Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIIWacky and wonderful: I was reading some comments on Dunlavy speakers and thought it might be fun to set up my old Dunlavy SC-IIIs with my current equipment. I'd never heard these with any of my tu... posted almost 6 years ago | View comment | |
Monitor Audio PL-500 SpeakersI should flounder with some of that gear. Nice dedicated room, too. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIIYeah, that was one of the reviews that I read before buying the unit. I then went online and was pleased to see that one of the dealers was my favorite San Diego high-end shop. That Bruce, the owne... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIIWhile I feel the Vega does take my system to much higher level, I don't have any experience with other DACs at this price level. I do know that my previous DACs weren't cutting it (Neko DAC and the... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIII just got a pair of Tung Sol 6V6GT reissue tubes today, and after hours of run in, these really do seem like they are a step up from all the 6V6 I've tried: the stock JJ 6VG-S, the EH 6V6GT and th... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIISystem edited: Added the Auralic Vega DAC. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
My Budget SystemLovely room. posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIII've also gone back to the original JJ 6V6S that were in the 3iX after a long time with the Popes. The JJs seem better balanced tonally.And the EH 12ax7s have gone back into the M-180s. The... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIII've gave up on the Gold Lions. Aside from too much tube rush, they are rolled off and muddy sounding compared to Electro-Harmonix 6922s (just the regular $15 steel pins).I also treated the... posted almost 12 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIII changed out the 6-foot runs of Audioquest Slate (in a bi-wire configuration with both "high" and "low" runs in the same jacket) for 3 foot runs of Anti-Cable. These are in a b... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIII'm also using a Pope 6V6 from Upscale Audio. The 6922s are Genalex Gold Lion (current production). I've only tried a few different 6922s, so I don't think I can name a favorite. posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIITrying the RCA clear tops (12AU7) again. These have a seductively transparent and articulate midrange, but they are disappointing in the frequency extremes. Their bass is particularly weak. posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIIA KT-90 blew in one of the Rogues, so I decided to replace all the KT-90s with KT-120s. Not cheap, but I'm glad I did. The just give you more of everything: more treble, more colors, more drama. As... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIISorry about the tardy response.The trim pots you want to use are marked on the circuit board as R145 (left) and R245 (right).To adjust the balance, I play a 1 kHz tone on my Squeeze... posted almost 13 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIII decided to make one last ditch effort to "rehabilitate" the 3ix by buying a quad of Genalex Gold Lion EC88s (6922) reissues. These are pricey current production tubes that have been get... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIITemperatures have been mild, so I'm back to using the Rogues. Thankfully, because the Bryston was never really engaging. I've also switched over to triode mode, which seems to give me the most air ... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIIIt was getting too warm in the listening room with all the tube gear so I switched to running my Neko DAC directly into the Bryston 3B-SST, using the Squeezebox for digital volume control. ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIII've come full circle back to current production tubes in the 3iX. I finally just got tired of the noise from the Amperex tubes, and I just don't want to deal with NOS hunting anymore. So I... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIIOne downside of the Amperex orange globe 6DJ8s is that I've already had a couple develop a sputtering noise. I wonder if the fact that they are 6DJ8s has something to do with it. The high gain of t... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIII only had the 55SE for a few days. I thought the midrange was to die for, but the bass was rather flabby and it was too soft on top. I've never heard a Rogue with that kind of romantic midrange, b... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIINo, the Rogues don't run as hot as the 55SE. You could stand in front of the 55SE and feel the heat. You have to be hovering right over the Rogues to feel the heat rising from them. I remember the ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIIThey sound lovely now, with a broad, even, dimensional soundstage. The amps came with a quad of NOS JAN Philips ECG 5814A tubes in the 12AU7 positions. I briefly tried some RCA clear tops, ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
My System - So FarGotcha, you need something that can go closer to the wall. The rear firing "acoustic coupler" of the Vandie may be an issue there. Have you tried them closer to the wall? Are they too boo... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
My System - So FarWhat makes you say the Vandies are too big for the room? It does look like you could use some treatment on those bare walls. Atsacoustics makes some nice looking, easy to mount 4" thic... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Living Room: Dunlavy SC-IIIBefore the Quatros, I was using the NHT Xd system. I never had the right pre-amplification for the Xds. The NHT Xd dedicated amp has a 10k Ohm input impedance, and the pre-amps I was trying to use ... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment |