[QUOTE=tunghaichuan;221122]Hardly. I would bet that Ch0jin has forgotten more about electronics than I'll ever know. I've just been doing this a long time and am OCD/pedantic about minute details.

Aww shucks, thanks for that Tung.

The reality is that vacuum tube technology (aside from CRT's) was off the syllabus by the time I studied electronics. All I've learned has been from the older guys I worked with like 15-20 years ago, and recently, from the intrawebs.

You could say I was raised "Solid State" and converted to "Vacuum Tube" in my late 20's.

Just received my package from thetubestore ! Man, $70 shipping really does make those couriers hustle. From Ontario to Sydney in 5 days. That's got to be the fastest I've ever received anything from that far away

Now I just have to wait out the rest of today at work.... (or perhaps a few more days until I build a bias adapter so I can see how the new tubes bias up. Working in a 1 Ohm resistor inside the chassis looks far too much effort. PCB's huh.)