We really need to develop some kind of secret code so we can discuss various tubes without tipping off the eBay speculators:laughing:

Quiet you fool! You'll drive the price up:wink:

Indeed. I have an EI Yugo 12AU7 (telefunken machining) that does the same. Warms my heart as well as the cathode

Dunno where they got that list, but the majority aren't even audio tubes. I Googled a bunch, some are nixie tubes. The ILD3 are a CRT (still pretty cool - check em out: https://www.industrialalchemy.org/articleview.php?item=3095 Could probably make a kickass steampunk sculpture with em) But yah...

@bcowen <or anybody else for that matter> You got a 6922 adapter? Kind of curious to see how those 6bz7 type tubes that shipped with the Vali2 work in the Vali3

Just tell her it was either this or hookers 'n' blow. I'm sure she'll understand

Halvcirkel - progressive string quartet from Denmark

So I gotta ask… How exactly do you deal with these "rat's nest" contraptions without electrocuting yourself? I got bitten once by a ~300v capacitor. It was… interesting. Wouldn't want to do it again tho

Well, here's mine. Dunno if anybody's decoded the Davinci Dots GE uses

That's too bad. A rotary powered 12AU7 would be AWESOME!

Speaking bout GE 5670… Any tips about identifying them? All the ink was rubbed off mine, but the etching is intact. Bout all I knew when I bought it was triple mica, square-getter Not familiar with those French 12AU7s - I think you're the first I've heard mention them

Nice. What's the verdict? Gonna seal some up in PVC and send 'em to @bcowen for another bet?

That's the spirit! If nothing else the tube glow will make your life a happier place. Transistor glow on the other hand…

Looks shorter than my 6GC7 cleartop, so I'd guess a Conn 12AU7?

I find this happens. Just a couple weeks ago I was using my GE5670 in the V2 and it was making a faint high pitched ringing type noise. Shut the amp off, yoinked and reinserted the tube. Been dead quiet ever since ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But if the Vali3 is like the V2, the distortion is what gives it a "tubey" sound. Therefore if you want it to sound more "tubey", use high gain.

So how do you find the V3 compares to yer old V2?

Joke's on you. You accidentally put a wrong tube in a wrong box. Enjoy finding it:smiling_imp:

and now for something completely different Dawn by Sebastian Mullaert & Henrik Frendin (Mullaert is classically trained so it works for me)

I guess adapter trees are now passé and you're all doing big knob-offs:wink::grin:

How can you not like Underdog. And the little Vali3 be giving the Jot a case of knob envy:laughing:

Gabriel Olafs will be releasing an album of orchestral works soonly that's been getting some decent press. Until then here's this

Vali2 is treating my HEXS pretty well. The Vali3 is getting good reviews too, so that'd be worth checking out

Yes to both. 6CG7… I'd reccy a Matsushita. 5760… Tesla 6CC42 Overall, I'd rate the 6CG7 as the best "no adapter required" choice for the Vali2

New MONO album out next month