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Thanks for seconding that motion. I think I have decided to do the mod as
opposed to getting into more rare tubes. That said, can anyone recommend someone in the Hamilton ON or at least southern Ontario area who is qualified for such a mod. Barring any recommendations I will just ask my usual guitar (tube) amp guy. Thanks for everyone's help. ken "Scott Dorsey" wrote in message ... In article , Philip Lawrence wrote: Ken Platt wrote: Someone recently gave me a Lux MQ3600 power amp. Unfortunately there is one 8045G power tube missing. Finding one seems impossible by my search. Does anyone have a source for them? Beyond that, has anyone done the mod described below and want to comment on the expense and/or result? *8045G--power triode, made in Japan by NEC especially for a 1970s-model Luxman amplifier. Long out of production, scarce and expensive. Unlikely to be manufactured again. There may have been a version marketed by Golden Dragon recently. We recommend having the amplifier modified to accept a triode-connected EL34 or KT88. This may be a difficult and expensive change, though less expensive than finding new 8045Gs. Please consult with an experienced service technician.* Thanks, Ken Hi Ken Very easy to change to KT88. I would not consider El34's Agreed, the KT88 change should be just addition of a jumper and rebiasing for the most part, and there should be no problems with mechanical fit. Permit me to recommend the Svetlana 6550C as a great inexpensive KT88-style tube. EL34 will require some big bias change and some loss of power. Not a huge problem, but they aren't really much cheaper than the 6550Cs anyway. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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