vanishingpoint
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How important is paint/decal on tubes? I ask because the str415's which came onboard a used musicman 150 combo were taken in and out a lot while trying to find a intermittent problem which turned out to be a chip on the power board. The amp tech said they were blown tubes and sold me sovteks for 90 dollars and was kind of reluctant to give me the 415's back when I paid him for the damages he inflicted on the amp (random unnecessary soldering).
The thing is...I picked up a replacement 150 combo which came with sylvania's and I must say that I liked the sound of the other amp better...possibly due to the 415 quad? And since the paint is pretty much intact on the sylvanias...why not sell the sylvania quad and play through the mesas?
Only one tube still has 415 visible...and this one has strong paint. The others have weak paint, same shade blue, same bat channel etc... There was nothing wrong with the tubes; it was my fault they were handled so much by bringing the amp to a bad guy who saw an op to snatch the tubes and then play with his solder gun at my expense. This guy should be outed! Once home I found the same cutting out that came intermittently with the brand new $90 Sovteks, which sounded piss poor I might add.
It seems there are any number of audiophiles which can tell at a glance what a tube is even w/o paint. Thus I wonder about paint condition as to resale value. I can get diagnostic numbers for these tubes if I could only find someone who doesn't act like the fact that their growing older is some sort of guilt-sin. Tired of snarky technicians.
I have no idea how to place an image here...but I showed the tubes on craigslist yesterday in LA and Chicago. Basically I have one amp needing 6L6 and I have two sets of vintage tubes. The sylvanias are prettier.
Which should I part with??[/img]
The thing is...I picked up a replacement 150 combo which came with sylvania's and I must say that I liked the sound of the other amp better...possibly due to the 415 quad? And since the paint is pretty much intact on the sylvanias...why not sell the sylvania quad and play through the mesas?
Only one tube still has 415 visible...and this one has strong paint. The others have weak paint, same shade blue, same bat channel etc... There was nothing wrong with the tubes; it was my fault they were handled so much by bringing the amp to a bad guy who saw an op to snatch the tubes and then play with his solder gun at my expense. This guy should be outed! Once home I found the same cutting out that came intermittently with the brand new $90 Sovteks, which sounded piss poor I might add.
It seems there are any number of audiophiles which can tell at a glance what a tube is even w/o paint. Thus I wonder about paint condition as to resale value. I can get diagnostic numbers for these tubes if I could only find someone who doesn't act like the fact that their growing older is some sort of guilt-sin. Tired of snarky technicians.
I have no idea how to place an image here...but I showed the tubes on craigslist yesterday in LA and Chicago. Basically I have one amp needing 6L6 and I have two sets of vintage tubes. The sylvanias are prettier.
Which should I part with??[/img]