15 Aug
2009
15 Aug
'09
12:35 p.m.
On 15 Aug 2009 at 13:20, Ben wrote:
Speak of the devil, I was looking gold tubes and
sockets.
http://www.jacmusic.com/ehx/more-info/gold-series.htm
If you want good contacts, solder the tube pins into the socket or
dispense with the base entirely and wire to the tube leads directly.
After all, sockets are bad news too. In the old days, hacksawing
the base between the pins was used to improve high-frequency tube
performance.
Given that some of the audiophile places even sell gold-plated AC
wall outlets, I think there's a reason to be skeptical of some of the
claims of the "more gold is good" crowd.
--Chuck