Gone are the audiophile adjectives, along with all barriers to musical reproduction. What remains is beautiful, clean, rich, majestic, energetic, palpable, live, natural music.
Rtn1, I noticed you use 5 Elrod Statement II PC. Do you used these in components other than your source? I'm not familiar with Elrod but always thought the "II" is for source and "I" for higher current components.
Nvanderstoep, I tested in both directions for period of days at a time ... ~75 hours total. I've been using HiFi Tuning fuses for years and always thought directional is a bunch of crock until now. In the wrong direction, sound like out of phase, limiting, soundstage shrinks, lean and brittle.
What's interesting is I discussed with Kevin Hayes before using the HiFi Tuning fuse. He said the fuse is designed to address issues not found in Class A. So in theory it shouldn't make any differences but worth a try. I A/B with stock fuse on familiar tracks and same volume, sound was smoother and more coherant with HiFi Tuning fuse ... sound hifi-ish with stock fuse.
Rtn1, the Supreme fuse has been running in my preamp for ~6 hours and I welcome the increase in resolution and detail. It started out a little rough but improving so will assess again after further break in.
With the sophistication of your system, changing 2 tubes will cause major havoc :-) I agree with you it's amazing how changing 2 tubes effects the sound. I've been having a blast rolling tubes. Once it clicks with the magic combination, it's fabulous. Finally settled on Tele 12au7 ribbed plates and 1960's Siemen e88cc. Is 6h30 the only option for your Rex?
Just an observation, with so much gold in your system, probably need some silver to compensate. Also with the Troy, you can run closer to the edge with more silver without going over board. At the end, it's system synergy.
Rth1, So what's your take on the Supreme HiFi Tuning fuses? Do you hear any improvements over the gold version?
I'm using HiFi Gold Tuning fuses in all my components. Kind of strange but for the 1st time, direction of the fuse is very significant on my VAC Sig MKIIa preamp. In the wrong direction, sound is restricted and lean.
BTW, from my experience, I totally agree on your assessment on power and tube rolling.
