[Boatanchors] FW: MCM 6L6GC Tubes for $15.99

[Brian Carling]

Great article. I will have to add that one to my audio BS webpage.

Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773

Tel: +USA 321-262-5471




> On Dec 4, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Mike Langner <mlangner at swcp.com> wrote:
> 
> Yep !
> 
> The guitar amplifier and the "golden ears" tube-type stereo guys go "ga-ga"
> over these things.
> 
> I have a brother-in-law who's one of the "golden ears."
> 
> I gave him a handful of 12AX7's -- he was able to describe how each
> different tube favored different musical instruments -- claiming he could
> clearly hear the difference.
> 
> Of course, these guys invariably fail "blind testing" generally claiming
> that the rest of us just don't understand --
> 
> Amplifier guru Bob Carver challenged the "golden ears" of Stereophile
> magazine to tell if they were listening to multi-thousand dollar amps or his
> much more inexpensive one in blind tests.  They couldn't.  As a result, he
> was banned from ever advertising in Stereophile magazine again.  Check it
> out at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carver .
> 
> For best results, align the plane of your output tubes with the North Star
> --
> 
> And these guys are real!!
> 
> Mike/
> K5MGR
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