DIY wood tube dampers
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 I have been listening to Telefunken ECC83 smooth plate tubes and found it to have a bit too much of a good thing in terms of lushness, billowiness in upper-mid/mids. I then tried the original teflon ring HALO tube dampers, which robbed too much sparkly life. Tried a DIY metal ring damper, which reduced the billowiness quite a bit but added a bit of artificialness. Tried spring-loaded tube cage/cylinder, but again was too much damping. The current HALO III tube dampers look promising, but they are out of stock. So I did what I had to, which just about struck the right balance between not robbing too much life and retaining enough lushness while enhancing clarity and detail.
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| Placement of HALO tube dampers is critical, it's wherever the getter is. Nt, posted on July 26, 2024 at 08:03:49 | |
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