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In Reply to: RE: Tube adapters; I can't say that i recommend them. posted by REL54 on March 28, 2015 at 06:27:23
DIY! That's the ticket. I think the Chinese ones might suffer from poor quality materials or workmanship. I would make my own using 18awg solid wire with standard 60/40 electronic solder. regards, Dak
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DAK, thanks for the suggestion about solid wire. I tend to favor solid wire in most applications. I have some solid copper wire (16 ga.) that is supposedly oxygen free. That is what I planned to use.
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I don't think it's all that much about wire thickness: solid core wire awg21 should be just fine for audio. it is more about the length involved and the quality of the soldering.
The best way to approach this is by imagining the adapter as an extension of the tube. What immediately comes to mind is socket quality (where you plug in your tube), soldering spots, and of course wiring.
If the wire is too thick, you will find it difficult to accomodate it in the body of the plug - and it doesn't need to be thicker of the internal wiring of the tube itself, i.e. the wire that protrudes through the glass and is soldered in the plug pins when the tube is manufactured.
The most important part is probably soldering quality, and this is probably where Chinese adapters fail.
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