[Boatanchors] 'Ruggedized" 12AX7's ??

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Harmon" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Philip (KO6BB)'" <ko6bb at sbcglobal.net>; "'Boatanchor 
List'" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] 'Ruggedized" 12AX7's ??


> Phil....I changed to the JJ line of tubes for my Fenders.
> They made a heckova improvement!
> The GT (Groove Tubes)...some of them are made in China, 
> and Europe.

> These and all other tubes sold for use in amps are 
> 'graded' by how well the
> reproduce certain audio frequencies.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^6
> This makes a huge improvement in the sound you get over 
> the exact same tube
> that passes all mfgrs tests but have not been tested for 
> audio response.
> So....to directly answer your question....forget the 
> military or other
> ruggedized tubes for better sound.
> Forget the warrantee....buy the JJ's.
>
>
> Dave Harmon
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>
    That makes no sense to me at all. I think there is a 
great deal of mythology grown up around tubes most of which 
has no basis in fact. There are folks making a great deal of 
money off of this.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com