[Jukebox-list] New Tubes

[Bob Ellingson]

At 07:21 AM 5/31/2006 -0700, you wrote:

>
>However, unless the amplifier has been rebuilt I would advise that
>you do so before investing in tubes.  Also note that the Russian
>7199 tube has been known to introduce hum in some cases.  Some of
>the Seeburg amps use a 7199, not sure about he DS-160 but I don't
>think so.

Yes, the SHFA series uses 7199's.

>[1] There are some who claim to be able to hear the difference between 
>various brands of 12AX7, the plate color and getter location on 6L6s,
>etc.  I haven't met anyone able to do so blindfolded, and these same
>people claim to be able to tell sound differences in power cords and
>will spend hundreds of dollars per foot on speaker wire with the proper
>"sonic quality".   As a rule, these people do not listen to jukeboxes.


The only 12AX7 in these Seeburgs is the one in the pulse amplifier...
and the old-stock American-made ones are getting pricy, even used ones!

--Bob
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