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From: Wayne.B
Newsgroups: rec.boats
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 12:20 PM
Subject: From some old archives........


On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:01:07 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Ultimately, and the stereo system I currently have, is a set of Bozak
Concert Grands (from the late '70s) powered by six McInsosh 50s (with
the Gold Lion 6L6s - now Svetlana 6L6s), a PAT5 preamp and some solid
state Marantz stuff inbetween. I still have my Garrad Z-100 changer,
but don't use it all that much. Had to build a solid state preamp for
the cd changer.

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Those 6L6s were some versatile tubes. My first ever novice ham rig
had one as the final amp, circa 1957. There was a metal version of
the 6L6 that was supposedly built to withstand the rigors of being
launched in an antiaircraft shell. The function of the 6L6 was to act
as a proximity fuse which would detonate the shell when the circuit
detected that it was near a metalic object.

What do they cost these days and where do you get them?


They were, and still are. Seems like they were used in just about everything
electronic at one time or another. Last winter I came across and was able
to buy a used, custom built guitar amp that uses push-pull 6L6's in the
output stage. The seller included several pairs of new, matched 6L6's as
spares with the amp. Sounds sweet with a Gibson Les Paul. If only I could
play the damn thing.

For Tom - that's a very impressive system ya got there. Love to listen to it
someday.
I got out of the audio stuff for many years, but now am now learning all
over again. Current "best" system consists of a pair of Martin-Logan SL3
electrostatics, Rel sub, B&K Components power amp and a Ascom (sp?) pre-amp.
Very different sound and strictly stereo only. Sounds best with acoustical
recordings and well recorded classical material.

Eisboch