Exposed to tubes?


I have my first tube amp in my system, a BAT VK-60. I am finding that with my VR4jr's the amp only sounds slightly better than my old DNA-1, don't get me wrong it sounds better but not by as large a margin as I had expected. Am I crazy or was the DNA that good? I'm glad I have the BAT because it is an improvement overall but boy the DNA really held it's weight against the higher priced competition. The amp is a monster but beautiful to look at with the tubes glowing.

The problem I have is with the exposed tubes, we don't have children yet but we do have two curious huskies that love to "sniff" everything. I would like to find a cage for the exposed tubes that can be removed at will when the dogs are out of the room. I would also like to find a clear plexi-glass cover for the amp to control the fur & dust when the amp is not in use, I saw them advertised in Stereophile once but can find by who.
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Showing 1 response by gjrad

A much cheaper alternative, but only effective against dust is to go to a fabric store and find a silk like material and have them cut it so it completely covers your amp. I have Joule Electra Heaven's Gate mono amps which are at least as big as your VK 60. Been using them for for about 6 months for my all my amps and they work great keeping dust out plus it really does not look bad. Cost for 4 pieces about $3.50. For best results wait until the tubes in the amp cool off. Cheers