Stand well back before lighting the blue touch paper, eh?Originally Posted by Ali Tait
Looks like you guys had another interesting meeting - nice one
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Stand well back before lighting the blue touch paper, eh?
Looks like you guys had another interesting meeting - nice one
Marco.
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Great stuff Ali, probing fingers are not invited
Its all about the sound and not the asthetics
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Jon, yes, though there were some nice looking diy efforts if you look through the pics.
Marco, yes, it was a great meet. I bought myself a 401!
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brilliant!
no need for a radiator in that room then ?
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Not half - that's scary voltage and dissipation. Did people lean back as you were increasing the anode current?
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Aye, to get away from the smell of ozone.
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Scary voltage indeed, but nothing for 833's. It was interesting hearing them sound better and better as more current was fed through them.
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Nick and Paul are talking about running them at 3kV next time!
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I guess triodes sound best in class A
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AFAIK they were always running in class A. The soundstage opened out more and the sense of acoustic and air and space just kept getting larger as the wick was turned up. They really sounded amazing.
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