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    LampizatOr Horizon - Tube Rolling Paradise

    I can only agree with seatrope's assessment of Takasz & Pinter, their adapters and the EF802 tube. My experience is based on a Pacific 2. The adapters are perfect and you don't have to worry about risking damage to the lampizator due to bad adapters. Orders are processed very quickly and with...
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    Pacific owners - use preamp or not?

    I use of course a Preamp (ARC Ref 40)….in my opinion you need for sure a very good preamp to top the volume control in the Pacific or Horizon…but then you have more powerful mids, more “strength“…and maybe a loss of some tiny details
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    6H30pi tube difference

    Hi, sorry for my bad english. I am from Germany. The 6N6 is electrically not the exact equivalent for a 6H30 (like for example a 6DJ8 for an ECC88). But the 6N6 can really be used without problems in ARC amplifiers as a replacement for the 6H30 or 6H30 DR. Qualitatively, it is definitely in...
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    6H30pi tube difference

    Hi Brad, I’am running the 6n6 for over 2,5 years in my Ref 40 (in the main unit, not the power supply) They are for sure not a real substitute. But it works without any problems and there a lot of guys running their Ref6 with this tubes. The whole set of 6n6 is cheaper than one single 6h30 D….
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    6H30pi tube difference

    try the 6n6 tubes instead of 6h30 (see other thread here in WBF) They are cheaper and definitely more musical in the ARC Ref 40.
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