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Matt Feifarek
 
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Hello R.A.T experts.

I have found a Dynaco ST70 on the street, and have cleaned the rust off and
plugged it in. It works, but I'd like to take the next step and have the
tubes tested.

I can't seem to find a shop in NYC (preferably downtown Manhattan) that will
do this for me. I've got one repair shop that will only do it as a part of a
repair, with a $125 minimum for estimate!

Can anyone recommend a good shop, or just an expert who may be willing to
test my tubes for a little money or beer?

Please respond via email as well, as my news feed has been dodgy.

Thanks!

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Check the local guitar shops.. Most of them would have a tester I would
think.


"Matt Feifarek" wrote in message
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Hello R.A.T experts.

I have found a Dynaco ST70 on the street, and have cleaned the rust off

and
plugged it in. It works, but I'd like to take the next step and have the
tubes tested.

I can't seem to find a shop in NYC (preferably downtown Manhattan) that

will
do this for me. I've got one repair shop that will only do it as a part of

a
repair, with a $125 minimum for estimate!

Can anyone recommend a good shop, or just an expert who may be willing to
test my tubes for a little money or beer?

Please respond via email as well, as my news feed has been dodgy.

Thanks!



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I'll test them on a laboratory calibrated TV-7D/U (one of the finest testers
ever made)
for free, but you will have to mail them to me and pay postage both ways
(it's cheap because they are so light weight).

and you will have to put me up when I visit NYC someday as payment!

cheers!

wild bill
world's largest seller of lab calibrated TV-7 series tube testers
lab calibration by Dan Nelson - the world authority on the TV-7 series



"Matt Feifarek" wrote in message
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Hello R.A.T experts.

I have found a Dynaco ST70 on the street, and have cleaned the rust off

and
plugged it in. It works, but I'd like to take the next step and have the
tubes tested.

I can't seem to find a shop in NYC (preferably downtown Manhattan) that

will
do this for me. I've got one repair shop that will only do it as a part of

a
repair, with a $125 minimum for estimate!

Can anyone recommend a good shop, or just an expert who may be willing to
test my tubes for a little money or beer?

Please respond via email as well, as my news feed has been dodgy.

Thanks!



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OK... I figure if you're lucky enough to FIND a ST70 on the street (!),
you should make up for your incredible good fortune by getting on eBay
and buying half decent tester. If you're going to be "into" tubes,
you'll need one in the end anyrate. Nothin' too hi-end required, just
one to find the bad tubes and give you a rough idea how "tired" they are.

If the ST70 works, and was so far free, you might just want to spring
for a complete new set of tubes. A lot of people will tell you vintage
tubes are best (especially small signal tubes), but the new power tubes
are also excellent.


"Matt Feifarek" wrote in message
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Hello R.A.T experts.

I have found a Dynaco ST70 on the street, and have cleaned the rust
off

and
plugged it in. It works, but I'd like to take the next step and have
the tubes tested.

I can't seem to find a shop in NYC (preferably downtown Manhattan)
that

will
do this for me. I've got one repair shop that will only do it as a
part of

a
repair, with a $125 minimum for estimate!

Can anyone recommend a good shop, or just an expert who may be
willing to test my tubes for a little money or beer?

Please respond via email as well, as my news feed has been dodgy.

Thanks!





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Thanks to all who responded. I've got a few leads, now.

Matt Feifarek wrote:
Hello R.A.T experts.
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OK... I figure if you're lucky enough to FIND a ST70 on the street (!),
you should make up for your incredible good fortune by getting on eBay
and buying half decent tester. If you're going to be "into" tubes,
you'll need one in the end anyrate. Nothin' too hi-end required, just
one to find the bad tubes and give you a rough idea how "tired" they are.


I am going to have to politely disagree with your "Nothin' too hi-end
required" statement. At any given time there are around 220 tube testers
for sale on ebay, and 200 or so are basically just toys (emissions
testers) - A Hickok 533 or TV-7A/U is about the lowest cost of the real tube
testers, if he is not ready to spend at least $200 for a mutual conductance
tester (and another $100+ for a proper calibration) then he is just ****ing
in the wind with anything less. He might as well stick with an $8 ohm meter
from Home Depot.


wild bill
knoxville
world's largest seller of TV-7 series tube testers


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"arizona cowboy" cacheoverflowATyahoo.com wrote in
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OK... I figure if you're lucky enough to FIND a ST70 on the street
(!), you should make up for your incredible good fortune by getting
on eBay and buying half decent tester. If you're going to be "into"
tubes, you'll need one in the end anyrate. Nothin' too hi-end
required, just one to find the bad tubes and give you a rough idea
how "tired" they are.


I am going to have to politely disagree with your "Nothin' too hi-end
required" statement. At any given time there are around 220 tube
testers for sale on ebay, and 200 or so are basically just toys
(emissions testers) - A Hickok 533 or TV-7A/U is about the lowest cost
of the real tube testers, if he is not ready to spend at least $200
for a mutual conductance tester (and another $100+ for a proper
calibration) then he is just ****ing in the wind with anything less.
He might as well stick with an $8 ohm meter from Home Depot.


wild bill
knoxville
world's largest seller of TV-7 series tube testers




OK.. that reminds me.. you're going to need an $8 ohm-meter too.
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