n_maher

You must haz speakerz.

I set a reminder in my calendar for this months ago and was pleased to see it this morning. Thursday night should be fun!

Leftover chicken parm, yum.

All the vendors that I use double test their tubes before shipment and offer some meaningful DOA warranty. Of course, I also test all my own tubes prior to use as well.

I'm sure there are examples of when it's worth paying for and worthwhile in general but I think the basic idea is that unless the vendor is working closely with the buyer and the buyer is also knowledgeable that more often than not it's wasted $$.

It's funny you'd say that, I've had more than one tube vendor tell me not to bother matching tubes because of the inherent non-linear behavior and the fact that they would be matching them at vastly different operating points compared to my application.

It's my understanding that it's highly unlikely that a tube tester is testing the tubes at the same voltage levels experienced while the tube is in use.

Try this link if you want to read the article that Reks linked to. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/nyregion/30bodies.html?scp=9&sq=bodies&st=cse and if that doesn't work try logging into the Times site with: username: mrfixit5 password: mrfixit And Reks, that does make me feel quite a bit different about the exhibit as well.

I may have a cheap pair of ~2m cables available soon (replacing my front channels at home for the fun of it), I'll let you know.

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Just looked at the pictures again, looks like it's time for me to make posty some shorter speaker cables!

Yes, I can understand that there are some folks who don't use it for valid reasons. But all I can say is that if you don't you'd better be prepared to offer some assurances to prospective buyers. I mean all the guy had to do was say, "Here's a link to my Ebay profile. Please feel free to send me an email through their system to prove my identity so you can feel more comfortable sending me an MO for $XXX."

Ground loop buzz.

Don't think I'm not just giving Tyll a little time before offering to buy the pair that go slightly dinged at CanJam.

Use all 3 Vincent, I've had bad luck omitting ground.

Hello? Where are the impressions? Or did you guys have a sleepover before listening?

Color me jealous Jack, the only speaker rig I get to have these days is at my workbench.

Congrats! I'd put the cover back on, forget how it looks on the inside and just enjoy it.

You're finding exactly what I did at CanJam, it's just a glorious amp to listen to. Again, congrats.

Happy Birthday guys! Mike, you can expect to start receiving "gifts" as early as the end of the week.

I can't believe that he made the amp so that it's possible to connect the power cords that way. With the Menace, although it uses the same connectors for all of the power connections, it's impossible to hook it up wrong due to the sex of the connections used at each end. It wasn't hard to do and was a definite design consideration along with making sure that the HV was never exposed on male pins to limit the chances of cooking myself.

Tubes can certainly make noises as the metal inside expands as it heats. I have one set of tubes (outputs) that take a good 30 minutes to heat up to operating temperature and stop making noise.

Agreed, it's one thing if the person is a known quantity but in this case the seller made no mention of payment terms until we were well into discussions about purchasing. All of a sudden it was like, "Hey, how about adding $10 for shipping and sending me a MO? How about no.

Not sure why it'd happen with an input or output tube but it's not all that uncommon with rectifiers, especially if you're running them near the max plate current. The Menace has been known to have a little lightning show in its rectifiers at startup.

Nothing. I can't believe there are still folks who try to sell expensive parts with no feedback and won't take paypal.