I was warned about overheating the voice coil connection, but I think I did last night! I couldn't take a pic, but I saw 2 small dents in the membrane. I was PO'ed, but this morning when I looked at the membranes, they were nice and smooth again! Maybe I just overheated it for a short period...

Thanks Bay That is just it, I solder the thin stock wires, and they break. I might be a clutz, but those skimpy ass wires suck!

AKG K7xx help please: My left channel started shaking and rattling. I Looked inside, all wires were intact, but soldering points look week with such a THIN WIRE GAUGE. I mean, it’s at least a 22 or 24 gauge. As I started to desolder the joints (so I could resolder them more solidly), I was...

Haven’t been here for awhile, but HU for those still pining after pair of hard to find .... MP NOS GEC A2900s/12AT7s https://www.head-fi.org/threads/gec-a2900-ecc801s-e81cc-ecc81-priced-to-sell.919620/#post-15318750

I haven’t done any research on it for 1 to 2 years, but at that time I remember that it was generally accepted that the 320 did not function very well above 256 GB. But you’ve read it it’s OK with 400 GB. That also might depend on the brand of the disk as well. Wish I had a better answer, these...

That’s great Sven! Glad it worked out well for you. Every little upgrade will make small improvements, but they accumulate the make a better whole. Best Gary

I bought a continental duo-mono a couple months ago, and the line out wasn’t working so I sent it back for a refund. The trouble is that I really like the continental, I just wish it was reliable. Have any of you had any trouble with its functioning or needing repairs? Thx

You mean, like a virgin? Sing out loud everybody: "..... like the very first tiiiiiiiiiiiime"

There are no more Tele G73Rs listed @ TubeDepot ....... Of course, rarity just increases value, even if they turn out to be not HG tubes. "Telefunken" + "rare" = Insurance :money_mouth::wink:

Thanks for letting us know, and so sorry for your loss. No pressure bro, none at all, you do what you need to do and take good care of yourself

Alright buddy, lay it on us, how would you describe the SQ of the G73R????

So I’m visiting LA this weekend and decided to check out the Upscale Audio brick n mortar store n the burbs. I think I’ve spent hours n hours on their site over the years. 2 showrooms and a high end HP area with 2 chairs. Lots of cool vintage paraphernalia. From Marantz 7s to the original...

And if you were listening to your HPs through a tubed amp in the shelter when the bomb hits, that’s effin’ RocknRoll!

Your right, except for TK and a couple other prophets :santa: :unicorn: :black_joker:

Tube quality was at its height at that time due to the West being locked into a Cold War power struggle while simultaneously fighting a proxy war in North Korea, while ppl back home were building underground bomb shelters. Preparedness was the name of the game whether it was tubes or shelters.

Damn straight. Good numbers. The pic shows a pair of the anti-vibe TMs under the new TM 12xxx/ECC88 adaptors. I did the same thing as soon as I got the adaptors. Later this week I’ll just use the adaptors (OOTown right now) to hear an diffs

We used to write coded messages directly on the tube, then coat them black, & finally then hand off to the asset at the audiophile meetings (& ya, Fotons were the best to use for a variety of reasons). Worked for us.

+1

Exactly. Must protect tubes from Russian interference. They won’t know the tubes are on, and their radars will not be able to detect them. Effin’ Russians.

:beerchug: Glad somebody got em if I couldn’t! Best case scenario, their awesome. Worst case scenario, you sell them for a profit. I bet their good! Really, 5hose glass coatings were innovative back then.Coating tech allowed the US to build the Stealth bombers, not detectable by radar. Besides...

Cracking deal on some Very rare Tele G73Rs/ECC802S/12au7s at tubedepot.com:

I'm not so sure that is carpet, fellas. Looks more like they found a dead rat in the basement and used it as a prop. :sweat_smile:

oh, ok, thanks for toning that down. The Melvins sound good with tubes on the Lyr 2! Without the Melvins, there would be no Nirvana, no Soundgarden, no Mudhoney, no Pearl Jam, no Alice and Chains, yada yada yada . I agree about the tolerances. The industrial/military tubes are presumed to be...

Ha! So far as I know, I’m the only one here that actually listens to music. :owl: I mean, nobody ever posts the tunes they listen to! :boom: (Marilyn Manson? What):alien: