Posts by geetarman49

yes, i noticed that too ... & like you, i'm very leery about tubes & source.  i've never purchased any tubes from china ... amps & dacs, yes but not tubes.  however, from the pix i don't see any obvious...

Quote: Originally Posted by chinook9    Thanks for the response geetarman49.  I received the Amperex 7308 yesterday.  I've only listened to it a couple of hours (and I fell asleep part of that)...

Quote: Originally Posted by chinook9    geetarman49, thanks for the reminder on the 6 volt tubes.  I had gotten carried away with the 12 volt black plate, triple micas and various variations of these...

how about plasti-dip?  

thnx for that, cheaphifi.   never thought about 6n27p, but a quick browse around shows that prices for a pr are creeping up into the price for a single amperex a-frame, dimpled-disc.  even tho i haven't tried the 6n27p,...

Quote: Originally Posted by RAZRr1275  I actually got a pm from Jeremy - He said that only 1/20 of the 6N1Ps that they test bias correctly but they still work and sound good running on a high voltage which is usually...

Quote: Originally Posted by RAZRr1275  So I got some 6N1Ps for my PSII and I can't get it to bias correctly - no matter how low I put the bias voltage trimpots it always reads high - anyone else have this problem? is...

Quote: Originally Posted by draconothese  im pretty sure I did I put the flat side against the  heatsink  and put thermal paste on the flat side so the heat would transfer also the solder joints are...

sorry, i must have missed it then ... saw that you asked him about thermal pad ... but what about the insulating washer?  did he install that?  

Quote: Originally Posted by daerron  Thanks for the info! I have also been looking at images, but this AEG ECC88 looks very much like a russian type valve. It has saucer type getter. Apparently AEG did source some...