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Post subject: Tube rings! Improve life, sound and no oscillation?
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:26 am
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Do any of you have any experience with these so called ''tube rings''.
http://thetubestore.com/tuberings.html
They seem interesting but a tad pricy... Unless they really work.
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:57 am
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I use tube dampeners but not them. They're crazy expensive and come with a lot of hype. How did I survive 40 years of playing tube amps without them? LOL You can get tube dampeners from Herbies Audio and eBay has people selling high temp "O" rings, that work well. They really help with tube rattle.


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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:27 pm
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Maybe I was just 'lucky' when I replaced the Fender stock preamp tubes with Tung Sol, but the teflon dampening rings cost 2X the price of a preamp tube and those from Herbies Audio cost the same as a preamp tube.

So if replacement eliminates the rattle a very high percent of the time, then why buy these costly dampening devices? Granted, I don't have a HRD but rather a Blues deluxe. Could it be that the higher level of distortion in the HRD causes more frequent rattles?

If a dampener is placed on a nonrattling tube, is ther some real improvement in sound or life?

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