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Tube rolling with the Quickie - observations...
- Thread starter earwaxxer
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Noskipallwd
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Eric, I am glad it was a tube and not something harder or more expensive to replace. I think you might have jinxed me though! I got home late yesterday, spent a few days backpacking in the hills. I went to listen to some music, turned everything on then went to turn the volume on the quickie and as soon as I touched the knob, pop! I had my hd650s on, not a good sound with headphones on! Evertime I touch the quickie I got a pop and a ring, one of the new telefunkens. So now I have 3. I wonder if tubes with an inner shield have a tendency to give that snap, crackle, pop when the give up the ghost. Could be intermittent contact between the shield and one of the other internal parts.
Cheers,
Shawn
Cheers,
Shawn
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4krow
Guest
Overall, due to the simplicity of this design, it seems that tube rolling makes more sense than, say what brand of battery you use(yes, I am joking). But I have heard old tubes crackle too, and replacement is eminent. I may try a sub for the caps though. So far, the Obliggatos are a choice for me. BTW Eric, I made the Speakerlab K's when I was in high school. Got a lot of strange looks: "why are you building a cabinet AROUND the bass driver?" My response,"shut up and tighten that clamp."
balancedtriode
New member
this may be a dumb question, but which caps are the cathode bypass caps? the 2.2uf or the 1000uf? I'm putting together a quickie I have had on the shelf for a while and am looking for Ideas
thanks
-Coltrane
thanks
-Coltrane
Noskipallwd
New member
Hello, the cathode bypass caps are the 1000uF electrolytics, I just finished installing a couple of Mundorf MKP 68uF caps in that position. I used the 250V rated caps so they fit a little easier. Sounds great so far.
Cheers,
Shawn
Cheers,
Shawn
yep - I did the same thing - Mine sounded better as well, hard to quantify it though. Not as big of a change as say a cable upgrade IMO. Probably a bit more of what you would call an 'easy' sound. Could be in my head though. I had the Elna Silmic ll's in there before. I like those as well.
Got the 'Tele's' a few days ago. Thanks to Shawn who turned me on to the ebay link. They did take a while to get here. Over a month, but I didnt realize they were coming from Cyprus! Cool stamps on the box and all. I have been listening to them for a couple of days before I was going to make some comments to make sure it was not just a 'change' I was hearing. I'm really quite blown away! Descriptions of 'liquid', 'sexy', 'smooth', 'transparent', 'natural', 'real', 'live', 'holographic' come to mind. My speakers disappear much more often. Almost like they are more relaxed. Reverb and decay are shocking, almost psychedelic. If someone had said that they subbed in a $10K component, I would have believed it! It makes me wonder how other triodes sound in comparison.
Anyway - I'm a very surprised and happy dude! Rock-on Quickie!
Anyway - I'm a very surprised and happy dude! Rock-on Quickie!
denti alligator
New member
Cool. I ordered the same ones. And my Quickie's arriving Tuesday!
Noskipallwd
New member
Glad you finally got them Eric, I think they ship them on a Greek Trireme. They do sound great right out of the box. I haven't noticed much change in sound with a couple of hundred hours on them. Interesting considering these seem to be true NOS, I doubt they have been used before. I am happy with the way the Quickie sounds so I'll probably leave the Teles in for a while.
Cheers,
Shawn
Cheers,
Shawn
Noskipallwd
New member
That's interesting, the Mullards I got were not very good either. They were far behind the RCAs. I would like to try some from a different source than the first I got. My Teles still had the cellophane on the box, first time I ever saw that.
Cheers,
Shawn
Cheers,
Shawn
Hi all, I got my Mullards and Telefunken's last week. So far as for me, like Eric I was using the RCA's the Mullard's seem to be a bit more laid back. Not badly though, on some of my more aggresive disc's they seem to make more listenable. Overall they are wide deep high and very tube like, gorgeous midrange. I'm going to put some more hours on them before I try the Telefunken's. Mine were for sure NOS still in factory sealed box with wrapers that looked like parchement.
Hey all, I've put about 100 hrs. on the Mullard's. As for me; I don't understand when I hear someone say they can't tell the diffrence after some sort of break in time. I started out thinking they sounded pretty good, they have only gotten better. Anyway I hear all of you talking about the Tele's so i'm going to put a set in tonight. I just love this stuf........ PS Eric, I saw the picture of the Quicky with the rubber bands for damping, very cool. My better half wears her hair in a pony- tail for work, and uses these little bungee looking things. I started using these when I first put the Quicky together. I didn't want to tell you guys for fear that you might think I was nuts. Mike
LOL! Thats funny Mike.
Most bottleheaders like to make their kit look good and display it proudly. I can totally understand that. My purpose from the get go was to make it sound as good as possible with very minimal thought to looks. I guess function before form. It works well for me because my Quickie sits on the floor behind my other gear. You can hardly see it from the listening position.
Most bottleheaders like to make their kit look good and display it proudly. I can totally understand that. My purpose from the get go was to make it sound as good as possible with very minimal thought to looks. I guess function before form. It works well for me because my Quickie sits on the floor behind my other gear. You can hardly see it from the listening position.
Hi Eric, thanks for the reply,I've got mine on all kinds of Iso. products. I can't sit mine on the floor I've got two down firing fifteens. I'm also up in a loft in a log home. I've aways had a vision of a custume built sound room, Oh well......On to tubes... I have to say when youre right you guys are right. The Tele's right out of the box sounded better, albeit for a slite hummm. I think it drives me nut's because I know it's there. I'll put some more time on them, if they get any better like all the others have {to one extent or another} I'll be a happy camper. I guess this is a little like the girl that lives down the street, youv'e heard she was easy but you don't know until you give it a go......Mike
Hello Eric, Thanks again for the reply. I will try the Ground. As for the Log home, {romantic, warm, homie} now the truth is there is about an hours worth of crying I can tell about living here. If anyone is contemplating moving into or building one, talk to me first. I don't dislike anyone enough not to tell them the truth. {not even a Dematcrat} ops.. no politics or religion, I might have pissed off alot of prspective frends, Sorry...Mike
