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In Reply to: RE: tubes that interchange with the CV378? posted by Eli Duttman on July 24, 2020 at 14:50:53:
Thank you Eli. As I have previously confessed, I don't have much of a handle on electrical theory (arguably a good reason to stay away from tubed stuff, but I do like the sound). I'd call Cary & ask them, but they don't answer questions by telephone anymore, & who knows when they will get back to my emails; if you could indulge me for two last questions:1) would the AC power fuse protect it from damage if the little Cary didn't like the 5U4GEs? If one or both of the tubes simply went "Fizz-bang! End of story," I can shrug my shoulders & say, "Oh well," but if I smoke this amp, I am down to a couple of real cheap bridgeable Rotels that I don't think I can bring myself to listen to.
2) & how about the 5R4GYs, are they a safer swap for the CV378 than the 5U45GEs are? Right now isn't the greatest time for me to be spending lots of money (another reason to avoid tubes) & I've noted a much wider range of prices on the 5R4GYs than on the CV378s.
I wasn't planning to be running CV378 substitutes on a long term basis, just long enough to get over a couple of humps, & I actually have found some CV378s from a dealer for $100 a pop, & some on Ebay even cheaper that I can probably do in a couple of weeks without hurting myself.
Hey, Eli, thanks again for the help on this!
Matt
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- RE: tubes that interchange with the CV378? - immatthewj 16:18:05 07/24/20 (6)
- RE: tubes that interchange with the CV378? - Eli Duttman 21:48:31 07/24/20 (5)
- RE: tubes that interchange with the CV378? - immatthewj 21:10:54 07/25/20 (4)
- RE: tubes that interchange with the CV378? - Eli Duttman 21:29:08 07/25/20 (3)
- RE: tubes that interchange with the CV378? - immatthewj 22:11:53 07/25/20 (2)
- RE: tubes that interchange with the CV378? - Eli Duttman 02:17:40 07/26/20 (1)
- RE: tubes that interchange with the CV378? - immatthewj 16:56:37 07/26/20 (0)