[UntilThen]

FYI, same guy who sold me these is also selling one (1) Bendix 6080wb open cross column plate. Used to own a Bottlehead Crack, now selling off his tubes inventory after migrating to other ventures.

Oh come on. Euro 120 for a used Bendix 6080wb? That's $178 aussie dollars for a single tube. That's highway robbery.

 

[angpsi]

Here's some eye candy for you. My setup has too much clarity now. There is such a thing as too much clarity.

I need to dull it a little. So I pop in the stock Tung Sol from Elise.

Bingo ! Sounds great on my system.

Haha!! Great! Back to basics then, right? Can't get over how the Euforia looks like a tiny baby against the Yggy! I think you should get a rack!

 

[angpsi]

Oh come on. Euro 120 for a used Bendix 6080wb? That's $178 aussie dollars for a single tube. That's highway robbery.

I think they are going for way more if they ever show up?

 

[UntilThen]

Haha!! Great! Back to basics then, right? Can't get over how the Euforia looks like a tiny baby against the Yggy! I think you should get a rack!

I like to think of it as Beauty and the Beast.

 

[angpsi]

I think they are going for way more if they ever show up?

Can't complain about the price I got the GEC for though...

 

[UntilThen]

Just got a message that my NOS pair of Gec 6as7g has shipped. Too much excitement happening in a few days... weeks.

Do you think there's any danger to too much excitement?

Ps... congrats on the good price you paid for the GEC 6080. I got mine for $160 per pair.

 

[angpsi]

I will no longer de=rail this thread, I promise, well after this post then. An interesting "How it's made show" on vacuum tube construction.
and how about this for an audio amp? Love the tubes! http://www.kraudio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26:kronzilla-sxi&catid=3&Itemid=6&lang=en
One last thing, about the indicator slot on the volume knob, did not want paint, so I took a nail file, just to the edge of the knob, at a 45 degree angle, and carefully filed off the paint, just on the edge of the knob. It is just enough to be able to locate it and makes it a little more noticable to the touch.

Hi @connieflyer, forgot to say thanks for an excellent education on tubes. Honestly, there's nothing like good visuals to make all the diagrams take form in my mind!

 

[angpsi]

Just got a message that my NOS pair of Gec 6as7g has shipped. Too much excitement happening in a few days... weeks.

Do you think there's any danger to too much excitement?

Ps... congrats on the good price you paid for the GEC 6080. I got mine for $160 per pair.

Excellent price! "Buy it now" options make this tube out of the question right now... But you paid the Langrex price for the 6as7g, right?

 

[UntilThen]

But you paid the Langrex price for the 6as7g, right?

Nope

 

[angpsi]

Nope

Good for you then! EDIT: You gotta teach us how to get those bargain basement prices as well! "Art of the Deal" my a$$, you should be writing this one!

 

[UntilThen]

Nothing to stop you from buying the gec 6as7g too. All you have to do is design another leaning tower of Pisa and you will collect the gec and more.

 

[pctazhp]

Quoting @pctazhp on page 1 of the Elise thread,

The real pctazhp who wrote those guidelines has been resting quietly in a sanitarium for some time now. I think he had already seriously deteriorated when he wrote those guidelines, but we just didn't realize it. I've taken over for him, but his quick recovery and return is sadly not expected. I can say that I sure love the system he assembled before taking leave of his senses. I pretty much listen to it 24/7.

 

[angpsi]

The real pctazhp who wrote those guidelines has been resting quietly in a sanitarium for some time now. I think he had already seriously deteriorated when he wrote those guidelines, but we just didn't realize it. I've taken over for him, but his quick recovery and return is sadly not expected. I can say that I sure love the system he assembled before taking leave of his senses. I pretty much listen to it 24/7.

Hi pct, somehow I missed that you own an HD600s!

EDIT: meant an 800s! Unless someone its keen to invent the 600s—oh wait, that's supposed to be the 650! Well, I'll settle for an HD600mk2 where the 'death grip' issue is finally addressed...

 

[pctazhp]

Hi pct, somehow I missed that you own an HD600s!

I also missed that fact, but I'll start looking around to see if the tooth fairy left one for me last night.

 

[pctazhp]

OK guys. I'm out of here for a couple of days. For now, I present this picture of perfection: