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Title: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: Nick Culbreth on October 28, 2005, 11:48:26 PM

One of my Amperex 6DJ8s died, I'm pissed.   >:(

Thanks for letting me vent.

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: BobW on October 29, 2005, 03:16:38 AM

 :'(     All tubies weep at the passing of another Old Stock soldier.....  +

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: carlbeck on October 30, 2005, 08:37:27 PM

I lost three this year, all at the same time. $340.00 later I was up & running again, OUCH!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: scervin on October 31, 2005, 11:26:32 AM

Never had this problem with SS.   :P   jk   

That does suck, got any extras around the house?  Might want to stock up!

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: pfife on October 31, 2005, 11:29:38 AM

This was one of the reasons I decided to go a different direction.  I loved the tube sound, don't get me wrong, but I never put MP3's through it, b/c I didn't want to waste tube life on MP3s.  But, for many listening purposes, MP3's do have their place (just background listening, lets say) - so I felt that I couldn't maximize the versatility of my playback system w/ a tube amp...

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: Tim on November 07, 2005, 01:07:53 PM

I'm very lucky that the tubes that I like best in my system also happen to be pretty inexpensive...

nothing more annoying than settling into the chair and losing a tube though :P

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: pfife on November 07, 2005, 01:29:03 PM

I had a lot of cognitive dissonance when I had my tube amp... I was always worried about wasting tube life on inferior recordings/albums etc.

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: Tim on November 07, 2005, 01:51:34 PM

get those transistors out of here :P

;)

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: Craig T on November 07, 2005, 02:13:11 PM

you've got me worried....

any recommendations for KT88's?  nothing too expensive or hard to find.  I need a quad.

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: Nick Culbreth on November 07, 2005, 04:36:43 PM

Quote from: scervin on October 31, 2005, 11:26:32 AM

Never had this problem with SS.   :P   jk   

That does suck, got any extras around the house?  Might want to stock up!

Unfortunately it took awhile to find the pair I had and the only other source I've found is charging $140 per tube which is a little too steep for me.  I replaced the A frames with a pair of Amperex 6DJ8s from the Bugleboy era, which sounds good but not quite as good as the A frames.  Due to the cost and increasing rarity of quality NOS 6DJ8 tubes I've decided to upgrade my headphone amp rather than buying more tubes.

And for all you solid state guys, the tube sound is worth the added hassles.  :)

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: carlbeck on November 07, 2005, 06:56:15 PM

Let's not forget but we are talking about tube life that is in the hundreds or thousands of hours, that is ALOT of listening. Also when they actually do come up with an amp that sounds JUST like tubes, not similar then I will switch  8)

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: BobW on November 07, 2005, 10:32:16 PM

Quote from: Craig T on November 07, 2005, 02:13:11 PM

you've got me worried....

any recommendations for KT88's?  nothing too expensive or hard to find.  I need a quad.

EH KT-90s

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: Tim on November 08, 2005, 11:02:39 AM

Carl - you have BAT gear right?

Title: Re: Tube Failure Sucks
Post by: carlbeck on November 08, 2005, 12:29:59 PM

Yes, I have a VK-60, I am considering adding another to Bi-Amp but may add a pre instead.