[riffrafff]

This might make me a heretic for even asking, but does anyone have any thoughts on new production tubes that work well with the Vali 3?

Everyone, widespread Aurora Borealis are being reported across the country tonight, even at lower latitudes in the U.S.

Go outside, get away from city lights, and look north with a clear view of the horizon. You may only see a faint fuzzy haze on the horizon, in which case try out longer exposures on a camera. You may also see actual shimmering waves and pulses of light like you've never seen before.

It is still daylight in Oregon but I'll be keeping an eye on that kp chart in the left pane with the auroral oval shown in orange. It's at kp9 but if it hits a solid 10, it's game on for wavy pulses of naked eye auroras for me!

Spaceweather dot com

From near Springfield, MO:

 

[JamminVMI]

That looks like the silver painted case to me.

You’d be right…

 

[JooLoo]

Hey all,

The time flies by. Too many things to do right now!

Sooooo, a quick update, before I go into Weekend Documentation Hell (long story, you'll read about it this year):

1. You may see Kraken as early as next week. Think "media capability, music quality." Not giant power. I've been using one for about a year. It's a great little amp, but if you're looking for a 7x300W monster, this isn't for you.
2. Getting close on being able to let you know where the new Schiit is going to be. As soon as the building has closed and the foundation repair guys are on site, I'll let you know. It's in a cool area of San Antonio, that much I can say. Corpus Christi stays as it is now...making smaller products.
3. Other stuff I've mentioned is slugging its way to production (Stjarna, Gungnir 2, etc.) but don't be surprised if these are delayed a bit, mainly due to, well, everything. You move a company, do the dev work on a Very Big Idea, develop new products, etc, and see how it works out. We're concentrating on making sure there's as little disruption in current operations as possible. And that alone is a very big job.

All the best,
Jason

Big Lyr ever a thought (biggius Lyrius) ?

Hows saga 2 ? (does it have 3 outputs or 2 ?)

 

[Paladin79]

Of course! I’ve got an incredibly valuable load in the car!



5 days. Taking it slow.

Turlock -> Bakersfield
Bakersfield -> Flagstaff
Flagstaff -> Roswell
Roswell -> Kerrville
Kerrville -> Boerne

A well behaved cat! Finnegan would have been driving by then.

 

[RickB]

I'm with @Paladin79 that 100k hours seems excessive in a noval signal tube. That said, there were several online articles a while back that reported Western Electric 300B's going 24/7/365 for 30+ years in telephone equipment, so I suppose it is possible. But 17 years without tube rolling? Even if possible, who'd want to?

I'm just wondering how many backup tubes I should get. I know, you're the wrong person to ask (just kidding!), but I guess I should get 3 or 4.

 

[jonathan c]

This might make me a heretic for even asking, but does anyone have any thoughts on new production tubes that work well with the Vali 3?

Genalex / Gold Lion 12AU7 (with Xuling Audio Lab 12AU7-->5670 adapter) .

 

[Timster]

Big Lyr ever a thought (biggius Lyrius) ?

So, sooooo close

* Sine Wave Topic

 

[Paladin79]

QUOTE="RickB, post: 18118130, member: 25434"]
I'm just wondering how many backup tubes I should get. I know, you're the wrong person to ask (just kidding!), but I guess I should get 3 or 4.
[/QUOTE]
His answer should be a doozy.

 

[riffrafff]

This might make me a heretic for even asking, but does anyone have any thoughts on new production tubes that work well with the Vali 3?

Testing a Psvane CV181-T MKII (via adapter) currently.

 

[Orange5o]

Testing a Psvane CV181-T MKII (via adapter) currently.

With Vali 3? What adapters?

Edit: nm, already purchased

 

[jonathan c]

QUOTE="RickB, post: 18118130, member: 25434"]
I'm just wondering how many backup tubes I should get. I know, you're the wrong person to ask (just kidding!), but I guess I should get 3 or 4.

..... for each Folkvangr tube !! +x+x

 

[Ripper2860]

Ok, it’s not brushed but still looks good.

And it's not aluminum -- it's steel. Does look pretty darn spiffy, however.

 

[jonathan c]

I will know more when adapters get here but there are new production 12AU7’s and 6SN7’s but otherwise NOS can be reasonable in price, especially GE. I have not tried the Fotons but Bill alone should be able to comment on those since he has the fotonopoly !!

FTFY....[Reg. TM; © bcowen: 2021.]

 

[wotts]

Everyone, widespread Aurora Borealis are being reported across the country tonight, even at lower latitudes in the U.S.

Go outside, get away from city lights, and look north with a clear view of the horizon. You may only see a faint fuzzy haze on the horizon, in which case try out longer exposures on a camera. You may also see actual shimmering waves and pulses of light like you've never seen before.

It is still daylight in Oregon but I'll be keeping an eye on that kp chart in the left pane with the auroral oval shown in orange. It's at kp9 but if it hits a solid 10, it's game on for wavy pulses of naked eye auroras for me!

Spaceweather dot com

I got this shot from my phone. I haven't processed my DSLR shots yet.

 

[sixergixer]

The solar storm and auroras are subsiding just as it was getting dark enough in Oregon - just a pronounced green-ish glow up north with no visible banding and no pink in the short exposure times my phone is capable of. There are more successive coronal mass ejections coming over the next day or two so maybe tomorrow night will be cool.