[R-390] Off Topic - Transistor R390A sounding good-Audiophools

[Barry Hauser]

Well, "Joe" <winky winky> ...

Not exactly ready for production, though we've turned the general specs over
to the marketing department to come up with some wild claims, er,
appropriate and tasteful ad copy.

At the moment, we're working on the fourth prototype design.  First one
froze the receiver, somebody bumped into it and it shattered into pieces -- 
and, no, we can't exactly part that one out as we cannot quite indentify the
parts..  Second one .. cracked all the tubes.  Third -- Igor fell into the
nitrogen tank.  When thawed out, he seemed to be about the same, but it's
hard to tell.  Fortunately, nobody bumped into him.

The fourth is the most promising thus far.  No shattered radio, no broken
glass, no frozen Igors, but one technical problem as pointed out by the kid
in the white coat with the spiked hair:  "The liquid nitro juice is
overpowering the filaments.  It's like there's no thermionic emissions goin'
down, dude.  O' course, the tubes will last a long time this way, but ....
Maybe if we replace the filaments with small pieces of monster cable?"

Those dampening rings sound interesting.  Maybe we'll diversify.

Philo T. Barnumsworth


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Llgpt at aol.com>
To: "Barry Hauser" <barry at hausernet.com>; "John KA1XC"
<tetrode at comcast.net>; "R-390 reflector" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Off Topic - Transistor R390A sounding good-Audiophools


> Do they work as good as the high temperature silicone rubber dampening
rings on the E place?
>
> Specifications please.
>
> Joe Foley
>
>
> In a message dated 1/1/2005 5:06:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, Barry Hauser
<barry at hausernet.com> writes:
>
> >John wrote:
> >
> ><snipped>
> >> There are some funny quotes at the Audiophool BS page:
> >> http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/8701/Audio_BS.htm
> >>
> >> It appears that the very latest craze is cryogenically soaking your
tubes,
> >> connectors, etc, for it will result in
> >> "A stunning improvement in every perceivable parameter".
> >>
> >> http://www.cryomusicsystems.com/
> >>
> >> Cryo-treated 3tf7 anyone?
> >
> >I dunno, would this be a good time to offer my new product -- liquid
> >nitrogen cooled tube shields?
> >
> >Happy New Year
> >Barry
> >
> >
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