3dzapper Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Does anybody have one of these that they can sell me? One of mine died and I am now running three and one JJ. It still sounds OK but....... Gary, how about your "tube guy"? An absolute match isn't necessary as I built in individual bias controls. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 ---------------- On 1/15/2004 3:37:21 PM 3dzapper wrote: Does anybody have one of these that they can sell me? One of mine died and I am now running three and one JJ. It still sounds OK but....... Gary, how about your "tube guy"? An absolute match isn't necessary as I built in individual bias controls. Rick---------------- If you can't find it from a Forum member, one of these two sites will have it for sure. Upscale Audio or Antique Electric Supply Good luck. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Rick, Do you know who the original manufacturer was for the tube. I know I don't have any branded Dynaco but I may have the proper tube that you need. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Mobley Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Why don't pick up a set of the Russians from Craig? I got a couple sets from him and they sound great in my Eico and Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 Craig, It does not say on the tube. They were made in the USA. In addition to that they say:6BQ5, Dynaco, 33, 33, 79, and E over N. Tom, I have several sets of Russians. They do sound good. I've got EHs in my HF-81 which is going on ebay soon and some EL-84M/7189s I got from Lithiuania which sound great in the 299b. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Rick, Snap me a real close up shot of the plate structure of the tube and I'll dig thru my stash and see if I have something with the same build. I have a good mixed selection of 6BQ5's you can have one of I have something that matches. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 Craig, first maybe gary can see if his tube guy has one of the originals, if not I'll email a pic to you. You have a lot of work to do so, QUIT YAKKIN' AN' GET CRAKKIN' Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Oh trust me I have a 399 Scott tore down to the max as I type. A guy has to take a break now and then The main filter can popped while bringing it up on a variac. Scares the **** out of me everytime ! Pretty much harmless though. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 How loud of an explosion does a cap can make when it blows out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Way back when, a buddie of mine was trying to troubleshoot some problem with a car cassette deck. He's probing around with a cheap Micronta rat shack 12 volt supply for some reason, and hits a cap rated lower than 12 volts. Ka-bang!! About as loud a good firecracker. Big white cloud, wadding everywhere, and he's got cap gunk on himself. I couldn't help but laugh. We victomized a Kraco "Sound Exploder" car amp once. (Remember those..) One side is fried. So OK, we pull the cover on the thing, and pull the heat sink off the little transistor, letting it free-air. Then we proceeded to find as many speakers as we could find to hook up to the existing working side of the amp. High efficiency woofers, car subs, car speakers, home speakers, speakers with the cones frapped, we didn't care. Pretty soon the little rat shack 12 volt supply keeps kicking it's breaker, so we moved on to a good car battery. We managed to parallel wire 12 speakers to that one side of that Kraco amp before the little transistor's die face went crack with a little "Tink!" with a nice wisp of white smoke. It kinda impressed us, at the time. We always tortured electronics to kill boredom in those days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted January 15, 2004 Author Share Posted January 15, 2004 Much more humane than cats Mike. I know you killed kittens the other way. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Admit it Rick, you've probably killed a couple kittens in your time as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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