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Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK

Here's a cheap (free) tweak for owners of ARC gear using the black tube dampeners. If you move both dampeners as far up toward the top of the tube as possible without having the top one fall off, taking care that both dampeners are solidly touching each other, you will get better dynamics, bass, mids, highs and a lower noise floor. Try it ... you'll like it.
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geoffkait
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Agree Re Herbies tube dampers. I find two is even better, one on the glass at the getter and the other on the base. That's with NOS WWII Tung Sol and '52 Sylvania Badboys.
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oregonpapa OP
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^^^ Wow ... these babies look interesting. Thanks for the heads up. I wasn't aware of them.

http://herbiesaudiolab.net/rx.htm

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rhyno
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oregonpapa, i found that aftermkt feet (both audiopoints and HRS nimbus/couplers) provided nice improvements in my ARC gear. guess YMMV. 

(better focus, lower noise floor, bass depth / power and info retrieval).
smotojo
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Hi All, is the tube damper tweak just an "ARC" thing or can other equipment with 6H23nEB twin triodes play too??? I know you suggest, "ARC GEAR", just asking though???  Thank You Kindly, Joe E.
don_c55
1,025 posts
 
Never liked dampers on tubes.

They affect the thermal flow within the tube, and reduce the "Natural Bloom" of the music IMO!
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