Vali 2 tube rolling
May 1, 2019 at 9:58 AM Post #2,341 of 6,437
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May 1, 2019 at 10:13 AM Post #2,342 of 6,437
oops, sorry they were 6j5 Russian equivalents that you had told me about. I got my tube numbers turned around.
 
May 1, 2019 at 10:25 AM Post #2,343 of 6,437
oops, sorry they were 6j5 Russian equivalents that you had told me about. I got my tube numbers turned around.
Oh, I see. 6С2С. The initial production was in MELZ, but I have not seen even a picture, they were with metal base and some possibly metal body. Then the production started in Soyuz Novosibirsk. A couple of years (1954-55) they were done with metal base, and those sound excellent. Later years with black plastic base are of haphazard quality.
 
May 1, 2019 at 10:35 AM Post #2,344 of 6,437
May 1, 2019 at 11:26 AM Post #2,345 of 6,437
Listened to Vali 2 last night after a long hiatus. GE JAN 5670W tube and Sennheiser HD600 - sounded great!

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May 1, 2019 at 11:32 AM Post #2,346 of 6,437
Listened to Vali 2 last night after a long hiatus. GE JAN 5670W tube and Sennheiser HD600 - sounded great!

Great picture, too! Must be long exposure...
 
May 1, 2019 at 11:42 AM Post #2,347 of 6,437
Great picture, too! Must be long exposure...
I'm not sure what kind of magic my Galaxy S10e was performing in the photo editor, but the magic wand produced a good image. :)
 
May 1, 2019 at 12:45 PM Post #2,348 of 6,437
...but I had eight packages waiting for me when I got home and barely even had time to open those.

Well, none of the 8 were from me. I was a slacker like usual and didn't get to the PO Monday. Did get it sent yesterday though so should hit your mailbox on Friday. If you get 8 other packages on Friday too, open mine first 'cause it will be the best. LOL!!!
 
May 1, 2019 at 1:10 PM Post #2,349 of 6,437
Well, none of the 8 were from me. I was a slacker like usual and didn't get to the PO Monday. Did get it sent yesterday though so should hit your mailbox on Friday. If you get 8 other packages on Friday too, open mine first 'cause it will be the best. LOL!!!

What you are sending will require me tearing down my amp again and I just got it back together. :smile_phones:
There may just be a package heading your way one day soon as well. Something that suits your soif de vie and joie de vivre.
 
May 1, 2019 at 2:58 PM Post #2,350 of 6,437
What you are sending will require me tearing down my amp again and I just got it back together. :smile_phones:
There may just be a package heading your way one day soon as well. Something that suits your .

What possible use could you have for a working amp? You midwesterners are so hard to figure out sometimes. :slight_smile:

And as soon as I figure out what soif de vie and joie de vivre mean I'll know whether to look forward to it.....or pack up the house and move somewhere unknown in the middle of the night. :grin:
 
May 1, 2019 at 3:00 PM Post #2,351 of 6,437
What possible use could you have for a working amp? You midwesterners are so hard to figure out sometimes. :slight_smile:

And as soon as I figure out what soif de vie and joie de vivre mean I'll know whether to look forward to it.....or pack up the house and move somewhere unknown in the middle of the night. :grin:
But you have such a cool street name! My favorite quote by that gentleman (Mark Twain) is "You can learn things by carrying a cat around by the tail, that you can learn no other way."

I do have the tube lighting down using LED's, I could make it look like the amp was operational.
 
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May 1, 2019 at 3:16 PM Post #2,352 of 6,437
My favorite quote by that gentleman (Mark Twain) is "You can learn things by carrying a cat around by the tail, that you can learn no other way."

I'd be surprised if that wasn't a favorite of @Ripper2860 too. He's one of the biggest cat lovers I know. :grimacing::astonished:
 
May 1, 2019 at 3:31 PM Post #2,353 of 6,437
May 1, 2019 at 4:02 PM Post #2,354 of 6,437
But they are so helpful!

Yeah, and if you need to clean out a really small socket contact, some DeOxit sprayed on a whisker works great. :relieved:
 
May 1, 2019 at 4:08 PM Post #2,355 of 6,437
Yeah, and if you need to clean out a really small socket contact, some DeOxit sprayed on a whisker works great. :relieved:

I will have to remember that. So you know, the guy I am getting tubes from for the headphone stands has 500,000 tubes in storage, some stored as many as 20 years. As he finds a dud here and there I may well be set for life for the stands and I am buying some working tubes from him as well.
 

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