Blue Glowing Tubes

Systems
Systems Posts: 14,873
edited April 2007 in Electronics
I noticed last night that my TungSol 6550's were having a nice blue glow to them. I thought maybe for a sec I was having a nice flashback to daze gone bye. But I had to keep coming back and looking at what I thought couldn't be there. There it was.....a Blue Hue in my Tubes. Has anybody ever seen this?. I know of Halo Getters....but this is different. I checked again today and its still there. All 4 tubes have a Blue Glow to them??? I'm almost compelled to remove them and save for the sake of rareity???


BTW...they only have about 20 hours on them as I replace all tubes after 150 hrs. The all knowing gold/yellow glow of the normal tube lightness is still present.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited April 2007
    Any pics would be cool.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2007
    Take off your sunglasses.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2007
    Maybe you haven't given them enough attention :eek:
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited April 2007
    And maybe you are really back in the 70's. Pics please.

    So how do tubes normally last?
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2007
    Why are you replacing tubes after 150 hours?

    Blue is perfectly fine, as long as the bias is inline.

    Say that 5 times fast.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited April 2007
    Can you send me all your 6550's with 150, 200 or 300 hours? I'll pay for shipping ;)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2007
    Yeah, really. I'll enclose a thank you note for the complimentary burn / break in.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2007
    LOL.....pics to follow. I find that Tubes sound good for the first 150 hours and roll off after that. I save the old tubes matched for replacement as I feel the need for mellower tone.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,814
    edited April 2007
    Man, 150 hours and they are just getting prime.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2007
    You're nuts. Not your nuts, you are freaking nuts. Not in a good way, mind you. You need professional help.

    A regular psychiatrist couldn't even help stereo_luver. stereo_luver needs to go to like Vienna or something. You know what I mean? stereo_luver needs to get involved at the University level. Like where Freud studied and have all those people looking at him and checking up on him. That's the kind of help stereo_luver needs.

    Not the once a week for eighty bucks. No. stereo_luver needs a team. A team of psychiatrists working round the clock thinking about him, having conferences, observing him, like the way they did with the Elephant Man. That's what I'm talking about, because that's the only way stereo_luver is going to get better.

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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited April 2007
    Call an optimist, she's turning blue
    Such a lovely color for you
    Call an optimist, she's turning blue
    While I just sit and stare at you

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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited April 2007
    And that isn't a reflection in the glass from the blue led's? Nevertheless, pretty cool :cool:
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited April 2007
    Nope. That is the tubes. I think its pretty :cool: too :)
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  • Normanality
    Normanality Posts: 297
    edited April 2007
    stereo_luver wrote:

    BTW...they only have about 20 hours on them as I replace all tubes after 150 hrs. The all knowing gold/yellow glow of the normal tube lightness is still present.


    I think stereo_luver is spot on!!! :eek:

    I mean, he absolutely LOVES his solid state amps, and after 150 hours, those 6550's start to soften up and sound like tubes!! Of course he has to replace them :D
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited April 2007
    Cool looking.

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