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How clean and tight are your sockets?
You had a very extensive background on tubes, much bigger than me. Congrats.I mention it because author Robert B Tomer recommend dont remove the tubes frequently in his book Getting the most Out of Vacuum Tubes on page 10.Page 10 is all about pins, glass and sockets.
Either Music Direct or Audio Advisor sells a tube socket cleaning kit. Just cannot remember. BTW check the solder joints of the socket as well with older gear. Solder can crack over time. Recently resoldered the sockets in my General Radio power supplies from 1956. No more crackling or noise. While we are talking sockets, any favorite brands ?? charles
thank you, I have a lot of books, I cannot remeber owning that. I will have to look for a copy of it, thank you for pointing out a new reference.I started in tubes in 1986 aboard us ballistic missle submarines as a sonar tech, we still had tube equipment, so I was fortunate to go through tube, analog, and digital electronics schools in the Navy.