Very nice! I've been thinking about getting a Darkvoice to try out some 6sn7 tubes. I could've also benefited from some haha. Also, I kinda want to look into modding it
Very nice! I've been thinking about getting a Darkvoice to try out some 6sn7 tubes. I could've also benefited from some haha. Also, I kinda want to look into modding it
I have a Darkvoice laying around that has like five minutes on it. I only bought it to get measurements in order to build @bcowen an extension cabinet. PM me a reasonable offer and I will even throw in another tube headphone amp I am not using. The darkvoice definitely needs mods, the noise gets worse when running Russian 6sn7 equivalents.
I am looking at the MaxiPreAmp II now, is that anything wrong I should know about? I've sent an email asking them about ECC32 and 6J5s, hopefully they are compatible with the tester
The tubes you list from an earlier era of tube manufacture are testable on the Maxi-Preamp, with the use of optional adapters. We have a stock range of adapters available on our website, named by their EIA base-diagram nomenclature. For instance, the 6SL7 has EIA base diagram 8BD, so that is what we call our adapter for this type.
Adapters that are not in our stock range are called 'custom order' and are made individually to order. The cost for each custom adapter is $99 USD. You would need adapters for the following types you mention:
Like I get the 6F8G needing its own converters (if I want to directly use 9pin -> tube), but wouldn't the 6J5GT and ECC32 just use the typical octal converter? Or do you guys reckon there is some dark magic inside the custom converters?!
Like I get the 6F8G needing its own converters (if I want to directly use 9pin -> tube), but wouldn't the 6J5GT and ECC32 just use the typical octal converter? Or do you guys reckon there is some dark magic inside the custom converters?!
All 3 of the tubes listed have different pinouts, so yes you'd need a different adapter for each one to go into the 9-pin sockets of the MaxiPreamp. If it's mostly octals you want to test, you might look at the MaxiMatcher tester instead (which is set up for octals) and then adapt from those sockets into the 9-pin tubes you want to test. Perhaps one of them will handle more of the tubes you want to test than the other without adapters.
All 3 of the tubes listed have different pinouts, so yes you'd need a different adapter for each one to go into the 9-pin sockets of the MaxiPreamp. If it's mostly octals you want to test, you might look at the MaxiMatcher tester instead (which is set up for octals) and then adapt from those sockets into the 9-pin tubes you want to test. Perhaps one of them will handle more of the tubes you want to test than the other without adapters.
Perhaps I got clouded by the ECC32 being able to slot in directly, but you are right, I discounted my own 6J5GT converters, of course I will need an adapter, doh
The only Maximatcher variant available now seem to be the Maximatcher II, I was under the impression that its more for power tubes
But of course if it works I won't be opposed to it, I do have a bunch of 12au7s but I will mostly be trapped in octal sickness for a really long time
That's a very personal question. In a very personal 'market'. IMO, they'd be middling-bottom-middle. But, that's just for me, in my gear.
But so much depends on the amp, the moment, the music, the mood. And really, there are no bad tubes, just poor moods.
The fun of tube rolling is ignoring group think and finding and rolling tubes one enjoys. The high $$$ cost of that method isn't attractive, but hoarding collecting over 500 tubes is its own attraction.
The fun of tube rolling is ignoring group think and finding and rolling tubes one enjoys. The high $$$ cost of that method isn't attractive, but hoarding collecting over 500 tubes is its own attraction.
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