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In the Thread: About the life-expectancy of the new production tubes.
Post Subject: Shaky tube soundPosted by drdna on: 2/10/2009
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 Romy the Cat wrote:
My few period DHT tube all have this springy sound but they also has a long decay of rattling. It is like string attached under the bottom of the drum and when the drum sound dies away them strings continues to vibrate. I am not accustomed to correlate this mechanic stress response to auditable effect for signal that flow via tube but I was under impression that this is very negative effect. However, if I discard the tendencies to microphonics then I did not see any coloration between shakeabilety and sound, in fact I remember that some of “microphonic tubes” had better sound then non-microphonics tubes.
Honestly I have not found a correlation with the excessive jangly sound, so I kind of ignore it. Some tubes may have a little of this and others not; it does not seem that important. As long as they have the correct "water drop" springy sound, it is a good sign. I have not found a tube that has the correct springy sound and also has excessive prolonged jangling (by which I mean the sound like dropping a box filled with "Slinky" toys down the stairs) however.

Adrian

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