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Thanks for the advice, Nate. I retested this morning and all 8 tubes passed with no bright, white flashing. Two of them still blinked during the K shorts test, but I won't worry about that now. I told the seller about this and that the tubes were all acceptable. I also was able to solve another problem today. The fuse blew, probably due to contact cleaner in the volume pot. That was a couple of weeks ago. I removed the fuse and put the holder back into the upright tube that holds the fuse. Without a fuse, I managed to jam holder in the tube. I was finally able to remove it today with the help of WD40 and a paper clip, that I straightened and put a small hook on the bottom. A new fuse is now installed. I'll install the tubes tomorrow and see how everything works. Edit: Installed the JJ's and gave it a try. My systems is now playing the beautiful, beautiful music again.

Well, my matched octet of EL84 tubes arrived today. The first thing I did with them is run them through my Jackson 658A tester. On initial testing, everything tested well except that on 4 of the 8 tubes, there was flashing on shorts test K (the first shorts test). After finishing the initial test, I decided to retest the 4 failing tubes being sure to give them plenty of time to warm up. The first 2 tubes I tried then passed shorts test K with no problem. The third tube still has a flashing problem with this test. The last tube arced when I inserted it into the tester. By arced I mean that there is an extremely bright, flashing, white light. To be sure that my tester wasn't the problem, I reinserted a tube that originally passed shorts test K. It exhibited normal behavior including still passing test K. So I have 1 defective for sure and 3 other suspect tubes. I sent a message to the seller asking him to suggest a resolution to this problem. We'll see what he says. Do you think that I should insist on all 4 (potentially) bad tubes being replaced or just the one that arced? I guess I need to see if JJ EL84 have a reputation for being "fragile". At least it happened in my tester and not my amp.

Happy Birthday, Dan. :prettyprincess: Hope you have a great one!

Nothing from possibly the greatest genius of all time, Archimedes?

Jacob, you anal? That's hard to believe.

Happy Birthday, Al. :prettyprincess: Have a great one!

Happy Birthday, Colin! :prettyprincess: Darn, I thought I had already done this. Have a fun time in Dallas.

Wonderful news, Peter.

I never saw the box for matching. I use Firefox with the NoScript add-on. I allowed tubestore.com but not everything needed to see the box. After I allowed "everything on the page" then I could see it, but it was too late. I hate it when pages use other websites to implement dynamic parts on their page. He definitely seems to know his stuff and, from reading his site, likes the tubes I had already ordered. His price is higher than I paid.

Marc, I checked out Upscale Audio's web site and found that all their EL84 tubes are much more pricey than I want to pay. Antonio, thanks for the JJ recommendation. I couldn't find any mention of matching on the Tube Depot site so I googled for a matched octet of JJ EL84 tubes and found this: NIB Matched Octet JJ EL84 Amplifier Power Tubes The seller has great feedback and the price is as good as anything I found, so I ordered an octet. I'll let everybody know how much I like them.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Wood. :prettyprincess: Hope it's a great one! I'm glad you've been back recently.

Tough weekend. Louis Jourdan on Saturday and Lesley Gore today. RIP both of you, two more great entertainers lost.

Happy Birthday! :prettyprincess:

Happy Birthday, Ed! :prettyprincess:

You're definitely not in Kansas, er England any more.

It's time to replace the output tubes on my Anthem Integrated 1 amp. I bought it used in 1997 and it came with Sovtek EL84 output tubes. I need 2 matched quartets or, even better, a matched octet. So this means current production tubes. Could you please recommend current production EL84 (6BQ5) tubes and a seller who can provide the matching. Thanks in advance for your advice.

It means that if you ever break the code of silence, Birgir will find you and make drink red vodka until you pass out. You'll awaken in a women's lavatory.

Happy Birthday, Stephen. :prettyprincess: Hope everything is going great for you!

Sorry you are having so much snow, Nate.

BestBuy has that model on sale for $379.99 at the moment. You can pick it up for free at a store or have it delivered for an additional $69.99.

Newegg customer support wants to verify that you can see the TV from all angles.

Happy Birthday, Jeff. :prettyprincess: I hope that it's been great and that the evening will be even better!

RIP Joe.

You're a skier and probably don't need to be told this, but be sure to put sunscreen on the bottom of your nose. UV is reflected by the snow and I've seen people with nasty sun burns there after skiing all day in bright sunlight.

Jacob made them an offer that they couldn't refuse. I believed that a shovel was part of the offer.