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Re: Hey you are right. What do I have to lose?

I'm pleased to hear that tubes have become more reliable. I've studiously avoided using them for the last 35 years just because of their reliability problems and constantly shifting operating point. But in my youth, that's all I used. Actually, that's all there was. It tickles me that 6SN7's have become a cult as it was my favorite dual triode, which I usually followed with a 6V6 or 6L6 beam power pentode. Ah, nostalgia... I don't know as I miss the glowing filaments but I really used to like the gas discharge regulator tubes in purple and orange.

What caught my eye in your post was that it sounded as though you felt that 35 years of tweaking was for naught. I hope that's not really the case and that you simply get pleasure out of puttering with your stereo.

It took me around 17 years to get a couple of systems set up that I was really happy with, and for the last 15+ years about all I've done is to listen to them for thousands of hours. Definitely a good return on investment. Now I'm starting to putter a bit for fun, not out of any sense of need. I'm enjoying the transition to computer based audio, it's something new and it's cheap and entertaining to mess about with.

So if if you decide to play with the Bybee gadgets, whatever they are, I hope it's out of a love for tweaking rather than hoping to fix a disappointing system... And do tell what you find, although I'm happy and contented, perhaps I could be even more happy and contented.

Rick



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