Amp stands, tubes, Audioquest & Zaolla cables, DIY

doctorcilantro · October 2008

Amp stands: (2) 9x12x4 flat grained maple with cherry stain w/ cones. $250 shipped CONUS
More pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/Catuccio/Digitanalogue#

I bought these on Agon a few years ago, and they blew my mind as my first "hi-fi" power amp purchase. That said, I'm moving on to another Quicksilver product. I will provide a matched pair of Groove Tube 12AX7 (Platinum grade from upscale audio - less than two months old), a matched pair of RCA black plates (not sure of year), matched pair of RCA grey plates (not sure of year), and matched pairs of SED Winged C 6550 (from Upscale Audio- no more than 3 months old $172). The RCAs all test strong on my Eico 635 tester. Quicksilver cages included; you can drill the chassis for the provided screw hole, I haven't, they just sit atop the amps. Chrome transformers, premium tubes, and cages. Shipping included in CONUS. $900 shipped.

SOLD SOLD SOLD

more pics:
http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstube&1224560405&item

Zaolla Silverline RCA cable - locking plugs, solid silver core with copper hybrid. 37" tip to tip. Re-terminated on one end with Dayton locking plugs. 50$ shipped

Zaolla RCA pair 5ft. Locking Zaolla pugs. - 90$ shipped

Zaolla 3ft XLR>RCA (unbalanced w/ 3rd pin floated) 75$

Audioquest Jaguar 1m 36v dbs xlr SOLD

Audioquest Cheetah 3ft. RCA 36v DBS system - a little worn but solid - $375 shipped.

Audioquest Cheetah 6ft. 36v RCA DBS system - a little worn but solid - $600 shipped.

10' Generic HDMI cable - 40$ shipped

6ft. DVI>HDMI cable (gold plated)- 20$

6ft Phillips Toslink PX1000- like new 20$ shipped

Blue Jeans Cable toslink 3ft. 14$ shipped

TUBES: all tested on Eico 735; 50 is "Good" EDIT*

I've done some more testing and my conclusion is that this tester is out of sync. Brand new 6922 EH tubes test at 75. I also have some NOS Amperex USN-CEP that test at 77.

I hang out at the Klipsch forum with some VERY old school audio fans, and I got this response.

" You can pretty much guarantee that if never restored the caps etc. on your tester are dried out or drifted, the meter may be our of spec and if the Eico uses tubes, they could be old and worn out also.

If your new tubes test at 70 I would use that as a baseline, which means the older 12AX7's are about 3/4's good.

Don't forget small tubes last a long time, so well not new, they could have a long life ahead of them. Always keep some of the older spares around. They usually were made better and in applications like preamps will probably sound better. "

I feel confident that the tester is testing correctly, but has drifted because I have tested a matched trio of new 6922s and another 6922 that was purchased with them but not matched (for use in a phono stages infrasonic filter). The trio sit at 75 and the extra 6922 is at 71.

EH 6922 (4) brand new from Jim McShane. Matched tube trio w/balanced sections.
Single tube with matched/balanced sections.SOLD

Phillips 6922 JAN ECG. 80/80 10$ shipped.

12AX7 RCA USA orange label. Halo getter. Different tooling from above. Short grey plate. 62/62 20$ shipped

12AX7 RCA (3) long ribbed black plate (from Lowry organ; stamped Lowry so made by RCA). 59/55; 57/55;54/56 nice tubes and still have a little life - 90$ shipped

12AX7 RCA trio (3) labeled with large print (2) black plate; D getter. 1950s model, ribbed black plates and “D” getters. 59/58; 56/60; 60/60 - 60$ shipped. One tube (last pic) has same D-Getter but a tiny bit different from the other two (larger D-getter and smaller black plate).

12AX7 RCA (6) ribbed grey plate - 15$ apiece

6922 Amperex USN-CEP noted as one of THE best 6922 ever made (2) matched pair 77/78 77/77 - SOLD$

6922 Amperex USN-CEP noted as one of THE best 6922 ever made (2) matched pair 77/77 77/77 SOLD$

Carbon fiber vinyl record brush - like new. 15$ shipped

NEC DVD burner - internal ATA66, highly renowned at CDfreaks. 25$

ATI HDMI/DVI adapter Rev. B (for 3xxx series cards enables audio over hdmi) - 10$ shipped

Logitech Bluetooth Travelar Headset and Belkin USB Bluetooth dongle- 40$ shipped (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/we...s/235&cl=us,en)

PureAV Belkin VGA cable (heavy duty/gold plated) 5ft - 20$ shipped

DIY wire, plugs, spades - soon

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