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Forum Avatars and Signatures

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How to join the forum / signup

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Running JVM without a speaker load

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by aberry9475 » Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:39 am

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Pulling a matched quad for testing in another amp

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by Jackie » Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:33 am

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JVM205H Stock Tubes?

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by apico » Wed Sep 27, 2017 3:19 am

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That New Amp Smell :)

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by fordsho90 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:05 am
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Great article about how vacuum tubes / valves work

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by Stefhanvdk » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:25 pm

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Need new tubes 6V6's for my Laney ProTube AOR 30W combo

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by Tonemeister » Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:44 am

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Strange issue with my Egnater Vengeance

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Revisiting the proper powering on procedure for a newbie

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by jupooka » Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:40 pm
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Brilliant tube amp article

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by S&M Freddy » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:01 pm

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Why my amp tubes take 1 hour 15 min to warm up?

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by odrareg » Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:30 am

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Question for techs/tweakers - not JVM specific, but related

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by Surfcaster » Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:46 pm

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understanding audio phase

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by KronosMN » Wed May 01, 2013 8:43 pm

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A Nice FAQ for Newbs like me

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by KronosMN » Wed May 01, 2013 8:31 pm

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Good Power Attenuator?

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by Kramer » Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:02 am

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v1, v2, v3, v4, v5 What does it all mean?

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by monnkey2 » Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:01 pm

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New Tubes

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by dkaptain » Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:46 am

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More pre-amp stuff

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by RachelMorgan » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:11 am

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Buying some 6L6 tubes....

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by fordsho90 » Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:38 pm

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Engl Death InVader....Pulled the chassis last night....

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by fordsho90 » Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:37 pm
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Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:36 pm
Anyone know a good tube amp book to curl up with? Casey??

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by waynerd » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:02 am

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Valves

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by Mats A » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:37 pm

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Strange noise - is it valves?

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by bauhausbullet » Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:43 am
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"Burning in" or "breaking in" tubes???

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by Jackie » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:57 pm

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when are valves broken?

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by Solenoid » Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:36 pm

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Funny little theory I have...

Last post by Todd Zila « Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:34 am
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by Jackie » Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:41 pm

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Marshall Valvestate VS-100

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by MetalManJerry » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:58 pm

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mixing tubes in tsl100

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by riden21 » Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:48 am

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ON vs. OFF Procedure

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by jim renolds » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:34 am
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Master volume on a 1959 Marshall amp?

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by Mats A » Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:30 pm

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V3 - An Important Preamp Stage

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by marshallmellowed » Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:26 pm
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Retubing: one or all?

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by CavemanPT » Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:58 pm

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Old Marshalls -interesting photos

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Mullard Tubes from England.

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by gruggier » Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:30 pm

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12AX7 Shootout

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by jpm242 » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:05 pm
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Amp retubed

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by Stratmann » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:05 am

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KT88s?

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by JonVengeance » Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:52 am
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Eurotubes KT77 Gold pin retube kit!

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by BeachPirate » Sat May 17, 2008 8:55 pm
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12DW7

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by RachelMorgan » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:12 am

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Anyone try these tubes...

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by LG » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:58 am

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New Tube Design on the Horizon

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by The Pup » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:16 pm

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I'll need to order a quad soon

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by RachelMorgan » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:10 pm

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What's the Poop with these Volume Boxes?

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by Machine Pagan » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:55 pm

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Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:55 pm
First post here (tube question)

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by troublehead » Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:16 am

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Mullard Vrs Tungsol Vrs Marshall JJ Red label

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by gezza » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:23 am
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Tungsol 12AX7 Users: What Percentage Have Been Faulty

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by Machine Pagan » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:35 am

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So I boughts me some TungSol preamps tubes, see

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by Towelie » Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:45 am

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Tube in V1

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by dr_zius » Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:27 am

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Hi. Here's some info about a new set of Tung-Sols

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