AudioNervosa
Group Therapy => NY Audio Rave => Topic started by: Barry (NJ) on February 07, 2023, 10:41:00 AM
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Anyone in the area have one, or maybe know where I can go to get some tubes tested?
https://www.audionervosa.com/index.php?topic=7290.msg107858#msg107858
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I'm not anywhere near NJ, but I've got an Eico 666 tester. I'd be happy to test them for you (if my manual has settings for them) if you want to send them and pay return shipping.
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Anyone in the area have one, or maybe know where I can go to get some tubes tested?
https://www.audionervosa.com/index.php?topic=7290.msg107858#msg107858
Hey Barry,
I have a Hickok as well as an Eico tube tester, if you need any tubes tested (as long as they're not funky Russian types (unless you have an equivalent chart))...
Cheers,
Pete
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I'm not anywhere near NJ, but I've got an Eico 666 tester. I'd be happy to test them for you (if my manual has settings for them) if you want to send them and pay return shipping.
Thank you sir, that's a possibility! Let me wait a bit to see if someone in the area can help, and if not I'll send you a PM to make arrangements.
as a fyi they are 6922 tubes, to see if your tester can handle them(?)
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Hey Barry,
I have a Hickok as well as an Eico tube tester, if you need any tubes tested (as long as they're not funky Russian types (unless you have an equivalent chart))...
Cheers,
Pete
Thanks Pete! They're 6922 tubes, pretty generic from my little research and understanding.
Can I take a ride out to you one weekend? Worse case, and probably cheaper :rofl: if I just ship 'em out and back.
But it'd be nice to say hello :)
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6922... those are easy to test. But you might just look at a pair of Russian 6N1P or 6n23 types since their so cheap. Or I can probably find a pair of 6dj8 types to loan you if you don't find anything closer.
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Send me your address.
https://www.audionervosa.com/index.php?topic=8711.msg107729#msg107729
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I probably could just drive them over but I'm still sick.
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I probably could just drive them over but I'm still sick.
Not in a super hurry, hopefully you'll be better soon and I can come get them, or you can come visit and we give them a listen.
If you don't mind schlepping a pre-amp too, I'd love to hear a tube pre in my system(?)
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Dropped off at Fed Ex. I was just thinking are the tubes soldered in ?
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Drooped off at Fed Ex. I was just thinking are the tubes soldered in ?
Thank you!!! And no, they're in sockets.
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I probably could just drive them over but I'm still sick.
Sick?
What's going on?
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Hey Barry,
I have a Hickok as well as an Eico tube tester, if you need any tubes tested (as long as they're not funky Russian types (unless you have an equivalent chart))...
Cheers,
Pete
Thanks Pete! They're 6922 tubes, pretty generic from my little research and understanding.
Can I take a ride out to you one weekend? Worse case, and probably cheaper :rofl: if I just ship 'em out and back.
But it'd be nice to say hello :)
Hey Barry,
If you want me to test them, bring them over & we can have a "Music Appreciation" (perhaps a mini Rave!) session, or just mail them to me!
Cheers,
Pete
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Hey Barry,
If you want me to test them, bring them over & we can have a "Music Appreciation" (perhaps a mini Rave!) session, or just mail them to me!
Cheers,
Pete
Hey Pete, Thank you!
Evan sent over a fresh set. I'm going to swap those in and see how it goes.
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I probably could just drive them over but I'm still sick.
Sick?
What's going on?
I call it long covid. they call it respiratory infection. I just demanded antibiotics. I have this since the middle of December
My drugs
Prednisone
Flonase
Tessalon pearls
Some cough syrup.
Mucinex d
vicks vapor rub.
and now Doxycycline... Hope my acne clears up. If I still have this the weekend, they will send me for a chest x-ray
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I call it long covid. they call it respiratory infection. I just demanded antibiotics. I have this since the middle of December
My drugs
Prednisone
Flonase
Tessalon pearls
Some cough syrup.
Mucinex d
vicks vapor rub.
and now Doxycycline... Hope my acne clears up. If I still have this the weekend, they will send me for a chest x-ray
Damn Evan, I do hope you get healthy soon!
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So Evan sent me a fresh set of tubes to try, but sadly they didn't fix my issue. Now when I first inspected the board I was looking for something obvious, like a burnt resistor or a leaky mess around a capacitor. More careful inspection this evening and I noticed that one of the caps is a bit swollen at the top. So I ordered some replacements and I'm hoping that fixes the issue.
Note the top of the cap towards the front right...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52677607991_b9d6120de4_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ofWvAx)
2023-02-08_08-04-10 (https://flic.kr/p/2ofWvAx) by Barry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/20967309@N06/), on Flickr
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Well, I installed 2 new caps, the one with the swollen top and its partner, and I have the little something I had lost back in the sound :thumb:
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It's always a good feeling when you can bring gear back from the abyss. Congrats. :thumb:
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Big thanks to all who offered to help, and especially Evan for sending out a set of tubes for me to try out!