On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 22:03:11 +0000, Nick Gorham wrote:

snip

Sadly not mine, and no its not at 211, its a 212 (and assorted
variants). one day I may get to play with toys like that, but first
stage 6em7.

For comparison, this pic is a ecc83 on the left, the next is a 211, and
then various 212 (ish) valves, Paul would go into great and interesting
depth about the differences. And under them all a GM100.

http://www.lurcher.org/nick/audio/vi...l/v4212-20.jpg


wow! That is serious glassware...

I assume that the GM100 isn't for a preamp then.... Sheesh! :-)

Much as I love Paul's collection of heavy-duty audio, It can only be
regarded as an interesting conversation piece when installed like that. It
doesn't exactly blend in with the decor does it? grin
Lovely - my Mrs would kill me... Especially now I've found this pic:
http://www.lurcher.org/nick/audio/vi...paul/paul1.jpg

I've dug my old 6L6 p-p project out again. I may just get to complete it
soon! My nasty little parallelled ECC82 p-p amp still runs nicely, but
there is a bit of a hum on one channel that needs looking at. Low power,
but interesting; and a lot cooler and lighter than a 212 collection. Takes
less juice in total than the heater on one of those...
(photos on mixtel site under Rough Audio).

--
Mick
http://www.nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini information
Also at http://www.mixtel.co.uk where the collection started.
Currently deserting M$ for linux... :-)