immatthewj
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| Do military/industrial tubes sound better than regular ones ? Since I make no claims to be a tube guru I started trying to go through a plethora of emails I filed away from the 6SN7 guru who bestowed that cache of vintage 6SN7s (and some 6922s) upon me. I thought I remembered him telling me that the tubes th... | |
| Do military/industrial tubes sound better than regular ones ? Well again, not being a tube guru, I may be mistaken by all of this, but in the time period most vintage tubes are coming from, wasn't their primary intended use to be industrial? As in, for example, oscilloscopes and other types of equipment? | |
| Do military/industrial tubes sound better than regular ones ? I don't know about the small 12 pin tubes, but I believe that the VT231 is a military application of the 6sn7 and I was fortunate, three or so years ago, to get several pairs of vintage 6sn7s and VT231s. After several days of tube rolling I was r... | |
| Strange Cable Experiment I am not at all surprised by your findings. | |
| Nuisance tripping of AFCI circuit breaker by inrush of current when turning on amplifiers It's not that bad a job, but for me it was time consuming both times I did it, and the second time I dropped some new circuits down to a new location (a couple of years ago) I had learned a lot more than the first time I did it about 30 years ago,... | |
| Nuisance tripping of AFCI circuit breaker by inrush of current when turning on amplifiers Since you said you were having an electrician come to look things over, you could ask him what he'd charge to put a separate circuit (or circuits) using 12 or 10 gauge wire in where you want your system to live (assuming you don't want to do it y... | |
| Mullard EL34 that sounds best I have always read that caution should be used when buying vintage used or theoretically NOS from Ebay. My own personal experience was buying some RCA black glass VT231s from some guy in France, and two of them quit working not too terribly long ... | |
| Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago. I vaguely remember watching a documentary about the group, and I kind of remember getting the impression that her relationship with her brother could have been healthier. But who knows. | |
| Mullard EL34 that sounds best My Cary amp uses a dozen EL34s and NOS or used vintage is way out of my price range. The first time I retubed it I bought the Mullard re-issues from Viva, and they didn't seem to hold up very long, but that may have been partly my fault. I repla... | |
| Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago. she had sad eyes. Indeed she did. | |
| Nuisance tripping of AFCI circuit breaker by inrush of current when turning on amplifiers Hopefully a new breaker will do the trick - 20 amp vs. 15 amp. I may have missed it if you mentioned it because my eyesight is bad and getting worse every day, but I assume that the circuit is wired with at least 12 gauge if not larger? If no... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore I cannot be bothered by/with reading about how much better vinyl is than digital. (Even if it is that much better.) | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore I wish I was not bothered by WalMart shoppers who appear to be oblivious of the fact that there are other shoppers who would like to traverse the aisle or store exit that has been obstructed by what has effectively became a human road block. I fe... | |
| what is more popular silver or black face plates The last two pieces of electronic gear I upgraded were based on the deal I got, and one had a black face plate (the SA 10) and the other had a silver face plate (the SLP 05) so for me it is more about the price of the gear that I want than the col... | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore I cannot be bothered with/by people who are constantly preaching that the actual sound of the recording that is being reproduced by my system should not matter and that it should be "all about the music" and that because this is how they feel abou... |