[bcowen]

Sounds like you still have a job then

LOL! Yeah, I could fire employees. Bit more difficult with a wife, even if I put her on a Performance Improvement Plan.

 

[VanHai]

I retired 7 weeks ago and now spend my time supervising my wife to make sure she does things to my satisfaction.

(and if you believe that last part, I'm still selling bridges as a part-time gig )

Congrats! You are your own boss now, but you still need to answer to the BIGGEST BOSS if you know what i mean.

 

[g0ldl10n]

Next project for my Mini that I think will have more success than the 6AS7 attempts - going to work on inserting a DCDC up/down converter into the input heater lines to allow variable heater voltages so I can run a lot of tubes I have on hand that I use in my other amp with this functionality. This should be fun and will update on its progress as it comes together.

 

[triod750]

Next project for my Mini that I think will have more success than the 6AS7 attempts - going to work on inserting a DCDC up/down converter into the input heater lines to allow variable heater voltages so I can run a lot of tubes I have on hand that I use in my other amp with this functionality. This should be fun and will update on its progress as it comes together.

MaxiMini?

 

[g0ldl10n]

MaxiMini?

Nono, the "MiniLove", naturally

 

[jonathan c]

Sounds like you still have a job boss then

FTFY...[Reg. TM; © bcowen: 2021.]

 

[LoryWiv]

LOL! Yeah, I could fire employees. Bit more difficult with a wife, even if I put her on a Performance Improvement Plan.

Be careful she doesn't report you to HR for a hostile workplace. There is no amount of ANC in headphones that will protect you from that!

Better to live by "happy wife, happy life"!

 

[jonathan c]

Be careful she doesn't report you to HR for a hostile workplace. There is no amount of ANC in headphones that will protect you from that!

... mrs bcowen is CEO, CFO, HR ... when the heat is on, so go the closed-backs & Marilyn Manson ... ...

 

[Nick Ryan]

LOL! Yeah, I could fire employees. Bit more difficult with a wife, even if I put her on a Performance Improvement Plan.

Hi, you appear to enjoy living dangerously on a knife edge in fact!!!

 

[g0ldl10n]

Well, I sure think I have an interesting tube here today to try - interesting because no one, myself included seems to know anything about them or has ever heard of them.

Outside of the Valve Museum and Radio Museum pages, and the CV equiv datasheet, there is essentially nothing (including forum posts across the web) written about these tubes, which is very surprising given that they a GEC single triodes.

GEC A2913/CV5413/CV4081

Here is a picture for you guys, gold pins and all

And the best part (especially considering the fact that I have no idea if they sound good, terrible, or amazing) is they were very inexpensive, 15 GBP for the 5 here.. crossing my fingers I got extremely lucky since the vendor is now out of stock.

 

[triod750]

15 GBP is cheap for the opportunity to tease friends and other people. If they sound good and are unobtainable there will only be other people left.

Just saying...

 

[David A Silva]

Well, I sure think I have an interesting tube here today to try - interesting because no one, myself included seems to know anything about them or has ever heard of them.

Outside of the Valve Museum and Radio Museum pages, and the CV equiv datasheet, there is essentially nothing (including forum posts across the web) written about these tubes, which is very surprising given that they a GEC single triodes.

GEC A2913/CV5413/CV4081

Here is a picture for you guys, gold pins and all



And the best part (especially considering the fact that I have no idea if they sound good, terrible, or amazing) is they were very inexpensive, 15 GBP for the 5 here.. crossing my fingers I got extremely lucky since the vendor is now out of stock.

Nice score! Given the performance of other GEC tube models, I say chances are good you scored some winners!

 

[OctavianH]

GEC A2913/CV5413/CV4081

The pinout seems similar with EC91. Good potential. Let us know more about it when you receive and listen to them. I have here a few Mullards branded EC91/6AQ4 but never listened to them.

 

[LoryWiv]

Well, I sure think I have an interesting tube here today to try - interesting because no one, myself included seems to know anything about them or has ever heard of them.

Outside of the Valve Museum and Radio Museum pages, and the CV equiv datasheet, there is essentially nothing (including forum posts across the web) written about these tubes, which is very surprising given that they a GEC single triodes.

GEC A2913/CV5413/CV4081

Here is a picture for you guys, gold pins and all



And the best part (especially considering the fact that I have no idea if they sound good, terrible, or amazing) is they were very inexpensive, 15 GBP for the 5 here.. crossing my fingers I got extremely lucky since the vendor is now out of stock.

Nice score! What adapter will you use to run them?

 

[g0ldl10n]

Nice score! What adapter will you use to run them?

Just one of my own - not sure if there are any aftermarkets dual adapters which would work with these or not.

To my surprise, the two pairs actually have different internals (one with GEC stickers on the left, and the pair without in the middle). The MWT tube far right has the same internals as the pair with the GEC stickers but in a slightly larger glass bottle.