[longbowbbs]

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You know, I was thinking...maybe I should take one out of inventory and smash it on the floor in celebration. Much like plates at a wedding. If I do this Monday/Tuesday, I'm going to have to include audio/video. I love the way glass sounds when it shatters. "Ka-chink" or something like that...

I think it will sound better in an amp....just sayin...

 

[xinque]

Hrm..  just noticed the glass on my rectifier tubes had started browning.  Could someone tell me if this is normal or a sign the tube is dying?  Only started looking at them because I lost sound in a channel, swapped out the tubes and seems fine now.  Was using EML-5U4G meshies if that helps.

 

[Silent One]

Rectifiers can and will darken. Miss Sophia (274B Mesh) darkened in only two weeks of play. But I wouldn't describe it as "browning." Darkening, yes. Well, maybe...

 

[Silent One]

USAF-596 final sale is pending... (potentially 3 tubes remaining)
 
Jack was interested in acquiring 10 when I submitted the offer. But fellow members swooped in to secure 7, leaving only three. Trying to see if Jack will accept an "odd-lot." If not, 3 rectifiers will remain open. Should hear back from him overnight; Sunday...

 

[Dubstep Girl]

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Got the LCD2 rev 2s this morning.  They sound OK out of the WA2.  But better out of my recapped 2270.
They just sound more dull out of the WA2.  they lose a bit of energy.
To smooth perhaps?

 
is there any clipping as you raise the volume? for me, they clip past half, especially on music that has any sort of bass. 

 

[Silent One]

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You know, I was thinking...maybe I should take one out of inventory and smash it on the floor in celebration. Much like plates at a wedding. If I do this Monday/Tuesday, I'm going to have to include audio/video. I love the way glass sounds when it shatters. "Ka-chink" or something like that...

I think it will sound better in an amp....just sayin...

 
O, but this will be in the spirit of a party! A one year anniversary, if you would. Obtained my first '596' in Autumn 2011. Louis Roederer Estate or Veuve-Clicquot selection dependent, and this could easily turn into a few hundred dollar celebration of 

one.

 

[Ultrainferno]

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USAF-596
 
Working on getting another clean 20-count in Jan/Feb...

 
good job! then I'll keep my source for may/june. I'll be needing some by then too

 

[Silent One]

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USAF-596
 
Working on getting another clean 20-count in Jan/Feb...

 
good job! then I'll keep my source for may/june. I'll be needing some by then too

 
You might want to move yours up. Confirmed with my source today this is it until another forgotten/hidden batch is found, much like this one.

 

[Ultrainferno]

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You might want to move yours up. Confirmed with my source today this is it until another forgotten/hidden batch is found, much like this one.

 
Ok, just tell me when!

 

[Silent One]

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You might want to move yours up. Confirmed with my source today this is it until another forgotten/hidden batch is found, much like this one.

 
Ok, just tell me when!

 
Well...if sources dry up... and I'm shown destroying a '596' on YouTube...forget email, I'm calling you the moment a mob forms outside the window to the listening room!

 

[kchew]

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Hrm..  just noticed the glass on my rectifier tubes had started browning.  Could someone tell me if this is normal or a sign the tube is dying?  Only started looking at them because I lost sound in a channel, swapped out the tubes and seems fine now.  Was using EML-5U4G meshies if that helps.

 
I wouldn't worry about it. My EML 5U4G mesh plate has clocked about 1000+ hours and it has a dark diffraction grating pattern inside the glass. I posted pics at http://www.head-fi.org/t/428570/woo-audio-amp-owner-unite/20325#post_8305692

 

[Silent One]

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Always good to see you around, kchew! Can we interest you in a pair of clean USAF-596 rectifiers in original boxes?

 
The remaining three went before I could type this message above.

 

[Silent One]

Okay, the 20-count of USAF-596 rectifiers just went final! Will have details for those who pledged in a day or two...stay tuned.

 

[kchew]

Thanks Silent One, but I already have four of them, and I would feel guilty hording more. I would like new owners to have them instead. But thanks for the offer!

 

[Silent One]

I forgot you are 

 well stocked! Hope life is good half way around the world.