"Pooh Bear" wrote

Anyway, I think they are surprisingly good for the price and would be
quite
satisfied if I had built one to the same standard myself. (I hope the pix
give sufficient indication.) Note the pound coin on one of the OPTs for
scale - to reassure those here who are ever prepared to condemn without
seeing/hearing......

What did you pay ?


The second one (featured) cost £238 inc carriage. (The first one was £245 I
think...)



And what's the 4th transformer lurking inside the chassis for ? Just the
heaters
? I can just about see 6.3V marked on it.


That's just the belly of the main power trannie.

Andy Evans wrote:
I prefer to let the sound breathe, whatever the beneficial
effects of NFB on distortion.

WTF is that supposed to mean?

Keith G wrote:
"Nick Gorham" wrote



6F2's are $4 from

http://www.diyhifisupply.com/diyhs_nos_china_tubes.htm



Thanks Nick - 8 of these are on their way to me even as I type (?? ;-) for
only £21+ on Paypal!!

Ya canna beat it, can ya?

:-)


Good. :-)

Well, actually bugger, If I had thought, I would have sent you some cash
to add a couple of blackgates to the order and combine shipping, not to
worry.

--
Nick

Nick Gorham wrote:
Keith G wrote:

"Nick Gorham" wrote



6F2's are $4 from

http://www.diyhifisupply.com/diyhs_nos_china_tubes.htm




Thanks Nick - 8 of these are on their way to me even as I type (??
;-) for only £21+ on Paypal!!

Ya canna beat it, can ya?

:-)


Good. :-)

Well, actually bugger, If I had thought, I would have sent you some cash
to add a couple of blackgates to the order and combine shipping, not to
worry.


In fact I am suprised you didn't get a pair of Valve Art 2a3's as well,
for $36 a pair. Lot to be said for the current exchange rate :-)

--
Nick

"Nick Gorham" wrote

Thanks Nick - 8 of these are on their way to me even as I type (?? ;-)
for only £21+ on Paypal!!

Ya canna beat it, can ya?

:-)


Good. :-)

Well, actually bugger, If I had thought, I would have sent you some cash
to add a couple of blackgates to the order and combine shipping, not to
worry.


Bugger.

"Nick Gorham" wrote


Well, actually bugger, If I had thought, I would have sent you some cash
to add a couple of blackgates to the order and combine shipping, not to
worry.


In fact I am suprised you didn't get a pair of Valve Art 2a3's as well,
for $36 a pair. Lot to be said for the current exchange rate :-)


Aargh! If had any inkling you wanted summat we could *easily* have ramped it
past the $100 Free Shipping mark!! (7 bucks of that 21 quid was postage!!)
I've got a spare pair of EH Golds but some Chinese valves would have been
good to try - notice that the '6F2' (??) can drive 2A3s and 300Bs - hence
getting a small ****load.... ;-)

Got the second Chinky amp on as I type and listening to 'A Soldiers's Tale'
as I type - wot a truly fabulous sound. So *direct*, so *wireless*!! (I
really cannot recommend these amps highly enough at the price!!!)

Ay oop - Bob Harris coming up now. How long will that last before I gotta
put a Divvy on! ;-)

Regarding 2a3s, if you ask Edicron nicely they'd probably sell them for around
£16 each. Mind, that would be Sovtek, but that's not shabby.

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"Andy Evans" wrote in message
...
Regarding 2a3s, if you ask Edicron nicely they'd probably sell them for
around
£16 each. Mind, that would be Sovtek, but that's not shabby.


No, bugger them - I'd sooner have a pair of these

http://www.diyhifisupply.com/tubes/t...mesh-large.jpg

at $239 :-)

and a pair of these:

http://www.diyhifisupply.com/tubes/va-2a3-large.jpg

at a heady $36 a pair!!

(I've got two pairs of EH Golds, so I don't need any more Russian...)

Actually, I was told the other week that a whole batch of Edicrons, that I
revalved an amp with, had virtually all failed, apparently??

Actually, I was told the other week that a whole batch of Edicrons, that I
revalved an amp with, had virtually all failed, apparently?

Doesn't matter - Troy will replace them, no questions asked. I had an EH 7591
go down and it was back and matched within days.

=== Andy Evans ===
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