Nick wrote:Great.
Yes, the 6em7 is a hell of a valve, in a way its a hard act to follow.
Not bad for something made for use inside a TV
Cor yeah, innit just.
More full-on testing this afternoon. Swapping between WD88 and 6EM7, it's close, REALLY REALLY close but i've got to be honest in that WD88 has the edge on extreme top clarity and masses (of course) grunt in reserve.
I've been
really blasting for the last 30 min (thought I'd check my e-mail and give my ears a rest) some really heavy funk and rock stuff on LP and CD. Deffo 6EM7 has a lot to offer but it just starts to bottom out (clip) on music containing ultra low bass percussion effects. It just begins to loose that magic 'completeness' to the sound and turns slightly hard-sounding..."loosing it's composure" I think HFW would say.
On the CD Musicology by Prince theres a track called 'Life o' the Party', its a typical Prince
'ev'ry body paaarrrtayy hard y'all sort of song but its driven by an almost entirley percussive backing. There's some low low low sounds that just get 6EM7 to clip at
just the point that the volume is adequate for day time listening. Pity really, it's that close to blindingly good.
I'm really enjoying the 'compare and contrast'.
LP gives better imaging I've noticed than CD but we knew already didn't we
Swapping back to WD88 shows where its got that massive reserve of power, honestly it kicks botty. Me proud owner
Right, back to vibes, it's a tuff job but someones gotta do it.
DTB
What I wanted to point out is that you WD88VA (if I recall correctly) is the standard version. Without doubt, spending a bit of time and money upgrading components should bring it to even higher levels of performance. It's worth thinking about and you don't need to sting your wallet with a standard upgrade kit. Plenty advise here on which components to select for change and what to use, albeit, we all have personal component preferences.
