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slowhand
Abe, You been busy!

Interesting path your going down.

Markvetnz,
Could be the original tubes were getting alittle tired and with a fresh pair your pre came back to life.

Yep the ECC-33s in another design other then Supratek would certainly raise your eyebrows.
I also tried them in my Chenin afew years ago,HO hum.

I had one really quiet pair of TungSol black glass oval plates which I used for a short while then sold, couldnt resist the going price.

Tried Western Electric 350Bs and metal base EL-34s, better kept for an investment also tried some early 1960s CCAs in the phonostage, save your money if your thinking of buying tubes like these.

If you bought tubes like these years ago and still have them sitting in a drawer or in a closet.
Put them in a safe....

No problem, Zachzdb I had an imbalance problem which Kevin fixed quickly. My Sauvignon is dead quiet and works perfectly, with rolled tubes it sounds wonderful.
Good Luck, Kevin's work is very good, if there is a problem he will fix it as good as new.

Regards,
Joe
03-07-08: Stiltskin
Abe, You been busy!

Hello Stiltskin! Nice to see you here again.

Yep! Building a 2A3/45 amp and troubleshooting a 300B amp at the moment. Not to consider the time hunting for some nice horns for my future speaker project.

Life is good!

regards,

Abe
abe:

i built the cable as per your instructions, but the hum is still present no matter which way the cable is oriented. i'm going to try to spread the cabernet, cabernet power supply, and yamamoto as far apart as possible tomorrow just to be sure it isn't some kind of interference causing the hum. any other ideas? thanks.