I'm not at the end of my life, but I'm pretty sure I can see it from here. (Don't let the Old Man in).My great-grandson two weeks before his first birthday.
JC
Is that American manufacturer up & running? Do they make "adaptable" tubes?Just remember there are adapters that can allow for other tubes to be used in a Vali 3, there are options.
.This is @Slackaveli’s reversible party tray.
A flight board and a “flight” board. All felt is removable.
Cleaning out my Grandad's house, I donated 33 boxes of Nat. Geo., from the first issue, to the local library. They're probably composting in the mix.
I've always considered the tube to be the 'real' amplifier. The metal, wires and cardboard are the minor players in the game. Use better circuitry or cardboard and that will allow the tube to 'shine' brighter. The price of a tube compared to its metal mate doesn't bother me. What gets to me is the price of a tube sold today vs. what that tube cost when I was working in an electronics repair shop in the '70s. Supply and demand and the good old supply is going, going....New production of tubes is improving, although very slowly and some new tubes cost almost as much as NOS. And then we play music through any tube and remember.....Finding true NOS now days is rare. Finding used but NOS measuring is getting harder.
I hear ya. One reason I've never owned a Vali is there's no way I could mentally get past paying more for a tube than my amp. That's why I own a Lyr 3 and an Incubus. More and higher priced tube options without being mentally conflicted.
I would not have been able to amass my hoard at these prices. Fortunately I got started years ago.
It's s the new normal it seems.
I’m a 30 year Brit expat who retired from Siemens in Houston nearly 3 years ago - these posts are making me miss visits to the Altstadt in Düsseldorf and drinking Altbier in Uerige with the waiters marking your beer mat everytime they delivered one - then on to Zum Schiffchen for Schweinhaxe.
A head-fi review of it. Makes me want one!
Sitting in the very back riding backwards... Makes me kind of queasy just thinking about it.
The value of an item is what people are willing to pay for it. Baseball cards are a great example. Just paper stock, but rarity and the quality of the player’s career makes a difference.
I had a similar experience re my parents, which is why I'm committed to slim down our library before our kids are faced with the challenge. Audio gear (especially tubes) is different story, though...Clearing out my parents' house back in 2011, we literally had to dump decades of magazines and journals as my father hadn't anticipated the digitisation of everything. And that was even before trying to get rid of over 1000 books.
Nope. What gave you that idea?
I do and I don’t. I actually learned to play it for a bunch of years when I was a kid, so it’s a bit of a love/hate relationship.
Almost..."Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all."
I believe that quote is from a remorseful audiophile after selling his gear.
Killer band. I have their first four on lp.Tonight's non-Jazz recommendation. Another stroll down memory lane.
** It may not be great, but it was fun!!
Very under-rated and relegated to obscurity by their label.
