.... hey Ripper! something far better than the 'beer trucks' above is coming 🫵 way! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

You need this ..... [a great book, fascinating -- to me at least]

..... that WE396A is not new; it 'tests well'; 🫵 have at it !! 😂😂😂😂

🎸🎸 🎼 " ... have a little tube that rings like a bell / makes the other 'lil ones sound like hell / go! go! ... go! WE go! go! go! ... WE be good ..." 🎶 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

.... did it blow out like a candle? 😳😂

.... hell, I was 32 twice ✌️.... so there! 😂

.... pfft! .... [jonathan c]age > [favourite NOS tubes]age 🤪.

... yearning for sonic Validation ... 🤪

• As @RBRIII has noted in post #3,061, Raytheon 5670 is a great tube: deep bass extension, palpable midrange, ethereal treble, airy yet sculpted soundstage. A Raytheon worth scouting is: CK 5670 or JAN 5670 -- with the 'windmill' getter holder. These usually have orange print.

.... it's not buying until you buy. "Shop 'til you drop ⬇️, buy 'til you cry 🥲"

** just don't infer by process of elimination !! 😧😂

** try a $485 tube in a $159 h/p/a .... 😏🤪

** almost: tube porn ---> tube rolling; food porn ---> 🫵 rolling !! 🤣🤣🤣

👆Agreed, Luckyleo ... besides, to paraphrase Lao Tse, "the thread that can be named is not the eternal thread"🤷🏻‍♂️🤔.

• ... Nothing like visiting bank / investment clients in Axe/Houghton, Copper Mountain: mid-February!! A 90-minute presentation ==> ice fishing ....

.... this is the best that I could find 🤷🏻‍♂️😄:

nice .... here's a mobile solution, though 😄:

Grandmum: "Why do you have two ears and one mouth?" Me (4-5 years old): 🤔 Grandmum: "So that you listen twice as much as you talk."

Also ... differences exist in the driver housings: e.g., for GS3000x, special metal chamber within cocobolo wood enclosure.

• To Grado newbies (and oldbies), if you are looking for a h/p/a that: pairs fantastically with all Grados, sounds phenomenal, is inexpensive, becomes otherworldly good with tube upgrade -- save time & effort & get Schiit Vali 3!! [Limited Edition GH1]

.... hard to do oneself .... 🫢

.... 😳🤔 .... coix me? 😱

.... 🥇🏆 that Vali 3 gets by one-at-a-time!! [unless one likes 'field goal' double-tube on adapter 😄]

... 🤷🏻‍♂️

☺️ 🫢 ..... if it weren't for Head-Fiers such as @bcowen, @Paladin79, @L0rdGwyn, @mordy, @gibosi, @UntilThen, and others .... I would be 😳 🫣