guzziguy

Thanks. I didn't realize how cheap they were. Doh! I should have checked. For their price, I can afford a bad tube from time to time. I was looking at a tester that can test everything from 4 pin tubes up to the compactrons. Of course, it was more than I wanted to spend. No I don't have to. Yay!

That too. Sorry, should have said "new friends", though you'll probably be visited by existing friends too. I'm smart enough to count to three. Three posts up from your post is a post by Naaman.

I'm looking to buy a tube tester and would like to make it a bit future proof to my buying habits. Before researching the testers, I never knew that 12 pin tubes existed. I'm talking about 6KD6 compactron type tubes. Does anybody here use them, design with them, etc.? Has anybody even seen a piece of audio equipment that does use them? I'm guessing that I won't ever need to test them, but would like to know more about them before I dismiss them.

Naaman is smart. Still, that may only cut down the number of friends by half.

Don't you know that cable candling leads to a huge improvement in their SQ? Of course, you have to candle in the correct direction.

Naaman, you are about to have lots of friends.

This explains how wax gets into the ear. We are looking for a way to get it back out.

Til hamingju me

At least until you are 50 and the scoping starts.

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

Who is going to start the impressions thread? Happy Birthday Matt! Hope you have a great one. :prettyprincess:

Acrylic is a plastic.

It's still early in Hawaii.

Is it because doctors type even worse than they write?

I would have thought that you've already seen enough beach to last a lifetime. What you need to see is some ocean.

No, the ear canals are totally external. The eardrum separates the outside from the middle ear. The middle ear is connected to the outside via the Eustachian tube, which connects the middle ear to the throat. This is necessary to keep air pressure equal between the outer and middle ears. Here is a diagram:

This isn't a great forum on which to be lazy. Lazy people tend to attract this kind of attention: No matter what advice you get in this thread, you'll still have to do the work to decide for yourself what works best. So do the work once you get them. That being said, I agree with Nate that they sound wonderful being driven by a B22. However, for me they also sound good being driven by my SP Platinum Extreme with 6as7g output tubes. So a "high power" OTL tube amp also works.

Happy Birthday!

Which way is backwards? In or out?

Happy Birthday Laine! :prettyprincess: I'll listen to some Gabby Pahinui today in your honor (and because I like him ).

Don McLean - American Pie. Too bad he was a two hit wonder.

Happy Birthday Ian! :prettyprincess:

Why don't you attend? Then you won't have to read about it.

Yay! Guess who is calling in sick this week?