You tube ****

ben62670
ben62670 Posts: 15,969
edited December 2009 in 2 Channel Audio
You got me rolling.
Thanks
Ben
Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
Thanks
Ben
Post edited by ben62670 on
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
«1

Comments

  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited November 2009
    Tell me about it!

    The tubes in my amp aren't cheap! At least the 12au7's I got were, but I can only imagine that it'll get even more expensive as I move on :o
    Truck setup
    Alpine 9856
    Phoenix Gold RSD65CS

    For Sale
    Polk SR6500
    Polk SR5250
    Polk SR104


    heiney9 wrote: »
    Any clue how to use the internet? Found it in about 10 sec.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • doctor r
    doctor r Posts: 837
    edited November 2009
    It's a disease. You start small but then you consider the possible changes and maybe an improvement so you seek out, you buy, then you hoard. Soon you have cigar boxes full of possibilities (and all your money) but there is always that brand, that NOS year they all talk about. So you continue to seek and aquire.......... Seek professional counciling soon!
    integrated w/DAC module Gryphon Diablo 300
    server Wolf Alpha 3SX
    phono pre Dynamic Sounds Associates Phono II
    turntable/tonearms Origin Live Sovereign Mk3 dual arm, Origin Live Enterprise Mk4, Origin Live Illustrious Mk3c
    cartridges Miyajima Madake, Ortofon Windfeld Ti, Ortofon
    speakers Rockport Mira II
    cables Synergistic Research Cables, Gryphon VPI XLR, Sablon 2020 USB
    rack Adona Eris 6dw
    ultrasonic cleaner Degritter
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited November 2009
    He he he!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited November 2009
    How do you roll?

    Do you grab the tube as hard as you can and twist it in the socket?
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Hilbert
    Hilbert Posts: 316
    edited November 2009
    Or baste the tube with rubber cement to insure a good grip?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,033
    edited November 2009
    You know you love it baby!
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited November 2009
    Face wrote: »
    How do you roll?

    Do you grab the tube as hard as you can and twist it in the socket?
    I guess he must have hooked-up a pair under each of his shoe and he is now roller skating :confused:;)
    DARE TO SOAR:
    “Your attitude, almost always determine your altitude in life” ;)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 915
    edited November 2009
    I got my tubes fired up!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited November 2009
    Show us your tube rolling gloves Ben. The members of the Rockford Audio Society use Dyneema gloves. They provide a firm grip and are supposedly tear proof.

    Do you hot-swap when rolling tubes or do you shut it down first?:D
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited November 2009
    Ha Ha Ha, I just picked up another tube integrated and further down the black hole of tube rolling I shall go.

    It's a disease I got it bad.

    Last count I have 33 pairs of tubes and 8 rectifiers. For one pre amp and one hybrid integrated. Now I get to add some 6V6GT and 6SL7 to the pack; including all the variants for the new integrated. I'm bidding on tubes for it before the amp has even arrived :eek::)

    On a positive note after experimenting with about 10-12 different tube variants I have finally settled on my top 3 (for each amp). The rest will be sold; I hope.

    H9

    P.s. That damn rectifying tube is a killer because once you settle on some input tubes and then start swapping rectifiers............all the results change. Just one more stinking variable in the equation!!!!
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited November 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    I do a boombastic moon walk when I don my tube gloves.


    We want video!:D
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited November 2009
    Doctor R wrote: »
    It's a disease. You start small but then you consider the possible changes and maybe an improvement so you seek out, you buy, then you hoard. Soon you have cigar boxes full of possibilities (and all your money) but there is always that brand, that NOS year they all talk about. So you continue to seek and aquire.......... Seek professional counciling soon!

    You nailed it brotha!!!

    Can anyone say Bendix "Red Bank" 5992's or Tungsol 6SU7GTY or RCA "Red Bank" 5691. It's a disease!!! :D
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited November 2009
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    Show us your tube rolling gloves Ben. The members of the Rockford Audio Society use Dyneema gloves. They provide a firm grip and are supposedly tear proof.

    Do you hot-swap when rolling tubes or do you shut it down first?:D

    They are nifty gloves.............kinda manly too!
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited November 2009
    heiney9 wrote: »

    Can anyone say Bendix "Red Bank" 5992's or Tungsol 6SU7GTY or RCA "Red Bank" 5691. It's a disease!!! :D


    Getting excited here..Bendix Red Bank 6900 or MU6900!

    mu6900.jpg

    (MU Engineering bought the Redbank division and rebranded existing stock and continued to manufacture on Bendix tooling).
    They are nifty gloves.............kinda manly too!


    A BIG + 1 to that!
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited November 2009
    You fellas need help!:D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited November 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    You fellas need help!:D

    Come along and we'll try and find it.:D
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited November 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    You fellas need help!:D

    Is "help" a red-head with big hooters? Then I definetely need to find "help" :D
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited November 2009
    dkg999 wrote: »
    Is "help" a red-head with big hooters? Then I definetely need to find "help" :D

    That sounds like just what the doctor ordered.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited November 2009
    I have a 5670 CBS-Raytheon tube on it's way. I can't wait to ditch the China tube in there. Jerry and George may have some 12AU7's for me to play with.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Poee7R
    Poee7R Posts: 904
    edited November 2009
    Ben, if your wanting to play with some AU7's, I have a trio of Mullards sitting here that I dont use.

    Say the word and their yours.


    Dave
    Once again we meet at last.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited November 2009
    "the word!!!"
    My grounded grid pre uses 3 12au7's:)
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Poee7R
    Poee7R Posts: 904
    edited November 2009
    Haha right on. Pm me your addy and Ill get em out monday.


    Dave
    Once again we meet at last.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Poee7R
    Poee7R Posts: 904
    edited November 2009
    Tubes are on the way Ben, lemme know when you receive them.


    Dave
    Once again we meet at last.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited November 2009
    I have RCA clear top 12AU7's. Ask Jerry (Kawizx9r) what they are all about. They sing!
    Testing
    Testing
    Testing
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited November 2009
    187CAM wrote: »
    I have RCA clear top 12AU7's. Ask Jerry (Kawizx9r) what they are all about. They sing!

    LMAO

    Again it's FREDDY :p:p:p

    And yes, they were my first tubes I've purchased outside of what I got with the preamp. They provide great dynamics, widened my soundstage extensively, and well they just rocked!

    Pre I've got now uses 2x12ax7's and 1x12au7 with philips tubes in the x7 slot. Hmm...
    Truck setup
    Alpine 9856
    Phoenix Gold RSD65CS

    For Sale
    Polk SR6500
    Polk SR5250
    Polk SR104


    heiney9 wrote: »
    Any clue how to use the internet? Found it in about 10 sec.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Slimmjay
    Slimmjay Posts: 4
    edited November 2009
    I just got into tubes a few months back. picked up a Miniwatt tube amp off craigslist, got home and was amazed at what i got from 2.5 watts! yes two and a half watts. Now i've upgraded to a converted Baldwin built by Will Vincent on Audiogon. I've only had it a for a few days and am loving it! the next step is rollling! gotta find just the right ones :) any suggestions for what to swap these 6L6's for?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,565
    edited November 2009
    Last count I have 33 pairs of tubes and 8 rectifiers.

    I read your post and thought to myself, I've never counted my tubes. Well, now I have. 106 tubes here and I just sold off a bunch.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited November 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    I read your post and thought to myself, I've never counted my tubes. Well, now I have. 106 tubes here and I just sold off a bunch.

    You've been at it longer :p. Add 2 more pairs I just bought plus I'm a certain a quad will be in my future very shortly. I am getting ready for a sell off as well. I found my favorites and time to move along the rest that are still nice, just not my favorites.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,565
    edited November 2009
    The sick thing Brock is that I know our collections are peanuts compared to others.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited November 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    The sick thing Brock is that I know our collections are peanuts compared to others.

    Yeah, I know. I've passed on some deals too. But I just have the pre-amp and now 2 integrateds. Just bought a full tube integrated due for delivery tomorrow and I spent a wad on a pair of matched 1950's RCA 'red bank' 5691 (premium military version 6SL7GT) input tubes and was in the hunt for a quad of used Bendix "red bank" 5992 (holy grail 6V6GT) power tubes, which finally sold for $310..........too much $$$ for tubes for a secondary rig -lol.

    Having fun though
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter