Valves

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:06 pm

Paul Barker wrote:That's my great great aunt Moaning Lisa she belongame givva her backa

<c'mon everyone...join in>

"Hey! Wassa matta you hey! Gotta no respek hey... She's got a mingers face...ah shuddapa ya face"

Detorio De Basse.

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:09 pm

andrew Ivimey wrote:I told the butler to take that one to the jumble sale!

Thats funny, I bought it from the back of Ivimey Manor a few years back. Swithers was loading up a Transit with some light bulbs too. i saw this painting of one of Pauls rellies and thought 'I'll have that, gotta be worf a punt innit'.

DTB

Mullardman · Post by **Mullardman** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:29 am

Paul Barker wrote:You two are barking mad.

As soon as a valve is dead I have no further attraction to it. My attraction is based on:

1: it's ability to make good sounds,

2: its investment value.

Both of these die with it.

Philistine!

andrew Ivimey · Post by **andrew Ivimey** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:23 am

Okay Mu-man, I have two NOS GU-13s (nice big transmitter valvolae), which are straight off the plane from Tblisi.

They don't work.

Give us £20 and I'll mail them to you.

Paul Barker · Post by **Paul Barker** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:42 pm

Yes and you can have my dead 212's px4's px25's and 833 for £20 a pop.

Dave the bass · Post by **Dave the bass** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:32 pm

I've got a dead c3g, now thats a rare 'un. Say, £21?

DTB

Post by **Nick** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:05 pm

Whats going on, is the world out to make my life hell?

there are four different auctions on ebay at the moment for 211E and 211D

Argh, anyone want to buy a kidney?

andrew Ivimey · Post by **andrew Ivimey** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:59 pm

ooooooooooooooo 'slucky I'm a cheapskate.

Just think, they are old and fragile and they won't survive the journey ...

but you still want them.

No PayPal.

Steptoe · Post by **Steptoe** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:30 am

E55L has a gm of 45 but the grid is so close to the cathode that a lot of them have a manufacturing defect and don"t pass the tests. Maybe KT 33C is a more realistic option with its gm of 10 and more rugged looking construction. It also looks like a proper valve while E55L has a distinctly effeminate appearance.

With regard to the step up transformer, I have used a 3:1 step up on a regular basis but with surprisingly weedy results I have been informed that in order to double the volume one has to increase the power 10x, yet another illustration of Sod"s law, as if any were needed. Steptoe.

Steptoe · Post by **Steptoe** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:53 pm

Oops. I don"t know how the above comment got here. It is completely out of context and should be ignored. However,while I'm here perhaps I could add some thoughts as to why we collect valves. It is not a question of whether, but of when, the Earth will be struck by a massive solar storm,resulting in the destruction of all electronic equipment that relies on solid state technology. Yea verily, the doubters and mockers shall then weep and wail and run about like headless chickens while we, the chosen few, continue to enjoy listening to our music like nothing has happened, while our vast stores of old valves will suddenly be worth their weight in gold. Steptoe.

Paul Barker · Post by **Paul Barker** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:06 pm

A long as we have vinyl.

Ali Tait · Post by **Ali Tait** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:21 pm

It'll all be fine if it's switched off before the storm hits.

Steptoe · Post by **Steptoe** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:07 am

Dear Ali, if you have children you will already know that nothing is ever switched off. Best wishes, Steptoe.

Paul Barker · Post by **Paul Barker** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:02 am

Steptoe wrote:Dear Ali, if you have children you will already know that nothing is ever switched off. Best wishes, Steptoe.

Yep, that's our house. Also we run out of forks spoons plates and bowls.

Ali Tait · Post by **Ali Tait** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:49 am

Snap..

audio-talk

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