immatthewj
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| And a Happy 4th to all! My current state, thanks to this ruling party and persons is a disaster now But @gano , they are living proof that this is the land of opportunity! | |
| And a Happy 4th to all! I never like to make long range predictions, but hopefully tomorrow will be another wonderful day in paradise. Let us give thanks to the Chinese manufacturers who make our brilliant pyrotechnic displays possible. | |
| 6SN7 tubes and variants question. My RCA JAN 231's are the smoke glass not the black. @billpete, I think that it is quite possible that we are talking about the same tube, but I am mistakenly calling them "black glass." I'm waiting for a pair of Sylvania VT231's that I found... | |
| what system musicians prefer? Do they care? @gano , there is a lot of things that ted nugent might be, but a musician is not one of them. | |
| what system musicians prefer? Do they care? Funny and true story: In 1980 I was able to spend some time at Ted Nugent's house in central MI. @yesiam_a_pirate , but the OP was asking about what MUSICIANS listen to. | |
| glowing red output tube, but don't think it's red-plating Usually in an amp that was functioning the main reason is a loss of bias, which is to say a loss of control Voltage on the control grid of the tube. A typical large pentode for example might have a bias Voltage on the grid that is -40 Volts or so... | |
| 6SN7 tubes and variants question. If the grid of the tube opened up (which can happen due to poor solder joints in the base of the tube, which is a lot more common these days with Russian and Chinese power tubes) the tube can go into runaway. @billpete , I am sure that there w... | |
| glowing red output tube, but don't think it's red-plating Pretty much the definition of red plating! Ghat's what I was thinking; I enjoy finding out that I am not always wrong. If the grid of the tube opened up (which can happen due to poor solder joints in the base of the tube, which is a lot more ... | |
| glowing red output tube, but don't think it's red-plating I’m OK with remaining ignorant though; it’s my most familiar state You and me both. | |
| glowing red output tube, but don't think it's red-plating The amps do have individual bias pots for each output tube Are they ARCs? I know that some ARCs are biased by each individual tube. Not that it applies in this case, but I used to have a pair of ARC VTM 120s and they sounded absolutely fanta... | |
| glowing red output tube, but don't think it's red-plating I am not an electrical/tube guru, but I believe that if something failed within the tube (but not the amp) that caused that tube to draw way too much current, that would affect the bias on that tube and cause that tube to red plate. And I also th... | |
| 6SN7 tubes and variants question. @billpete , I don’t know if any of this will be helpful or not, but just in case I will paste some text from some emails that a tube guru from another forum sent me as he took me under his wing and blessed me with several pairs of vintage 6sn7s. ... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. PBS has aired an excellent 10 part documentary series titled The Vietnam War (2017-2018) narrated by Peter Coyote. The total futility of our involvement, along with the casualty count on both sides and the civilians, is incredible and depressing.... | |
| whatsbestforum - what's going on All one has to do is review the exchanges, posts, between the moderator and in particular one of the owners and most of the now departed members over on WBF, and it all becomes clear. It is not an exercise in moderation but it had more the feel o... | |
| what system musicians prefer? Do they care? Carl, guess your not that smart. . . . and I guess I have to appreciate the irony of someone using the possessive pronoun, "your," to tell "Carl" that he "is not that smart." As I just typed, @foggyus91 or @texas jerry or @any other alias yo... |