[TonyNewman]

 
A mighty purdy piece.

 
Just had a "Deliverance" flashback. "You got a purdy mouth, boy.... "

 

[Badas]

Good morning! Happy Monday!
My WA22, the sunbather )

Looking fantastic. I can't make out the rectifier you are using? Everything else I can identify.

Wouldn't your tubes run a lot hotter sitting in the sun?
My gear is in a air conditioned room and I keep them cool.

 

[Krutsch]

  Good morning! Happy Monday!
My WA22, the sunbather )
 
 

 
Nice pics and sweet looking amp and collection of tubes.

 

[Clayton SF]

Looking fantastic. I can't make out the rectifier you are using? Everything else I can identify.

Wouldn't your tubes run a lot hotter sitting in the sun?
My gear is in a air conditioned room and I keep them cool.

 
The sun is on the amp for barely an hour and the temperature indoors is about 65 degrees. This is San Francisco.
 
The rectifier is a Mullard CV378 / GZ37. A very wonderful rectifier. It is warm and it tempers the very analytical Chatham 2399 power tubes that Ultra gave me in 2013. Thanks Ultra!

 

[Nic Rhodes]

My all time favourite rectifier.

 

[isquirrel]

Got a set of each for me, a set if each for Simon and then a spare set

Was a struggle trying to pack them all between all the other purchases I've done over here... I think I'll have to book in a couple extra kg in baggage for the flight home.

You're a good lad and I like you. Just hurry up and bring those lovely Taks back here in one piece 

 
They will be here next Monday along with Matt for an overnight marathon tube shoot out which we will post for you're enjoyment:
 
Original WE 1930 grey plates
SERP's
KR 300 Balloon's
EML Mesh Plates
Elrog's
Takatsukis 274B's and 300B's
Mullard Metal Base GZ 34's
Psvane 274B replica's
Brimar 5U4GY rectifiers
Full Music 274B's
Sophia Mesh 274B's
 
And lots of 6SN7's
 
Photos of the Takatsukis goodness
 

 

 

 

 

 

[TonyNewman]

 
You're a good lad and I like you. Just hurry up and bring those lovely Taks back here in one piece 

 
They will be here next Monday along with Matt for an overnight marathon tube shoot out which we will post for you're enjoyment:
 
Original WE 1930 grey plates
SERP's
KR 300 Balloon's
EML Mesh Plates
Elrog's
Takatsukis 274B's and 300B's
Mullard Metal Base GZ 34's
Psvane 274B replica's
Brimar 5U4GY rectifiers
Full Music 274B's
Sophia Mesh 274B's
 
And lots of 6SN7's
 
Photos of the Takatsukis goodness
 

 

 

 

 

 
Wonderful tube porn - thank you.
 
I am off to the bathroom now. I might be some time...

 

[magiccabbage]

 
You're a good lad and I like you. Just hurry up and bring those lovely Taks back here in one piece 

 
They will be here next Monday along with Matt for an overnight marathon tube shoot out which we will post for you're enjoyment:
 
Original WE 1930 grey plates
SERP's
KR 300 Balloon's
EML Mesh Plates
Elrog's
Takatsukis 274B's and 300B's
Mullard Metal Base GZ 34's
Psvane 274B replica's
Brimar 5U4GY rectifiers
Full Music 274B's
Sophia Mesh 274B's
 
And lots of 6SN7's
 
Photos of the Takatsukis goodness
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How are the EML's sounding after some burn in? 

 

[isquirrel]

In other news managed to swap the top plates over yesterday without setting fire to anything (so far)
 
Also received the ex WW2 Luftwaffe 6SN7's apparently so the story goes these things were stretchered out of a crashed Messerschmitt 109, considering the PTSD these things must have and the horror of being owned by an Englishman,  they actually work and sound really bloody good. Much to my amazement they just might be better than the TS RP 1940 VT231's
 
Interesting ceramic mica
 

 

 

[isquirrel]

  How are the EML's sounding after some burn in? 

In a word, not what I was hoping for (so far)  they have improved with diet burn in procedure, but they sound like HiFi the Elrog's and the WE's sound like music. Gun to head I would choose the Elroy's over the WE's. Just so good.

 

[bpcans]

In other news managed to swap the top plates over yesterday without setting fire to anything (so far)

Also received the ex WW2 Luftwaffe 6SN7's apparently so the story goes these things were stretchered out of a crashed Messerschmitt 109, considering the PTSD these things must have and the horror of being owned by an Englishman,  they actually work and sound really bloody good. Much to my amazement they just might be better than the TS RP 1940 VT231's

Interesting ceramic mica

Spoiler

Beautiful looking tubes sir. Did you get the nics out of your 234's?

 

[isquirrel]

Err yes and no. Will also be putting some Hi-Fi tuning fuses into the amps tomorrow. I couldn't get the top plates to fit properly, now I know why, compared old with new and they are missing the required cut out's so off to the machine shop today.
 
Old tops are on the left. Course any normal person would have checked that before putting the amps back together and wondering why they looked odd.....

 
There is NO WAY a pair of Abyss did that much damage to the top plates the things are 5mm thick, just to be sure I belted the old ones with a hammer and couldn't make a dent so I have no idea what happened to them. If it was the Abyss = even more reason to be scared of them 

 

 

[isquirrel]

   
Wonderful tube porn - thank you.
 
I am off to the bathroom now. I might be some time...

Do you need to borrow Matt's gloves ? 

 

[TonyNewman]

 
Do you need to borrow Matt's gloves ? 

 
I prefer the dimpled gardening variety, but I like how your mind works....

 

[isquirrel]

Right I am off to the engineering workshops to get these top plates machined, I forgot how much agony high end audio can be, reminds of the Buddhist saying 'the more you have, the more you have'