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It's official! The new Upscale Audio showroom in La Verne California! Over 10,000 square feet of high performance audio and tons of tubes! I just signed my life away! Moving will be a bear but man will it be nice.
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It's official! The new Upscale Audio showroom in La Verne California! Over 10,000 square feet of high performance audio and tons of tubes! I just signed my life away! Moving will be a bear but man will it be nice.
Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
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-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms. -
Congrats to Kevin Deal.Micro Seiki SX-8000 table with flywheel, SME 3012R arm, SME 312S arm, Lyra Etna SL and Dynavector XV-1S cartridges, ARC Ref 3 phono stage, Otari MX-55 tape deck, Ampex 350 repros, Roon Nucleus Plus server, PS Audio DSJ DAC, ARC Ref 6 pre, ARC Ref 75 amp, Parasound JC5 amp, JBL 4345 speakers, and Def Tech Ref subs. -
Great place to buy tubes. Lickity split shipping and super quality.MartyComment
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Originally posted by nc42acc View Post
Is there where your replacement tubes for your ARC Ref 5SE just came from?
Micro Seiki SX-8000 table with flywheel, SME 3012R arm, SME 312S arm, Lyra Etna SL and Dynavector XV-1S cartridges, ARC Ref 3 phono stage, Otari MX-55 tape deck, Ampex 350 repros, Roon Nucleus Plus server, PS Audio DSJ DAC, ARC Ref 6 pre, ARC Ref 75 amp, Parasound JC5 amp, JBL 4345 speakers, and Def Tech Ref subs.Comment
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Yes sir Mark. I used all Sovtek 6H30 and a Tung Sol 6550. I had used the Sovteks in my VK50SE and really liked their balance. Same change in the REF5SE but better. The bottom octave now is explosive and deeper, the Sovteks have a little more air and sparkle to them. The original tubes had a little over 1500 hours so I think it was time.Last edited by nc42acc; 02-20-2016, 06:48 PM.
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I remember Kevin from the old Ferrarichat board. One of the nice things about the tubes he offers is that he is not just selling unobtanium vintage stuff, but sourcing good sounding tubes that don't require a mortgage. Not easy.Comment
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Originally posted by nc42acc View Post
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I've dealt with Kevin for 20 years and always been happy. He knows his tubes, what tubes work best in what equipment and is always helpful. You can get anything from new to many of the rarest NOS tubes. And Kevin is always travelling all over the world to find the best NOS tubes.
What I like is that he tempers the tubes before testing them too. (a tempered burn-in contributes to a longer tube life.) ARC, cj and others also do the same thing to the tubes they sell.
Plus he works with Herman (who is one of the premier dealers in Europe and was the person responsible for the Kiseki cartridges) over in Benelux and brings in Primaluna tube electronics.Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
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-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.Comment
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MEP knows I wasn't a Kevy fan, he has the bedside manner of a prosecuting attorney...or at least that's how it felt on the phone. fast forward many years and I place an order and decide to pick it up since i'm local. Kevy gave me the nickel tour and I came away impressed. They actually have a live person grading small signal tubes over sennheiser cans - a thankless job for sure. The back room (his garage) was cookin' with kt120 in the test rig going through burn in. He's anal about QC and that's what brings me back, i've since purchased all my tubes there and his prices are more than competitive all things considered.Comment
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We have talked about that Rob. Uncle Kevin has no time for tire kickers who are trying to pick his brain on what the best tubes are for their particular application only to hang up and search the net for a better price minus the quality. Kevin has always been great to me.Micro Seiki SX-8000 table with flywheel, SME 3012R arm, SME 312S arm, Lyra Etna SL and Dynavector XV-1S cartridges, ARC Ref 3 phono stage, Otari MX-55 tape deck, Ampex 350 repros, Roon Nucleus Plus server, PS Audio DSJ DAC, ARC Ref 6 pre, ARC Ref 75 amp, Parasound JC5 amp, JBL 4345 speakers, and Def Tech Ref subs.Comment
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