dminches - the adapter is made out of unatium. Yes, I see these adapters on eBay all the time but he likes nice things and it's always fun spending other peeps $$$$$$
I understand the wallet thing, its tubes and DAC's that get me. The RCA 5U4G is a nice tube, I have a few from the 40's and 50's but they also have gone up in price, like north of $100.00 ...
If you look at the Woo Audio Tube Compatibility Chart for the 3ES, there are a lot of options.
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Jack is good guy. Just 2 yrs ago the USAF-596 was trading for $75.00ea but in today's market they're $200.00 to $250.00 when you can find them. If you look at what Jack is asking for them, it includes the $150.00 adapter so not to bad.
The 3ES Elite, you going to use STAX headphone? Also...
Been searching and acquiring the following: 421a, 422a, 5998, 6080, 6AS7G, A1834, CV2984 and 7236. 1st up are the different 5998/421a, only now missing the Tung-Sol 5998 with White Lettering, on the way and the Chatham 2399 with Yellow Lettering, it's kind of like Bigfoot, heard about it and...
Western Electric Pre-60's will have the grey plate and Post-60's will have the black plate.
Western Electric 274B can provide at most 225ma
Western Electric 422A can provide at most 400ma
These just landed this week and wanted to share with you.
G.E.C. KT88 - early 1960s
Tung-Sol 6550 nickel collar around brownbase, smooth black plates, 1st Gen late 1950s
Brimar CV1985 6SL7GTY - June 1955
Just got two of these in for the collection ...
Base: UX-Base (4 Pins (2 thick, USA 1924, UX) 2 Top contacts.
Filament: Vf 5 Volts / If 3 Ampere / Direct / Specified voltage AND current AC/DC
Description: High-rel, high altitude (60000ft) version of 1641, full wave rectifier. 2.3KV PIV, 275mA...
Hello,
Just going through the NOS Tube Collection and wanted to share with the members the following > NEVZ 6N76P with Gold Pins and OTK Military Markings - 1979 | RCA USN-CRC 5963 - 1960 | La Radiotechnique 12AU7WA - 1962 | Telefunken ECC82 - 1960
Be on the lookout for others coming in...
Thought I would share with the audience as I have never seen these before, just had to add them to my collection. Also having a hard time finding any reference to these tubes.
I sure will once the Baltic-3 comes in but about to start the remodeling of the music room over the coming weeks. Which I hope does not turn into months and it's a little disheartening when I walk by it because there is nothing sitting in there.