LampizatOr Golden Atlantic + TRP

[Marco1]

Yes- you can definitely do this, I do this all the time. After purchasing my GA TRP3 I realized that I really didn’t care much for the newer tubes that were out there, so I turned to the used/NOS market.
I sometimes do bulk buys but I also buy pairs and singles. I keep them around until I can round up whatever is required to complete a quad. Surprisingly, I’m often able to find matching tubes that were produced within the same month/year but that’s just a bonus. I typically just try to find matches that are from the same production series, meaning facility and year range of production.

Thank you.

 

[PLGA]

Attention when using SR fuses, it is recommended to choose values at least +25% higher than those specified by the device manufacturer. In the TRP, as far as I know, many people in Europe use 3.15A, small, slow-blow fuses. Honestly Swiss Digital Fuse Box are the best fuses I’ve tried so far (tried many - all SR, Audio Magic, Hifi Tuning, Gustard, etc.). Total game-changers and an absolute steal.

Have you tried SR Master? It's expensive, but very very good

 

[Designsfx]

Are we talking about two different philosophies when it comes to using a Lampi in either a single ended or balanced mode. @Socrates428 are you saying with a good balanced preamp that will convert a single ended signal to a balance signal, a single ended Lampi will do just as well as a balanced Lampi? @Designsfx and are you saying with a fully balanced preamp and amp it’s better to use a balanced Lampi? I’m wondering if I would have done just as well ordering a single ended Atlantic TRP instead of a balanced model?

Single ended is not truly balanced- regardless of how you wire the cable.