In addition to a Leben tube amplifier, I’m also satisfied owner of Leben’s only RIAA so far, the Leben RS-30EQ, which both looks and sounds stunningly well. The RS-30EQ RIAA is based on a circuit including a single 6X5GT rectifier tube and two 12AT7s Jan Philips tubes. The European designation for the 12AT7 is ECC81. 6X5GT… Continue reading The Leben RS30-EQ RIAA, 6X5GT & ECC81 Tubes
Yixing Clay Teapot & Broussonetia Papyrifera Wrapper
Tea wrapper hand-made from fibre of the Paper Mulberry tree (Latin: Broussonetia Papyrifera) by Essence of tea produced 12 years ago in the Year of Dragon treated with raw linseed oil for preservation (and experimentation to observe its effect on the paper). The photo was taken after drinking the last 7 grams (of a total… Continue reading Yixing Clay Teapot & Broussonetia Papyrifera Wrapper
6CJ3, 6DN3, 6CM3, 6CH3 and 6DW4B damper tubes
When going through the photos in my blog post on my Leben amplifier, I noticed that the damper tube in this photo: was marked 6DN3, which I, funnily enough, hadn’t noticed before. I was of the impression that the CS-600 uses 6CJ3 tubes, which is stated on Leben’s official site. In the folder that came… Continue reading 6CJ3, 6DN3, 6CM3, 6CH3 and 6DW4B damper tubes
Viktor Shklovsky: On Flax from ‘On Freedom of Art’, The Third Factory, 1926
Flax, if it had a voice, would be screaming while processed. It’s grabbed by the head and pulled out of the ground. Roots and all. It’s sown thickly for self-suppression, so that it grows stunted and does not branch out. Flax needs oppression. It’s pulled around. It’s spread-eagled on the fields, and elsewhere soaked in… Continue reading Viktor Shklovsky: On Flax from ‘On Freedom of Art’, The Third Factory, 1926
