Ahoy,   I recently came across a box of the Raytheon 717A tubes. A simple pentode synonymous with the VT-269 tube. Though I know it's not good criteria for selection I love their appearance: A smooth flattened bulb with a sideways plate assembly in the middle (picture below). Looking up the...

That is good to know. I shall refrain from leaving clear space.

Naw, no big projects right now. There's just piles of raw cable lying around the desk and connectors rolling around my parts drawer.   The "both sides" piling method looks promising!

I am curious about what your workspace looks like. How do you organize your tools and parts? I need an alternative to just piling stuff to one side.     As an aside, I find a thin, fine knife like the Opinel in the photo to be much handier than wire strippers when dealing with fancy...

I am currently using a set of NOS Tesla lot 109 ECC88 tubes in mine. These are very unforgiving tubes and don't work well with fast music at all, but offer good detail. There is also a dramatic bass roll-off. They depend a lot on the specific recording. I much prefer the Phillips PCC88's overall...

Thanks for the verification. I didn't expect to find such an item at that price.

I've been looking for some nice travel headphones and was considering the ATH ESW-9. A search on eBay revealed several auctions for those cans at very low cost. However, something seems very "off" about them. Could this be a run of copies? Maybe I'm just being paranoid. I was wondering if...

Quote: Out of curiosity, Myrdin why do you feel the Neutrik plugs to be the best? Also as a correction, Simply Physics use only Neutrik plugs it seems like Given that mine say "straightwire" on them, they seem to be from straightwire. I don't feel they are the best. I do think they...

I think I'm the one that said the T7 is more "tubey." By my definition, that is the level of distortion imparted by the vacuum tube. Distortion is not bad in this case. Tubes amplify the sound in characteristic ways. Words like "warm" are often used to describe it. By my perception it is an...

It runs lower impedance stuff ok. I'm using mine with 64 ohm ATH-A700's. I do think it would improve with a pair of better, higher impedance cans.

The conductors look to be separately insulated. So... the oil doesn't even touch? Purely cosmetic.

Quote: Originally Posted by LingLing1337 Another interesting concept is the ribbon RCA cable. Ribbon cables at least started with good science. AC travels on the surface of the conductor. However, the skin effect is up to about a centimeter deep in the audio range.

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Yes. I've posted a few observations on the previous page. As a simple tube design, the sound is extremely dependent on the tubes you use. So far I've found it quite good with cheap Russian tubes and even better with nice British tubes. What I forgot to mention is; Resonance effects are what...

Yes? What do you want to know? Been taking a lot of photos lately...