Golfnutz
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Au contraire, recently lost an auction for a quad at something like $350 Iirc.
May or may not have been a good thing...
Au contraire, recently lost an auction for a quad at something like $350 Iirc.
Question: for tube rolling, how matched we need the quad EL34 to be? Any specs?
Can you guys imagine the heat by generated by those amps? I'm listening to my BHSE right now and it is splendid!
I recall this being asked before and somewhat being answered before -- I wish we had more details as well.
From memory, something along the lines of the left side tubes should be matched closely and the right side matched closely and the L + R sides (all 4) not necessarily needing to be as close.
The challenge is for the laypeople without tube testers or tons of experience with tubes in understanding the terminology of what the heck matched tubes really are. I know that on ebay most of the times you just see sellers posting "matched pair" = tested for tube life and the two are somewhat close to each other. Whether this is what is really needed in matching or not I doubt that it is enough information to be really useful. Then you run into the date codes of tubes and buying disparate pairs and it gets way more challenging.
At any rate my ebay-fu is awful so if anyone happens to have a set of Mullard XF's available or knows where I can get them for not inflated prices please keep me in mind!
Yes, I guess with all those BHSE's in one room might be like a sauna, however I think one BHSE alone doesn't get as hot as some might think, in fact to me it only gets above warm. I have a 50" plasma TV that gets warmer than the BHSE.
I don't think I have to remind anyone how impressive the BHSE sounds.