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In Reply to: RE: VT 60 hopefully ok after sitting posted by NuWave on January 15, 2015 at 19:55:18
Oxidation develops on the contacts when they sit. Wiggle it in the socket, or remove it and plug it back in to see if that changes anything.
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He ought to just reverse it with one of the other 6922s to see if it lights up in that socket.
"If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad; if it measures bad and sounds good, you have measured the wrong thing."
- Daniel R. von Recklinghausen
I was afraid to swap a good tube into a potentially bad socket and trash that one too. An employee at the dealer where i got the ARC said he'd be interested in possibly purchasing my VT60 for $400 or so for himself (GIMME A %$&! BREAK) and said it would need new tubes from sitting so long. I also read on the asylum that tubes can sit for decades and still be good. Don't really want to swap out every tube unless i really have to. $400, really? There was one sitting a few feet away from me on a rack at their store they just sold for $995. Not to mention I made mine a smokin' cool cover(that cage had to go)
Even if there is something wrong inside the amp causing it to eat the tube, it's doubtful that it would burn out the heater.
Exactly.
"If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad; if it measures bad and sounds good, you have measured the wrong thing."
- Daniel R. von Recklinghausen
You should email Arc about that dealer. That would've been a giant disservice to you.
I think this particular guy does repairs for the dealer, he was there when i was looking at headphones. He wanted to buy it for personal use I think. I know they need to make money on trade-ins but yeesh, that makes it no more valuable than the tubes that are in it. From what i gathered thru observation, it seems like dealers(or at least this one) gives about 25-30% on a trade in for older stuff and then sells it for 1/2 retail.
Edits: 01/16/15
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