[Old Deaf Donkey]

I did get some Russian 7A4's

would you mind sharing the Russian designation for 7A4 - cannot find it

 

[Paladin79]

oops, sorry they were 6j5 Russian equivalents that you had told me about. I got my tube numbers turned around.

 

[Old Deaf Donkey]

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.

 

[Paladin79]

Yes, 6C2C.

just some of these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-RARE-M...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

[bochawa]

Listened to Vali 2 last night after a long hiatus. GE JAN 5670W tube and Sennheiser HD600 - sounded great!

 

[Old Deaf Donkey]

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...

 

[bochawa]

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.

 

[bcowen]

...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!!!

 

[Paladin79]

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.
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.

 

[bcowen]

What you are sending will require me tearing down my amp again and I just got it back together.
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.

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.

 

[Paladin79]

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

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.

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.

 

[bcowen]

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.

 

[Paladin79]

I'd be surprised if that wasn't a favorite of @Ripper2860 too. He's one of the biggest cat lovers I know.

But they are so helpful!

 

[bcowen]

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.

 

[Paladin79]

Yeah, and if you need to clean out a really small socket contact, some DeOxit sprayed on a whisker works great.

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.