[i luvmusic 2]

  In a arts and craft store you could also use big steel paper clips they measure 1mm but you have to measure them to make shure .also if you have coax cable for t.v. i had an old one and the copper cable inside measured 1mm on the other hand the newer cable the copper wire is smaller and if you are wondering how to straitghten a wire heres a video very simple . And a   HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody  .       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meZRMNF-6tQ

OK Thanks,  yeah i tried the coax cable i have  they are a bit small it feels loose in the socket and nice tutorial video again THANK YOU!

 

[gibosi]

   Me i asked where did you get the 1mm copper wire for the pins?I can't find them.THANK!

 
Or these might work:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/100pc-gold-plated-tube-pin-for-you-DIY-Tube-adapter-15-1mm-free-shipping-/190863604847?pt=US_Home_Audio_Amplifiers_Preamps&hash=item2c705b7c6f

 

[gibosi]

Since I am now using an external heater circuit, it occurs to me that I can provide enough heater current to use a 6N6P, 6H30P or even a 6N30P-DR as a driver tube in my LD 1+. Has anyone tried this? Any thoughts or comments? Crazy? A good idea? 

 

[MIKELAP]

   
Or these might work:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/100pc-gold-plated-tube-pin-for-you-DIY-Tube-adapter-15-1mm-free-shipping-/190863604847?pt=US_Home_Audio_Amplifiers_Preamps&hash=item2c705b7c6f

How come link doesnt work it happens sometimes  to bad thats interesting would be less trouble one thing less to make

 

[gibosi]

The link doesn't work for you? I just tried it and it worked for me..... ???????
 
Try searching in eBay for "100pc gold plated tube pin"

 

[MIKELAP]

Cant get it but i see add on left side with picture when i open says page moved or doesnt exist weird ill try again heres a screen shot                                  

 

[kvtaco17]

  The link doesn't work for you? I just tried it and it worked for me..... ???????
 
Try searching in eBay for "100pc gold plated tube pin"

 
Works here...

 

[MIKELAP]

Where is the seller for those pins. Thanks 

 

[kvtaco17]

seller is xulingmrs in china

 

[MIKELAP]

  seller is xulingmrs in china

Thanks for the link it seems he doesnt have anything in his store ?.  I tried  thanks

 

[Audiofanboy]

Originally Posted by hypnos1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
Hi AFB.
 
I certainly second your recommendation re. mains filter/conditioning...I would have said essential...and shame on you for not having 'cleaned up' sooner!! And don't neglect the individual equipment power leads either, folks - upgrade 'em. And when funds are flowing, get rid of those cruddy fuses and pop in some nice (gold-plated?) ones - go on, treat yourselves...just don't tell 'er indoors!
[...] So perhaps the C3gs might just provide the extras, without affecting all those other qualities I have come to love in the Teslas...time will tell...
(It does however seem strange to be going back to pentodes, after all we have been doing for some time now! But if it's good enough for Yamamoto........)
 
Cheers everyone, and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all.

 
Yup, using that otherwise very basic mains filter made so much of a difference I'm still surprised about it...
 
I really think the C3g would be be worth the trouble of trying it; I mean, it's an extremely critical frame-grid pentode, and I read that the 6DJ8 would never have been developed in Eindhoven if it weren't for the earlier C3g frame-grid research. So, yeah, I'd say it'd be worth a try!
 

   
£30 is quite reasonable, but unfortunately, this filtering power strip is not designed for use in the US. Does anyone have a recommendation for a similarly-priced unit suitable for 120 volt mains?

 
I'm pretty sure I've seen "AC filter kits" ads at least once recently, looking for information on the MUSES opamps on Japanese forums.
 
Could be worth taking a look at, seeing as Japan uses the same 110V/60Hz power the US uses. Then again, you might be able to find such a kit directly in the US. It would just require soldering the toroidal and caps directly on some AC cable going to whichever power strip you use (one without a light indicator would be best).
 
So, no, I don't know of any similarly priced products either for 220 or 110V, and this product is pretty unique in its price range...
 

  Since I am now using an external heater circuit, it occurs to me that I can provide enough heater current to use a 6N6P, 6H30P or even a 6N30P-DR as a driver tube in my LD 1+. Has anyone tried this? Any thoughts or comments? Crazy? A good idea? 

 
Please do! I've been waiting for an opportunity to try this one day, but haven't yet for this exact electrical reason.
 
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On a lighter note, I got my Amperex Holland 6922 D-getter tubes in the mail, both a pinched waist one and a regular D-getter one.
 
Just popped the pinched waist one in. Bear in mind I had been listening to a warmed up E188CC minutes before this and left the new 6922 tube to warm up as well before listening (used tube, no burn-in), so I could do a decent comparison between both.
 
Freakishly real would be the first word to come to mind. That and 3D extreme instrument placement. The PW 6922 has a crazy ability to convey music as emotions and in a being-in-the-room way. Spooky real... So much so that for some tracks, it actually takes a few seconds to "get into the song"; since that's what this tube does, it throws you inside the song!
 
The typical Philips Heerlen E88CC/E188CC sound is definitely there, but just crazy good and real, with liquid musical details flowing so naturally you have to wonder how it's even possible. Even if I ignore the realistic and emotional traits of this tube, the sheer amount of "new details" I'm hearing - and that's compared to the excellent glorious 1960 E188CC - is just astonishing. Crazy I tell you...
 
Noise/tube rush: I believe my PW Holland 6922 is quiet and not particularly microphonic compared to what many reviewers have written (very very faint usual 6DJ8-type tube rush ), but I can just tell it will never be perfectly silent like my Holland E188CC which never showed any noise or even the slighest "rustling leaves in your backyard" tube rush. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying my PW is noisy, it is dead quiet, but it just shows - just like all the pragmatic tube rollers I've read comments from - that the E188CC type was invented for a valid reason: to make a perfectly quiet 6DJ8 type, which the the E88CC/6922 is not.
 
More on this tube and its younger D-getter brother soon. Need more listening time, too much Holiday Season partying time and not enough audio gear listening time!
 
A happy new year to LD rollers, note that this is the 365th day I've been registered on Head-fi!

 

[gibosi]

  Thanks for the link it seems he doesnt have anything in his store ?.  I tried  thanks

 
MIKELAP, this is very strange!
 
When I click this link: http://www.ebay.com/usr/xulingmrs
 
There are 203 items for sale
 
Perhaps someone doesn't want you to see this?  lol

 

[MIKELAP]

   
MIKELAP, this is very strange!
 
When I click this link: http://www.ebay.com/usr/xulingmrs
 
There are 203 items for sale
 
Perhaps someone doesn't want you to see this?  lol

Well finally Superdux found the answer for me i just changed browser and it works i use chrome usually  tried internet explorer and it worked . Now the question is do i want to wait another 11/2 months to get them ?

 

[gibosi]

  Please do! I've been waiting for an opportunity to try this one day, but haven't yet for this exact electrical reason.
 
---------------------------
 
Freakishly real would be the first word to come to mind. That and 3D extreme instrument placement. The PW 6922 has a crazy ability to convey music as emotions and in a being-in-the-room way. Spooky real... So much so that for some tracks, it actually takes a few seconds to "get into the song"; since that's what this tube does, it throws you inside the song!
 

 
It turns out that I just happen to have a couple 6N30P-DR laying around here somewhere and I have never even had a chance to fire them up! lol I believe they have the same pin-out as a 6DJ8 (but I want to check this to be sure) so it should be a simple matter of plug and play. Will do this soon....
 
Speaking of power tubes... The 6SN7GT is often used as a power tube and it occurs to me that since the 6CG7 is essentially a 6SN7 in a miniature 9-pin format, perhaps someone might consider purchasing a nice matched pair of these and trying them as power tubes in their LD? I believe that Artsi has used the 6SN7 as a power tube in his LD?
 
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And in the interests of LD research, I assume that you are planning to send your PW 6922, round-robin, to each of us to try for a couple weeks each? lol

 

[i luvmusic 2]

   
Or these might work:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/100pc-gold-plated-tube-pin-for-you-DIY-Tube-adapter-15-1mm-free-shipping-/190863604847?pt=US_Home_Audio_Amplifiers_Preamps&hash=item2c705b7c6f

THANKS!