got a stronger pair of binoculars? :P

Did you place a corner stone?

Walked a mile?


Anyway, congrats, and best wishes for covering the final miles.

On the other hand, I've been enjoying the SJR so much since I got it. A huge chunk of my evenings have been dedicated just to this chain. Maybe it's time to stop the side/downgrades and get onto the TOTL tube train (Elrog?)

Get a rack

And then add heater for glowy, pretty n v toxic mercury rectifier. Elrog is resolution king tho.

What voltage settings did you go with, and how did tweaking change the sound?

I ended up at 25.2v for my current settings. I tried the 22v and 30v settings and I found 22v made things smoother, but imaging was more left-to-right. 30v was more delineated, it was like increasing the contrast to high while losing lower level detail. I felt 25.2v was my personal sweet spot. I still have good staging on all axes, while having enough note delineation and attack.

Yes the Oor is definitely a clean sounding amp. I wouldn't call it clinical, but compared to say, my Luxman, it's not as warm/romantic/rounded in presentation

Looking into a hardware-based upsampling solution like a second hand Chord Mscaler. Or find another way to reorganize the office space to accomodate the May.

You should post these impressions in one of the product threads so they won’t get lost in the stream of status updates.

Holo DACs only show their best with upsampling IMHO. In NOS mode the stage and treble extension are heavily compromised.

Glad to have found SBAF years ago. It saved me so much time, money and have learned quite a lot. I can honestly say I've enjoyed the stuff I bought that were recommended here. Only let go some of them to move up. No sidegrades or downgrades.

Now we need to corrupt you enough to start joining us in discussion about truly degenerate topics

Please see this thread: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/thomas-seok-hwan-kong-class-d-musings-youtube-vids-and-other-streams-of-consciousness.13188/

At least, get a cat!

@Taguro Ah yeah that was definitely someone else's then. The Studio Jr was def yours though, so thanks for lending it to the lurker I'm tempted to tag rn haha. The amp did come off as overly bloomy, too much so for my taste on the HD600s out of the SE out, though running it balanced definitely helped. Heck of a match for the Focal kids.

@Rthomas Apparently we need nuclear reactors for headphones now haha. I can't say I didn't try enough though. Some amps drive the Susvara better than others, but it really didn't give me the punchiness and liveliness I wanted, at least for the genres I mostly listen to. Outside of those genres though, the Susvara is excellent, hence why I still keep it.

@Lyander You're welcome. I had a situation where I had to keep the amp from my wife since it arrived a bit too early, and so I had to stash it somewhere first. The bloominess must be the 300B character and I can see how it can be too much for the HD600. I reckon this will match better with something like an HD800 and Focals.

@AdvanTech @SoupRKnowva thank you for this. currently leaning towards the Elrogs. I love the 300B mids, but my current chain seems to be leaning too warm and bloomy right now.

I believe Marv also said he was going to be getting a pair if you wanted to wait and see what he thinks of them too

@SoupRKnowva definitely waiting for his impressions first to get a better idea of it. I've read some feedback on the Elrogs here and there, but none as comprehensive as how he does impressions.