Decent modern 5AR4?

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Re: Decent modern 5AR4?

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Smokebreak wrote:What about 5V4? Gets a little sag too!
And those are real cheap in NOS! :)
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You know what is super cheap and doesn't give up in sparkly unicorn rainbows?

Silicon diodes.

:P
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Reeltarded wrote:You know what is super cheap and doesn't give up in sparkly unicorn rainbows?

Silicon diodes.

:P
What about the Mojo?Someone please think about the mojo
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Re: Decent modern 5AR4?

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Give a listen to Guitarnut's Plexi circuit with switchable SS and vacuum rectifiers and bias compensation. It's really hard to hear any difference, and there is no sag resistor. https://tubeamparchive.com/viewtopic.ph ... 785#258785
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Re: Decent modern 5AR4?

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Reeltarded wrote:You know what is super cheap and doesn't give up in sparkly unicorn rainbows?

Silicon diodes.

:P
But I like sparkly unicorn rainbows...
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I'm a sparkly unicorn rainbow!
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You guys are glitter queens. :)
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Smokebreak wrote:What about 5V4? Gets a little sag too!
My favorites!

I pick them up on fleaBay when I see them at a good price (which will be less often if we turn people on to them) [head_slap icon/]

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Re: Decent modern 5AR4?

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Blackburn wrote:
Reeltarded wrote:You know what is super cheap and doesn't give up in sparkly unicorn rainbows?

Silicon diodes.

:P
But I like sparkly unicorn rainbows...

They look pretty. But they are pretty expensive.
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roberto wrote:I'm a sparkly unicorn rainbow!
Well I've got one horn thats about it though
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da Geezer wrote:
Smokebreak wrote:What about 5V4? Gets a little sag too!
My favorites!

I pick them up on fleaBay when I see them at a good price (which will be less often if we turn people on to them) [head_slap icon/]

G
Dood! Lie! Be silent! Act stupid! I don't like talking about Lexicon PCM-41s either. Oh crap...
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Re: Decent modern 5AR4?

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Reeltarded wrote:
da Geezer wrote:
Smokebreak wrote:What about 5V4? Gets a little sag too!
My favorites!

I pick them up on fleaBay when I see them at a good price (which will be less often if we turn people on to them) [head_slap icon/]

G
Dood! Lie! Be silent! Act stupid! I don't like talking about Lexicon PCM-41s either. Oh crap...
I got a PCM-60 in the basement collecting dust. :wink: :wink:

keep it down about the 5v4's, I've thought about trying one in a ac30 type to lower the voltage a bit. :wink:
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