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Just received our first batch of Line Magnetic integrated amplifiers, first cab off the rank, the LM-805IA. Wowwee! What a stunning performer and the stock photos we saw do not do the products justice! So beautiful to look at and even the straight-of-the-box sound is sensational!

 

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On 10/01/2020 at 10:22 AM, wen said:

have been wanting to try valves for some time, many used amps interstate were pickup only, decided that for a change i wanted to buy new, ordered an Elekit TU-8200R, took less than 2 weeks from order to delivery from WA, have not stopped listening and smiling, sometimes till the early hours of the morningimageproxy.php?img=&key=6052995cfa95af68

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From RF Waves? Chamila is a great tech. First one of these valve amps I think I've seen on this thread.

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yes from Chamila,RF Waves, excelent person to deal with. There is a review on TEKTON DESIGN Perfect set 15 speakers in Product Reviews and opinions, doogie44  who reviewed the speakers uses one of these amps, rates it highly compared to line magnetic amps and others, interesting read. Lots of info on DIYAudio about tube rolling with this amp

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22 hours ago, Frank Prowse Hi-Fi said:

Just received our first batch of Line Magnetic integrated amplifiers, first cab off the rank, the LM-805IA. Wowwee! What a stunning performer and the stock photos we saw do not do the products justice! So beautiful to look at and even the straight-of-the-box sound is sensational!

 

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Which speakers have you tried so far Mark?

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On 10/01/2020 at 7:52 PM, wen said:

have been wanting to try valves for some time, many used amps interstate were pickup only, decided that for a change i wanted to buy new, ordered an Elekit TU-8200R, took less than 2 weeks from order to delivery from WA, have not stopped listening and smiling, sometimes till the early hours of the morningimageproxy.php?img=&key=6052995cfa95af68

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I have built the TU-8500 valve Pre, great unit and is currently driving my First Watt M2X diy clone amp.

Shame the valves are inside the case.

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12 hours ago, deanB said:

Which speakers have you tried so far Mark?

Hey @deanB as we are just in the burn-in phase the only speaker we have tried so far is the Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Grand Reference speakers - a beautiful combination!!

Another reason is its a tank to move - 45kg!

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2 minutes ago, Frank Prowse Hi-Fi said:

Hey @deanB as we are just in the burn-in phase the only speaker we have tried so far is the Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Grand Reference speakers - a beautiful combination!!

Another reason is its a tank to move - 45kg!

How weird is that? I was just checking out those VA on Audio Active (half price) 2 minutes ago.

Don't try to lift the 805 on your own, the downsides can be catastrophic. Possibility of a life changing back injury or even worse, a badly damaged premium valve amp.

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1 minute ago, deanB said:

How weird is that? I was just checking out those VA on Audio Active (half price) 2 minutes ago.

Don't try to lift the 805 on your own, the downsides can be catastrophic. Possibility of a life changing back injury or even worse, a badly damaged premium valve amp.

The Grand Reference are a new model - I think the ones on AA website are Beethoven Grand which are coming to end of life (if such a thing exists for a speaker). VA speakers are vastly underrated.

 

As for moving the amp, I think @Line Magnetic Australia would be more concerned with the fall out of an amp drop than my poor back!

 

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19 minutes ago, Frank Prowse Hi-Fi said:

As for moving the amp, I think @Line Magnetic Australia would be more concerned with the fall out of an amp drop than my poor back!

 

 

Your assumptions are correct! ?

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24 minutes ago, deanB said:

How weird is that? I was just checking out those VA on Audio Active (half price) 2 minutes ago.

Don't try to lift the 805 on your own, the downsides can be catastrophic. Possibility of a life changing back injury or even worse, a badly damaged premium valve amp.

It's quite a mission to unpack one on your own, I can attest!

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16 hours ago, wen said:

yes from Chamila,RF Waves, excelent person to deal with. There is a review on TEKTON DESIGN Perfect set 15 speakers in Product Reviews and opinions, doogie44  who reviewed the speakers uses one of these amps, rates it highly compared to line magnetic amps and others, interesting read. Lots of info on DIYAudio about tube rolling with this amp

I can also verify that he does good work. Recent job he did also had a terrific turn around time. 

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Trying some PrimaLuna branded KT120’s for the first time tonight in the PL instead of the trusty KT150’s that I have enjoyed in it so much. I have always found PrimaLuna branded power tubes to be superior to many other aftermarket tubes and as these tubes warm up I would have to say they sound very nice indeed, still 20 minutes of warming up and listening isn’t enough to make a final decision.
 

 

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I recently swapped out my favourite Tilburg 12au7’s in the two centre spots to hear how some Mullard CV4003’s sound in their place. 
 

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The stack.

 

 

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Matched quad of Tung-Sol 6550's 3-hole grey plate from 1966 working inside my beloved Michaelson and Austin TVA-1 power amp.

 

During the day:

 

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And at night:

 

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Valve city:

 

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How about a little push-pull magic?

 

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How about listening to some Golden Tube Audio SE-300B V1 (240V modified) mono-block amps instead?

 

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Let's try some rectifier rolling:

 

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Where did I put that damn f32 Blackburn 1960's toob?

 

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Oh, there it is relabelled as RCA:

 

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Let's pop in a Brimar:

 

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Bummer, heaps of iron next to the Magus MFA-1 pre-amp.

 

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Let's play with the NFB dial:

 

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If you need to know it's a 220V custom made point-to-point full toob pre-amp job.

 

Blackburn ST shape GZ32/5V4G rectifiers, Philips Eindhoven E80CC PW 1956 and Tung-Sol 5687 1955 bronze plate valves fitted to each channel.

 

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Trevor Lee's 12AX7/ECC83 valve pre-amp beauty with phono valves in and out:

 

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Did I mention there are heaps of Sprague ATOM caps and iron in there?

 

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And what does this separate box do?

 

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Ah, Mr Ferguson iron:

 

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Time to adjust the 6.3V filament voltage to the 6 pre-amp valves:

 

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On 5 March 2020 at 9:42 AM, Frank Prowse Hi-Fi said:

Just received our first batch of Line Magnetic integrated amplifiers, first cab off the rank, the LM-805IA. Wowwee! What a stunning performer and the stock photos we saw do not do the products justice! So beautiful to look at and even the straight-of-the-box sound is sensational!

 

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Missed it by that much ?

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Aloha

Elekit TU-8340 in action in EL34 configuration after replace the Bias Module sounds gorgeous later ill try KT88 setup 

Its a nice Amp with big funfactor and lot's of options

Cheers

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On 08/11/2019 at 12:59 PM, Gryffles said:

I always come back to my SET 2A3 amp - never gets old ?

 

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Hello Gryffles.... would you throw more light on this amp ? Where can I get more info ? - considering getting a unit .... without breaking my wallet & back ?

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1 hour ago, GingerDXB said:

Hello Gryffles.... would you throw more light on this amp ? Where can I get more info ? - considering getting a unit .... without breaking my wallet & back ?

Hi there, sorry but my amp was a custom build with hand wound transformers so you won’t find one. It’s approx 7 years old and I’ll never sell it as I love it so much.

It’s a minefield getting things built but the results can be magnificent.......

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