The Amp Garage

wawa wrote:I have this same tester. do you have settings for EL34? There were so many revisions I'm not sure if mine is correct. Thanks in advance.

EICO 666 Tester ( 1-1-78 ) for 6CA7 tube:

FIL: 6.3
GR: 30
PL: 95
LEVERS: 11435 12111
V: 4
S: 1
LEAK: 3-4-5-8
MERIT: 3

Sorry for the late response!

MACK, Caterpillar, Briggs & Stratton, Zippo, Hoover... I think you've already thought of the best ones, though.

Can anyone here recommend a good (translated 'cheap') variable power supply for my bench?

My name is Tim & I'm 42 yrs old. I live & work in big D, although I'd rather be cruising in a hammock with a good dopplebock & smoking a cuban cigar watching a Carribbean sunet. I design circuit boards, mostly Automated Test Equipment stuff for Texas Instruments. I'm married & have two boys and a ne...

The Xotic RC Booster pedal works nice too, and it doesn't change your tone and has true bypass. I use the Boss GE7 for a solo booster, works perfect when you notch up the level slider to just above your normal playing volume - plus you can shape the sound with the EQ. These will work unless you are ...

Looks like something outta Grandpa's lab, from The Munsters.

Yikes! Looks like you'd have to have an EE degree to turn the thing on. I'll bet it has $200 worth of chickenhead knobs on it.

Welcome! Sound clips would be nice, too....

That's a nice looking amp you have there. Welcome!

juse wrote :These sound files could probably be uploaded without the zip/compression - it's not really saving that much space by zipping them up. you are right but .mp3 are not allowed and converted in wave files are too big (5 Mega max) any ideas?[/b] I wasn't aware that mp3s were not supported he...

Go to a sampling of the big new tube outlets (TheTubeStore, Doug's Tubes, Tube Depot, etc.) and see what's on offer. :) --mark I wasn't sure if that would be a good indicator of tube production or not, as opposed to being a certain store's inventory. But, then again, if they all have the same items...

How can I find out what tubes are currently in production? I have a huge box of old tubes & would hate to design a circuit around one that you can't even get any more.

Richie wrote:can't open or play the files

you probably need winrar to unzip the files (it's shareware - a 40 day trial):

http://www.download.com/3000-2250-10007677.html

These sound files could probably be uploaded without the zip/compression - it's not really saving that much space by zipping them up.

Try this:

6JE6

FIL: 6.3
GR: 90
PL: 50
LEVERS: 65121 63164
V: 2
S: 1
LEAK: 2-3-7-C
MERIT: C

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Hope this helps.