admiralnorman t1_j53nokb wrote on January 20, 2023 at 4:04 AM

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> It is a upgrade .

I agree. They are my new daily driver.

Edit: ^Psst, ^it ^might ^not ^be ^safe ^for ^us ^Abyss ^owners ^here. ^We ^might ^have ^to ^head ^over ^to ^/r/headphoneporn

admiralnorman t1_j21u2ye wrote on December 29, 2022 at 1:16 AM

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admiralnorman OP t1_iuggzau wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:20 AM

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My solid state amp stack is so clean and discreet that i see a huge difference with the TA-26 even on stock tubes. But for a tube amp i do agree it's not as "toobie" as i was expecting. A NOS tube brought in some gorgeously buttery smooth distortion and i love it. Only downside i think is this tube needs a bit of a warm up. But it is also cool because if you listen to soon you can also hear it come into it's own.

YMMV, but the one i bought: https://www.ebay.com/itm/114410456867?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=QdZlV0lrRhG&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=VfXUHe3UT0S&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

admiralnorman OP t1_iu7kwg7 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:04 AM

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Every pixel of that picture is gorgeous. Please, I can only get so hard.

admiralnorman OP t1_iu7j159 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 3:46 AM

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It's just a Ferrum Orr. nbd.

admiralnorman OP t1_iu77gxc wrote on October 29, 2022 at 2:02 AM

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I have not heard that but maybe? I'm probably not going to ever take this one out so I'm sure it's fine.

admiralnorman OP t1_iu70e6v wrote on October 29, 2022 at 1:04 AM

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Rolled a French Thomson NOS power tube into my xduoo TA-26. It sounded very good on stock tubes, for sure just a polished dark voice, but I really love the sound now with my little stumpy tube. Ordered up a cheap socket saver off of Amazon and stumpy is now standing at a towering height fitting of his sound profile.