First, best wishes to George.
Look like it’s open season on 67 year-olds; I “popped a gut-string” about 2 mos ago (building a little bungalow on the Texas Coast, doin’ SUMTHIN I shouldn’ta been doing). Direct Inguinal Hernia. Surgery 3 weeks ago, still kinda whupped... this sure is No Country for Old Men...
Question: what’s the best current production BUDGET KT-88?
“Budget” meaning no more than about $50/ tube...Genelex Gold Lions look good, but is there something better?
I just realized that I set-up my shop amp for higher voltage (450-500vP) w/NOS Thordarson PST (about 820v at 200mA) and large swinging choke. To get low 400 vP, I have to use a 16uF choke input, so there’s plenty of EMF in reserve; figure I might as well use it. Only limitation is the G-series 5K EDCOR OPTs, but those can be upgraded if “required”.
In other news, got a pair of TSE-II boards from George today.
One is going in a 45 amp with 5K Transcendars from stock. Last night, I slapped some scraps of ash veneer on an old Baltic birch chassis. So far so good; now WOM (waiting on Mouser).
In still MORE news, got one of those “Engineer” plunger type solder suckers, cause I have 5 or 6 circuits that need dissection. Was gonna spring for a vacuum pump type, maybe even a Hakko to match the soldering station; that would have been a mistake. The “Engineer” solder sucker “works a treat” as my Limey buddies say. Gets about 80% average on first shot. No more screwing around trying to get solder wick to wet-out. Highly recommended.
Look like it’s open season on 67 year-olds; I “popped a gut-string” about 2 mos ago (building a little bungalow on the Texas Coast, doin’ SUMTHIN I shouldn’ta been doing). Direct Inguinal Hernia. Surgery 3 weeks ago, still kinda whupped... this sure is No Country for Old Men...
Question: what’s the best current production BUDGET KT-88?
“Budget” meaning no more than about $50/ tube...Genelex Gold Lions look good, but is there something better?
I just realized that I set-up my shop amp for higher voltage (450-500vP) w/NOS Thordarson PST (about 820v at 200mA) and large swinging choke. To get low 400 vP, I have to use a 16uF choke input, so there’s plenty of EMF in reserve; figure I might as well use it. Only limitation is the G-series 5K EDCOR OPTs, but those can be upgraded if “required”.
In other news, got a pair of TSE-II boards from George today.
One is going in a 45 amp with 5K Transcendars from stock. Last night, I slapped some scraps of ash veneer on an old Baltic birch chassis. So far so good; now WOM (waiting on Mouser).
In still MORE news, got one of those “Engineer” plunger type solder suckers, cause I have 5 or 6 circuits that need dissection. Was gonna spring for a vacuum pump type, maybe even a Hakko to match the soldering station; that would have been a mistake. The “Engineer” solder sucker “works a treat” as my Limey buddies say. Gets about 80% average on first shot. No more screwing around trying to get solder wick to wet-out. Highly recommended.
