[Zuckfun]

These Orange Globes are awesome. Deep tight bass, beautiful crystal clear mids. An incredible presentation. I'm in headphone heaven tonight.

 

[sceleratus]

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It must get confusing. 

what?

 

[Alexnova]

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These Orange Globes are awesome. Deep tight bass, beautiful crystal clear mids. An incredible presentation. I'm in headphone heaven tonight.

Can you link the ebay page of your OG's? Just curious what you got.
(And yes if you won it, you still can look at items)

 

[Alexnova]

i***t (4) is trolling the hell out of this Lorenz Stugart auction:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190858455235?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
 
155.00 so far
 
EDIT: Wow battled til the very last second, 208.49. Damn.

 

[Sanlitun]

For those still looking out for Lorenz tubes, Tubemonger informed me there is a set of used grey-shield Stuttgart Lorenz PCC88s for auction on ebay here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-PCC88-7DJ8-ECC88-6DJ8-SUBS-VINTAGE-LORENZ-STRONG-/190858455235?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item2c700ce8c3


FWIW, the grey shield Lorenz are the best of the "two-mica" tubes and are almost as good as the 3-mica.

Disclaimer:  Neither TubeMonger nor I are associated with the seller in any way.

Cheers!

-HK sends

Whoo! Well that was a bloodbath.

Congratz to the winners.

 

[hedphonz]

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i***t (4) is trolling the hell out of this Lorenz Stugart auction:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190858455235?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
 
155.00 so far

yeah i saw that - why would he raise his own bid that many times ? 

 

[Alexnova]

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yeah i saw that - why would he raise his own bid that many times ? 

Because you raise your max bid just in case someone tries to outbid you.
 
So if the auction is at 50.00, and I place my max bid at 56.00, I think the auction price changes to 51.00. Someone has to bid more than 56.00 to be the leading winner on the auction.
 
But if the guy doesn't think 56.00 is enough, he can raise it.
 
It's supposed to prevent last second bidders from swooping in and winning auctions.
 
EDIT: In this situation, I guarantee it's an alternate account of the seller to raise the price. It happens all the damn time. If a seller knows he has an amazing product and starts an auction stupidly low in price, he will get a second account to raise the bids and force a real buyer to pay a lot more for the item.

 

[hedphonz]

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light static tizzy background noise ? is that normal for tubes
 
i can hear it in quiet passages and when music has stopped - cant hear it when music is playing 
 
the lyr being my first tube amp i'm not sure if this is normal or not - dont yet have any other tubes to swap out

 
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Try reversing the tubes and see if problem follows.

ckc

that did the trick !! thanks

 

[Zuckfun]

Can you link the ebay page of your OG's? Just curious what you got.
(And yes if you won it, you still can look at items)

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=221242780016

Here's a current listing from mercedesman with the same tube, though I would inquire if he has any 68 o-getters (or 67)
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?index=0&sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=221229410098

 

[Alexnova]

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http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=221242780016

Here's a current listing from mercedesman with the same tube, though I would inquire if he has any 68 o-getters (or 67)
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?index=0&sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=221229410098

Yeah I got the OG '68 a few days ago. Waiting for it to come in the mail. You have the LCD-2's right?

 

[Zuckfun]

Yeah I got the OG '68 a few days ago. Waiting for it to come in the mail. You have the LCD-2's right?

Haven't made it (yet) to the level of LCD-2. Listening on both HE-400 and HD650, and they're amazing on both. nelamvr6 has the LCD-2's, and his review of these tubes as his favorites intrigued me enough to find them. Sure glad I did

 

[sceleratus]

I purchased an interesting set of OG valves from mercedesman.   They are halo getters but made in the Mullard factory in the UK.   They have the same Orange Globe construction as Heerlen.
 
He said they sound great but also are rare because these were only made in the UK for one year and the halo getters were a short run before switching to "A" frames.
 
I'm just relating what he told me.   Anyway, I was looking for a nice set of OG's and decided on these.  Looking forward to their arrival.  He had 4 sets.  I suspect someone here has a set or two....   They look like keepers.

 

[Alexnova]

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I purchased an interesting set of OG valves from mercedesman.   They are halo getters but made in the Mullard factory in the UK.   They have the same Orange Globe construction as Heerlen.
 
He said they sound great but also are rare because these were only made in the UK for one year and the halo getters were a short run before switching to "A" frames.
 
I'm just relating what he told me.   Anyway, I was looking for a nice set of OG's and decided on these.  Looking forward to their arrival.  He had 4 sets.  I suspect someone here has a set or two....   They look like keepers.

Are you talking about these?
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MULLARD-6DJ8-ECC88-VACUUM-TUBE-ORANGE-GLOBE-MATCHED-PAIR-1970-O-GETTER-RARE-/221233721744?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item33828eb190

 

[sceleratus]

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Are you talking about these?
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MULLARD-6DJ8-ECC88-VACUUM-TUBE-ORANGE-GLOBE-MATCHED-PAIR-1970-O-GETTER-RARE-/221233721744?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item33828eb190

yup

 

[Alexnova]

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Haven't made it (yet) to the level of LCD-2. Listening on both HE-400 and HD650, and they're amazing on both. nelamvr6 has the LCD-2's, and his review of these tubes as his favorites intrigued me enough to find them. Sure glad I did

I think the HE-400 and HD650 are tremendous headphones. And yeah I know he has them, but since I have the HE-500, I will see if those female vocals are as upfront as what folks have said about these tubes.