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Another tube Question
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:15 pm
by 1958zenith
I found a few good 5y3 gt tubes for sale on e-bay, can anyone tell me what the test numbers mean, and are the so called black face tube better than the gray?
Re: Another tube Question
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:04 pm
by Ron Rich
My own personal opinion--"beauty is in the eye of the beholder"--or in this case "goodness is-----".
Ron Rich
Re: Another tube Question
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:19 am
by MattTech
5Y3 is a rectifier tube.
It plays no part in an amp other than rectifying AC into DC.
AudioPhools might think otherwise and even state it "has a certain sound".
Yeah, alright, sure it does.
Re: Another tube Question
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:39 am
by Ron Rich
Matt,
Izzat the "warm tube sound" that I have only heard "people" talk about ? My ears were never good enough to tell "tube sound" from "transistor sound"--and they have become even worse now--- Ron Rich
Re: Another tube Question
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:46 am
by MattTech
Ron Rich wrote:Matt,
Izzat the "warm tube sound" that I have only heard "people" talk about ? My ears were never good enough to tell "tube sound" from "transistor sound"--and they have become even worse now--- Ron Rich
Haha Ron!
Indeed tube amplification has its merits, but not to the point of being some unearthly presence that audio fools think - it's all in their meazily minds.
But, alas, when others say it's so, it must be so....