tom_hankins Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Mikhail had the tubes in another small business area (like the original spot he worked out of) he had rented, a short drive from there. Thats where my wife saw them on one of here trips to Denver. Not sure where he keeps them now. Manley uses 5687/7044 in there preamps, amps and phonostage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsch Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Mikhail had the tubes in another small business area (like the original spot he worked out of) he had rented, a short drive from there. Thats where my wife saw them on one of here trips to Denver. Not sure where he keeps them now. Long since gone from there. He put together a pre-fab storage building on his property in Byers, shortly after he moved his plant. They were at the Byers facility, at least until he broke off contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMC_DK Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 He's selling a ton of 5687s these days. Do you think these are mainly untested "pulls"? He's selling them as NOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 I've never seen indication that he tests his tubes. What he does now tho is a complete unknown for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Given the amount of bad tubes he's shipped out over the years I really can't see him testing them. A boneheaded move for him but that's Mikhail for ya, one stupid idea after another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Given his reputation as of late, I'd say buying anything from him would be a really bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted February 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 I'll second that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarroyo Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 guzziguy, are you still enjoying your amp after the Doctor fixed it? Mine (MPX3) sure sounds a lot better after his intervention specially since the hum it had is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted February 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 i haven't had a chance to listen much recently. After Kevin repaired mine, it certainly sounds no worse and probably sounds better. I can't compare them side by side and I don't trust my music memory. I didn't have noise so no obvious (without opening the case) problems were fixed. However, I'm much happier because I know it is now safe and as close to spec as can be made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 It's a bit amazing just how tenacious the SP curse is, even my 100% rebuilt amp hasn't escaped it completely. Just about the only SP item I reused was some of the old wiring for the filaments. The only reason is that it is rather large and being solid core, can be twisted tightly and once fixed in place, stays there. The problem is the insulation though, it melts and splits even at low heat. So one of the times I fired up the amp this week I cued up the first song and half way through it got quieter and quieter until distortion crept in. Hmmm, I looked at the amp, all leds lit and so were the 7n7's but the EL34's were dark. All voltages tested just fine on the PSU so it had to be the fubar filament wires yet I found nothing wrong with them or my soldering. I moved the wires around a bit and the problem hasn't resurfaced in the roughly 40 hours the amp has been in use since then but the wire is clearly cursed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiPete Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 He's selling a ton of 5687s these days. Do you think these are mainly untested "pulls"? He's selling them as NOS. I bought 10 of those 5687s from him. Resold 4, and used 4 myself, and they looked fairly new to me, and worked fine. Maybe I just lucked out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted February 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 The NOS Bendix 6385 tube I bought appears to be brand new too. Unfortunately it tests "Bad". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archosman Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 So what is the latest with Singlepower? Is he still MIA? Out of business? Haven't been following it for some time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Still in hiding was the last I've heard. It's hard to make a comeback when you have tens (if not hundreds) of thousands in gear in for "repair" that would cost a fortune to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archosman Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Sorry to hear not much has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 The website is still up. Singlepower Audio His eBay account is still around: eBay My World - supra_buyer It no longer has perfect feeback like it did ...whenever I last looked at it (a while ago.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Seems he still has thousands of 5687's to peddle. He hasn't totally vanished as he continues to offer new amps to people that placed orders a long time ago. Of those cases I've never seen an amp that actually had the features the people wanted, just some random stuff off the shelf. Could be something in for repair which he fixed and is trying to sell off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archosman Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Looks like his website is dead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Someone smart should buy up the singlepower domain when it comes due... Which would be in june of 2015... Probably too long to wait for a joke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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