Those Copenhagen tubes aren't bad. Kinda in the middle of the Heerlen and Hamburg. I actually prefer them over the Heerlen tubes.
In the matter of Brimar CV4033 KB/FB (3-mica Footscray) v. Mullard CV4033 KB/DC (Whyteleafe), Docket No. 2021-05 before the Honourable Judge ‘jonathan c’, the Court finds in sonic favour of......the Footscray.
), the Court’s determination was made using jazz with which it was highly familiar. Mono and stereo recordings were used. The Footscray’s attributes were fully evident with mono sources.But surely the grass is always green on the other side? I was told that was a plain hard fact!
These are actually Eindhoven not Copenhagen, so that's why I am a bit excited.
Brilliant!I just opened this pelican case and love it already. Works exactly how I was hoping. Lol.
What a fantastic post!In the matter of Brimar CV4003 KB/FB (3-mica Footscray) v. Mullard CV4003 KB/DC (Whyteleafe), Docket No. 2021-05 before the Honourable Judge ‘jonathan c’, the Court finds in sonic favour of......the Footscray.
The Court also gives high recommendation to the Whyteleafe due to its many virtues which have been enumerated elsewhere.
The Footscray’s standing in this Court is due to its outstanding realism. This attribute embodies frequency response, clarity, definition, dynamics, ambience/reverberation retrieval, projection of vocals, transients and more. What is realism? Think “thereness”. This has been delivered by the Footscray to a degree previously unheard of by this Court. Rather like pornography which cannot be defined per se, this Court knows realism when it is heard. No argument is necessary and no argument will suffice. Real is real.
This Court, off the record, can only speculate that the 3-mica construction - well executed - is a major contributor to the Footscray’s sonic performance versus that of the Whyteleafe. The Judge muses that, for similar reasons, ‘tall-plate’ 12AU7s outperform their regular counterparts: greater surface area from which to emit electrons...
Back to the record (
The headphones used were the ZMF Auteur, Kennerton Gjallarhorn JM Edition, and Beyerdynamic DT1770 Pro. This last headphone, a closed-back, sounded more like an open-back with the Whyteleafe. Driven by the Footscray, the DT1770 sounded like an open-back.
The Court thanks both tubes for their appearance today and declares this Docket as “completed”. The Judge will now leave to engage in sessions of non-official music listening. Please rise!
My thoughts exactly! @jonathan c is on fire and has been such a great contribution to the thread! My bank account thinks otherwise. . .What a fantastic post!
Speaking of "thereness", check out my location that I changed recently after getting my Pendant SE. I love that term so much, and once it happens you get it.
Now I'm intrigued may have to bite on a pair now. Fantastic seller, bought a pair of tubes that were microphonic and the seller sent a replacement pair immediately and didn't want the first pair back.These are actually Eindhoven not Copenhagen, so that's why I am a bit excited.
I know right! These tubes are so hard to come by, and are always super expensive when you can find them. They are said to be even better than the Copenhagen's. I agree about the seller as well, as I have had great success with them in the past.
Don't remember how to read the date codes but TKB is 1951 roughly.
They are very early with the welded plates, so that sounds about right to me.
