> One of his claims was that a bias shift of a few volts from the nominal
> voltage of 7.5 volts could produce "crisper" audio, another was that as soon
> as a tube started being used audio quality went down hill fast. He said only
> FRESH tubes sound crisp and stated he changes tubes long before output power
> drops to maintain that crisp sound.
Sounds like a guy (not Tom) that should be writing for one of the
high-end audio magazines. They do amazing things with their ears.
(tongue planted exceptionally far in cheek; TPEFIC?) They say they
can tell the difference in sound depending on which way the
interconnect cables are plugged in.
73, Rod N4SI
The DXer formerly known as N9AKE
(c) 5 November, 1996
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