[Jason Stoddard]

  Hi Jason,
Any thoughts on the NuTube?  www.korgnutube.com
 
Looks like Apex Hi-Fi is using it in their "Sangaku":  http://apexhifi.com/Sangaku.htm
Thanks

Also, to elaborate on this a bit, it's essentially a vacuum fluorescent display (like in an old calculator) used as a tube. Very low transconductance. Weird operating points. I played around with a vacuum fluorescent display (taken from a calculator) used as a tube during the Vali 1 era. I didn't like the results.
 
Again, that isn't to say that someone else couldn't make something interesting from it. That's the beauty of engineering—there are a lot of different ways to do things, and a lot of different perspectives. Or at least there should be, in a healthy industry.

 

[bigro]

I Had a Co worker who saw my Vali 2 at work and decided to touch the tube and then ask if it gets hot.  My Dog has never gotten next to my Valhalla nor has Small children So this guy falls into the Last Category. I have sympathy for monumentally stupid and The Vali 2 tube do not get terribly hot but deep down inside I Wished it did for that one moment.

 

[mattlach]

 
This isn't really the forum for tech support. Google will provide multiple options, from the Emotiva Control Freak to simple switchers.

 
 
Fair enough, my apologies.   I just value your opinion over a lot of the subjective stuff that goes around the audiophile community
 
I spent some time googling mute switches for XLR, but the only ones I could find were mono foot switch implementations intended for studio microphones.
 
Anyway, moving on.

 

[Zojokkeli]

Can we expect the fancy remotes to come out any time soon, if at all? I'd rather jump on the Saga with fancy remote included than order it afterwards. Meanwhile I'll reap the benefits of minor exercise when I have to get up from couch and manually change volume on SYS.

 

[USAudio]

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 From its specs, I'd never use it.
 
That doesn't mean that someone else wouldn't be able to get something interesting out of it.

 
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Also, to elaborate on this a bit, it's essentially a vacuum fluorescent display (like in an old calculator) used as a tube. Very low transconductance. Weird operating points. I played around with a vacuum fluorescent display (taken from a calculator) used as a tube during the Vali 1 era. I didn't like the results.
 
Again, that isn't to say that someone else couldn't make something interesting from it. That's the beauty of engineering—there are a lot of different ways to do things, and a lot of different perspectives. Or at least there should be, in a healthy industry.

 
Thanks for the quick and thoughtful responses Jason, I appreciate it.  

 

 

[bigro]

   
 
Fair enough, my apologies.   I just value your opinion over a lot of the subjective stuff that goes around the audiophile community
 
I spent some time googling mute switches for XLR, but the only ones I could find were mono foot switch implementations intended for studio microphones.
 
Anyway, moving on.

I don't use one of these but, should do the trick
http://www.jblpro.com/www/products/recording-broadcast/monitor-controllers/nano-patch-plus#.WEWsFn1ezis

 

[FLTWS]

 
 
The proper cage for cat owners worried that their felines might touch their tubes

 
At last, someone who recognizes that the problem is not that the tubes are hot.

 

[bigro]

I cannot remember if this was linked here or not. Not a Review But it seems News of the Stereo Gear is Making its way around the interwebs.
 
http://www.metal-fi.com/schiit-in-stereooooooo/

 

[mhamel]

  I Had a Co worker who saw my Vali 2 at work and decided to touch the tube and then ask if it gets hot.  My Dog has never gotten next to my Valhalla nor has Small children So this guy falls into the Last Category. I have sympathy for monumentally stupid and The Vali 2 tube do not get terribly hot but deep down inside I Wished it did for that one moment.

 
 
This reminds me of the time many years ago when I got a complaint from a co-worker via our HR person about the "dangerous" desk fan I had.  I'd taken a small 120mm quiet PC fan, put grills on it and mounted it on a bracket because it would get pretty warm in the office and I didn't want to bother anyone else with a bigger fan. She had apparently gone over to my desk, turned it on, wedged her finger in between the grate and the edge of the fan and got a finger nicked from one of the blades for her trouble. HR was pretty good about it and nicely told her she was an idiot and to leave people's things alone.  Heh

 

[mattlach]

I Had a Co worker who saw my Vali 2 at work and decided to touch the tube and then ask if it gets hot.  My Dog has never gotten next to my Valhalla nor has Small children So this guy falls into the Last Category. I have sympathy for monumentally stupid and The Vali 2 tube do not get terribly hot but deep down inside I Wished it did for that one moment.

This reminds me of the time many years ago when I got a complaint from a co-worker via our HR person about the "dangerous" desk fan I had.  I'd taken a small 120mm quiet PC fan, put grills on it and mounted it on a bracket because it would get pretty warm in the office and I didn't want to bother anyone else with a bigger fan. She had apparently gone over to my desk, turned it on, wedged her finger in between the grate and the edge of the fan and got a finger nicked from one of the blades for her trouble. HR was pretty good about it and nicely told her she was an idiot and to leave people's things alone.  Heh

I don't fault people for not being familiar with technology that hasn't been in regular use by most people since the 60's, but people should damned well know to keep their hands off of other people's stuff.

Side note, do tubes experience shortened life spans ifthey get finger grease on them, like high end headlight bulbs do, or is that just an urban legend?

 

[FLTWS]

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Side note, do tubes experience shortened life spans ifthey get finger grease on them, like high end headlight bulbs do, or is that just an urban legend?

 
According to one of the upscale vacuum tube suppliers I buy from, it's an urban legend.

 

[Ableza]

Finger oil is damaging to quartz lamps and heater elements, not to glass.

 

[FLTWS]

If the tubes are pricey and if you ever might consider selling them you want to keep any boxes in good condition and be careful not to remove any of the printing / labeling on the tubes.
 
I don't swap out tubes often but when I do I use powder free disposable vinyl exam gloves. About $5 bucks for 50 which should last a lifetime. I like them because they really grip the glass much better than my fingers so it's easy to grab a tube and pull it straight up without damaging any printing. Especially with my Mjolnir2 where there is very little area on the top of the tube to grip to extract, unless I use my tube lifters under them, which I prefer not to use.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

  Finger oil is damaging to quartz lamps and heater elements, not to glass.

Yep, 100% bullcrap. I've literally never wiped a tube off, ever. They don't get that hot (150-250 degrees is typical).
 
For a 150W xenon projector lamp bulb (or old-skool 1K-10K bulbs in theatre fixtures), yeah, well, a fingerprint means boom.

 

[bigro]

  I don't swap out tubes often but when I do....