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

[Dave Harmon]

I knew this was gonna get a rise out of someone so don't make an argument
out of something you aren't aware of.
It doesn't make any difference where the tubes are made....grading of the
performance of the tube at audio frequencies makes all the difference in the
world.
Musicians may not know much or anything about the voo-voo world of
electronics but......they DO know what they hear when they play.....if there
was as you say "great deal of mythology grown up around tubes most of which 
has no basis in fact.".....then there would NOT be as you say " folks making
a great deal of 
money off of this."

You're just WRONG....and all the musicians reading this know it.


Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Knoppow [mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 5:07 PM
To: Dave Harmon
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] 'Ruggedized" 12AX7's ??


>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 ----- 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.
>