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Original owner of these and used them for a few years. Recently upgraded to some IE600’s and don’t use these anymore. In great shape overall, only mark I can see is a faint line in the anodizing on one of them that was there when I first bought them. Timestamp in the first pic is for Reddit as...

Thanks! They're the 30mm aluminum knobs that Parts Connexion sells: https://www.partsconnexion.com/CONNEX-80685.html Just had to drill out the mounting hole to 1/4" for the Mainline pots.

You read my mind! The knobs were the one thing I hadn't installed yet because I had to drill them out the fit the pot shafts properly. I do like the gold isolation spikes vs black tho because it matches that sweet bottlehead logo :)

Just finished the exterior of my Mainline build and had to show it off :L3000: Now to find the time to actually wire this thing up...

Lol, the key I think is selling off the stuff you don't need :) As soon as I finish my Mainline build the Crack is going to a new home haha.

+1 on the 7316 being the end of the road for driver tube rolling :)

There's a pretty significant difference to my ears between the two. Once upon a time I had 2 Speedballed Cracks and an A/B switch so that I could instantly switch between different sets of tubes in the same circuit :) The bass difference between the tubes isn't so much "quanitity" but rather...

I have quite a few 6SN7 tubes as well, along with the garage 1217 adapter. Overall they have a much darker sound signature than 12au7 types, which can be quite nice with the HD800. I rarely use them though because they tend to be more prone to microphonics and have a higher noise floor in my...

The Tung Sol 6as7G is basically a 5998 but with a bit less detail. I ordered mine from vacuumtubes.net for $20 a few months back

No problem! Siemens + 5998 is just a great combo with the HD800S. Holographic imaging, wide soundstage, fantastic mids, no sibilance, neutral but with deep bass. I rarely roll any other tubes in my crack at this point if that tells you anything :) The Amperex 7316 (mine is a Beckman labeled...

The tubes you linked to are 6DJ8 and are not compatible with the Crack at all. From my experience, the 7236 is the culprit here if you're looking for more bass slam. The 7236 is a very linear sounding tube with fast, well controlled bass, but it's flaw is that the bass lacks depth and slam. I...

Thanks! I figured I'd spice up the stock alder with some Granadillo splines to match the black top plate. I did a 6-coat hand rubbed oil finish (tung oil, BLO, varnish mixture) and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. :) I did about 4 coats on the top plate to get the hammered texture...