Good point, I doubt they spent the time or money to engineer the materials to have similar coefficients of expansions.

Quote: Originally Posted by Thermionic One of my amps uses KT66s and they sometimes develop lose bases. I just float a thin bead of superglue (whatever make is to hand) around the junction of base and glass. Seems to work fine. Sorry I have never heard of your special product so...

I have a few tubes with loose bases. From what I have found, most people use superglue. Does anyone have any experience with superglue? I also found a product for this specific problem, 2A3-Mesh Datasheet. Emission Labs. Has anyone use this?

Quote: Originally Posted by TzeYang Good thing about this layout is that it does not have any "hookup" wires beneath the board (everything is soldered on without underboard jumper wires). That looks awesome, do you have a picture of the bottom? Do you mind posting it? Thanks...

Quote: Originally Posted by diego I have the ecc2 adapter but the only 6922 tube I have is a Jan Phillips which to me is not great, in fact it's the worst input tube I have. It has good dynamics and bass but I think it's not very detailed and is rolled off in the highs. Perhaps one of...

I read that people were considering an ecc2 adapter for the extreme. Did anyone get it and how does it sound with 6DJ8/6922? -David

I guess I haven't owned a tube amp that can heat up a room . My only other experience with tubes is my Woo3. Since the tubes buzz when the amp is warming up, I'm sure it's tube warm-up. Thanks for all the replies.

I just got the stock Extreme and I have a several questions about it. I'm using a pair of Tung-Sol 5998 and a Sylvania 6SN7 GT. How much heat is it suppose put out? My Woo3 gets warm with the WE 421A and Phillips E88CC's but the Extreme is quite a bit warmer. During startup do you experience...

I'm intrigued by the GE 6DJ8 grey glass because of jamato8's recommendation. I noticed there is also a "clear" glass version. Are there sonic differences between the two?

Quote: Originally Posted by sum1 A quick test if you guys don't mind doing it. Plug your move into your comp and wait till the comp recognize it, then unplug it from your comp wait 10 secs and then plug it back again. Did it still recognise the DAC or did the comp complained about not...

Quote: Originally Posted by Soymilk it's going to explode. LOL I figured it would be fine but at the same I was wondering if mixing the two solders would produce a weaker joint because the new joint is essentially a new alloy.

Is it ok to mix lead solder with lead free solder? I want to do some soldering on a PCB that was soldered with lead free solder but all I have is lead solder. Thanks

Mini-mini me! Thanks

I assume I sign up with a post. Thanks for the great offer.

Herandu, Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them a try as soon as I have time. It's good to know it could be the remote and it's not me going crazy. -David PS: I originally thought it was the batteries but new batteries didn't help the situation.