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    ZMF Aegis Official Thread

    EL38's and EL39s? You can buy them in a one stop shop. Same UK seller. EL38 & EL39 Be aware that the glue on the EL39's can be delicate due to age! Check for lose bases & top caps and repair with superglue gel if necessary. Just apply so masking tape around areas you want to keep clean. There...
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    Aegis DIY Tube Headphone Amplifier

    I can get away with the EL38s with the Meze Elites for most genres but I use the rectifier to help warm, thicken the sound… or lighten if using warmer EL37 & EL39 tubes. More recently, I’ve also found the ECC35 are very good at adding weight and warmth to brighter tube combinations while...
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    Aegis DIY Tube Headphone Amplifier

    Yeah, I wish I had a box full of each 😀
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    Aegis DIY Tube Headphone Amplifier

    Lol... yes, very good 😂
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    Aegis DIY Tube Headphone Amplifier

    Lol... yeah, maybe not a skill that would get him far with Britains Got Talent... or any other country for that matter!
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    Aegis DIY Tube Headphone Amplifier

    I always remember my dad saying that about the 9v battery... made me jump as a young kid 🤣
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    ZMF Caldera - New Planar Magnetic from ZMF!

    Stunning... beautiful colours and texture of grain. My favourite blue CO I've seen I think!! Congrats
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    ZMF Aegis Official Thread

    Excellent… those Mullard EL33 look great!
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    ZMF Aegis Official Thread

    When you say everything else, does that include the 274b with the EL33?
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    Aegis DIY Tube Headphone Amplifier

    Thanks 🙏 The better half though says you need to add the word… “Old” before the goat 🤔
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    Aegis DIY Tube Headphone Amplifier

    The last shot of the two amps together before I took it on a trip this morning… plus one of the seldom seen back 😀 I so wanted to add @L0rdGwyn name to it to acknowledge the amp design… none of us would be here talking about it if it hadn’t been for his vision 🙏
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    Aegis DIY Tube Headphone Amplifier

    It feels so funny seeing it somewhere other than my office :beyersmile: So glad you like it and look forward to hear your thoughts on the Aegis sound. Those RCA Red Base 5691s go really well with the colour scheme 😀👍🏻 Makes the Envy look small😳 Edit... just no fiddling with the anode cables...
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    THE WATERCOOLER HEADPHONE EDITION – Headphones, Amps, DACs, and desktop/home audio related – a freewheeling discussion of gear, impressions, music, and musings.

    I really like that tube. I no longer have the Nirvana that I used it with but I’ve still kept a pair of them just in case. Going back to the Aegis thread, I do feel the ECC35 are similar but with better imaging… well, they’re better overall but they have that same Mullard sound!
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    ZMF Aegis Official Thread

    I’ve bought the adapters with the view of using them with VT60 tubes. Other tubes will be a bonus 😀
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    ZMF Aegis Official Thread

    Excellent… just working my way through the list of possibilities and seeing if I have all the adapters I need 😀 In the DIY thread, did EL11 crop up. For some reason I have it in my memory but not sure why🤪
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