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Ampdog

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Interest?
« on: February 04, 2009, 02:43:01 am »
Why are there more petrol-heads contributing to AVforumsSA than vacuum heads (er - ooops; sorry!)? Are Ghostinthemachine and myself the only ones keeping the vacuums up and filaments burning?

And, by the way, D ... that awful 17-letter username of yours that nobody can remember for long enough to write it. Can I suggest that you shorten it to perhaps Ghostinmac? Sounds much more poetic and sexy (Scottish as well - as in Whisky)!  ;D ;D :D
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2009, 07:33:30 am »
Uhm, I'm interested. :D
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2009, 08:20:56 am »
He-he oom Johan - The ghost in the machine is all that I am these days - I have been reduced to just that.  ;)

GITM I believe is a good acronym...

Back to the topic - TUBES ARE THE BUSINESS!
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2009, 08:22:37 am »
Maybe it is because there is so little smoke in these tubes that people are wary of their function...after all all electronics run on smoke :D
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2009, 08:43:56 am »
Quote from: Timber_MG on February 04, 2009, 08:22:37 am
Maybe it is because there is so little smoke in these tubes that people are wary of their function...after all all electronics run on smoke :D

Hey Martin, remember that the tubes contain the smoke better as they have a vacuum - lol! 
But be weary of "the white shine of death" or "great balls of fire" inside a tube. Lol!
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2009, 08:47:57 am »
At some stage I was interested out of curiousity, but since then I have heard some Valve pre-amps and power amps in direct comparison to me own pre-amp and power amps(switch-mode both ;D ), but I could not hear enough of a difference to warrant the expense.

I am not saying that Valve jobs don't sound good, they do, but just not so good that I would aspire to get into the Valve game ;) The only real attraction they still have to me is the lovely retro look glowing in the night.
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2009, 08:49:19 am »
Well I'm Interrested. I gave some tubes to FD some time ago, and if I look at the pics you guys post I sometimes wonder what I was thinking.  ;D
But I would have probably never gat as far as doing something with them.  :-\

But keep it up, I read and enjoy, I just can't contribute.  :-[
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2009, 08:59:43 am »
I've never owned any valve gear... thankfully... Hehe. Not because I don't like them, but I just don't have space for yet another passion. I'm trying hard to cut down...
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2009, 09:29:13 am »
I have a tube amp, and I enjoy it, but don't know enough to comment too much. So, I visit this threads to learn some more about them.
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2009, 06:02:36 pm »
Quote from: norval on February 04, 2009, 08:49:19 am
Well I'm Interrested. I gave some tubes to FD some time ago, and if I look at the pics you guys post I sometimes wonder what I was thinking.  ;D
But I would have probably never gat as far as doing something with them.  :-\

But keep it up, I read and enjoy, I just can't contribute.  :-[

Naahhh, you did good!


Others have yet to follow your fine example :)



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Re: Interest?
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2009, 07:21:26 pm »
Quote from: Family_Dog on February 04, 2009, 06:02:36 pm
Others have yet to follow your fine example :)


Ja, like those with a single Quad amp that serves no real purpose ;D
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2009, 06:22:00 am »
I love the sound of tubes. but I'm also not a fanatic, and believe that more important than the technology itself is a proper implementation. by that I mean, if you do an average job with tubes, it will sound worse than a good job with transistors. in general I find tube gear to sound very organic, and that's what I really like.
btw, I also own a tube amp, as well as a tube pre-amp (which is currently in my r&d department)... ;)

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Re: Interest?
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2009, 07:00:12 am »
Quote from: Blues on February 05, 2009, 06:22:00 am
I also own a tube amp, as well as a tube pre-amp (which is currently in my r&d department)... ;)

And a....... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2009, 02:59:03 pm »
I just don't get it....

Solid-state is FLAT and SMALL (sounding) - Why, other than for difficult driver loads, would ANYONE (especially if you've heard valves) want solid-state amplification?

TOOBS ROOOL OK!!!
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Re: Interest?
« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2009, 06:28:23 pm »
O.K. it took me some time to see this thread , I would consider myself a tube FAN  ;D ;D
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