crappyjones123

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fack.

just picked up a mullard 12au7 b6h made at the blackburn plant with the original box. was helping one of my moms friends clean out their garage and found a stash of tubes. only thing that didnt look busted/useless was this mullard b code 12au7 and a rca 12au7 which has no sound in the right channel. nice score nonetheless for a mornings worth of work. letting the tubes warm up now but upon an initial listen the mullard + 421a = pretty fucking nice. the acoustic guitar sounds WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY nicer than with the bugle boy 12au7 but the mullard takes a smidgen off of the top end i think. first pair of 12au7s i have been able to tell a marked difference between. maybe its just that i have been listening to the bugle boy for the past week straight and now switching tubes makes the differences more apparent. nonetheless, very very nice tube. you guys are making me want to go ahead with the crazy build now =/ are there any teflon tube sockets that go into the holes of the stock top plate without any modifications?

damn didnt know they were that delicate. is the owner responsible for such accidents (rebuild costs etc) or are they covered under some weird clause of the warranty? starting to get more and more reasons to cancel my jh16 order - the first few being 6 emails and 3 phone calls that havent been replied to and this is after i have already paid of the jh16s...seems like im in the camp of the few that have had to deal with shitty customer service but i have been extremely polite in all my messages. perhaps i need to try to use stronger language.

they just fell on the ground and cracked open? or was there any force/weight involved? pretty damn brittle if just a fall to the ground makes them spit their guts out...

yeah...we do their homework because they dont know how to fucking find means or medians let alone meaningful statistics.

damn. must post more so i get cooler than nebby. any thoughts on how this headphone sounds or would sound with the crack? always wanted to hear it but never had a chance to...

ive heard about 8 or 9 12au7 variants now and havent heard anything as quiet as the amperex bugle boy 12au7. next comes the hytron 5814a. could live with either but 421a + the bugle boy is what i listen to most of the time.

you wont be damning me when you listen to them. the ones from ebay?

i can feed the habit as well. got plenty of crack derivatives to float around

i am far too paranoid. returned the tube to the seller and asked for a replacement. but then again, i am in the same state so shipping back to the place was cheap.

trying to get google voice set up so i can make phone calls from my computer. using windows 7 64 bit. the thinkpad has built in mics which sucks so i am trying to use a zalman mic that i have been using for the past 7 years without issue. i can use the mic in ventrilo (skype like program gamers use) and it works just fine so hardware is fine. current set up is as follows. usb - gamma 2 - crack - 650s (for hearing) zalman mic - thinkpad combo jack (same jack for headphones and mic) built in mics are muted. built in volume control is muted. when i go into volume control settings i only see the settings for the built in mic. when i go into google voice settings i see "default device" and the built in mic. i can hear just fine. usb dac works with google voice. when i select default device for mic, and talk, nothing happens. when i select built in mic and unmute it, the voice meter moves. thoughts on how to use the external mic are more than welcome. been working on this for a while now.

listening to raytheon 6as7g with the amperex 12au7. sounds anemic compared to the 5998 and the 421a. marked lack of bass volume (no boom boom bass) but i think that as a result of that the mids seem more emphasized. really nice for vocals but not so much for bass heavy music. bass note just withers away very quickly. with the 421a the impact seems to stick around for a little bit longer. now at 8 x 6080 variants and 19 x 12au7s :facepalm: but i am finding certain tubes to be better for certain things. however i could just keep the 421a and the bugle boy 12au7 and the amperex 7316 and all it a day. perhaps i should just sell everything else and stock pile those... nebby (or anyone else for that matter) thoughts on yours? or you are too busy listening to the lambdas

tubes are not important speaking of which, moar came in today running 421A and bugle boy now. with all the noise in the background, cant tell the difference between the $20 hytron 5814a and the $70 amperex bugle boy.

i paid $326 for the crack (only)

damn...high praise from gene. wonder how it would stack up against the crack. roughly the same price. hmm...

happy bday sir.

ipod touch arrived today but zagg invisibleshield STILL HASNT SHIPPED >< dont want to take it out without the "shield" (scared i will scratch it and it will look nasty). glad you like it dinny. hope i get to play with it soon enough. is there anything that i can use to chat with sister who has an older ipod touch (no camera) or perhaps use my ipod touch and her laptop (which has a webcam)? any source for apps other than itunes?

tried 421A all day yesterday with a rca blackplate 12au7. then switched to 5998 and couldnt tell as much of a difference. just went back to 421A and theres a marked difference in bass. waaaaaaaay nicer with the 421A. right now running the 421A with a mullard 12au7 (labeled as an amperex). mighty fine midrange. very very nice.

buncha tubes came in today. unfortunately one of the 6as7g's has a loose base (the top half isnt sealed to the base) but all other 11 tubes arrived safely (they pass the visual inspection and the rattle test). currently playing the 421A and an rca blackplate 12au7 which replaced the stock 12au7. the amp is full of surprises. MUCH cleaner on the top end. some of the bloomyness is gone. the bass is less flabby. will try swapping out the 421a for the 5998 later tonight and see how things change if they do at all. for now, amp and i are very happy. thanks doc

vicki, you just took me back to so many summers as a child that i spent reading archie digests out in the sun. good times. i bet that thing will sell like hot cakes...sad, yes. good business plan for idiots who are happy with the dollar earbuds from cvs, certainly.

so are you chinese or japanese?

woohoo go brent

man you guys take some nice photos. any suggestions or perhaps links to good photo taking practices? where the light source should be? how far to stand? a beginners guide to taking photographs if you will. 99% of the pictures i take are blurry and look like shit but randomly i come up with something that isnt totally embarrassing. would like to get better at it though.

nah...in counter strike, i shall remain crappyjones forever. no phd will take the crappyjones out of me thanks all