Replacment Tubes for VP129

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Amplification
Submitted by Windzilla on

This is a really basic question, but I'm utterly ignorant when it comes to tubes.

I have come across a few old tektronix measuring equipment being disposed of. inside there were several tubes and tube types.

one of the more abundant tubes in my catch are 6DJ8/ECC88 amperex tubes.

I was wondering if i can stick these into my bellari vp129 they "fit" but will they "blow up" or "ruin" or "bring the pain" to my equipment?

I fall in love with 45rpm + question about turntable

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The Entry Level
Submitted by kl122002 on

Hello everyone, I am new to this place and new to vinyl records, especially 45rpm in Mono.
however, I want to change my turntable because it can't play 45rpm. The old turntable is a fully automatic one that only play with 33rpm. SO I need to buy a new one. I prefer manual turntables.

I searched many websites and decided to get a Pro-ject Debut III or Rega P1. BUt I can only have one. SO I am here to ask, which sounds better in Mono and playing 45rpm?

Thank you very much

My Biggest Fear

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Submitted by Ariel Bitran on

During my Senior Year, my band Pigeon recorded an album at a local studio in Birmingham, AL. We pulled together the cash we made over the summer and at various shows and played till late in the evening for a short 5 song album. There were special moments from that awesome evening involving walking through the Arby's drive-through, the song George which was written by our friend George and only had 2 chords lasted 12 seconds and 2 syllables (it goes G chord, E chord, "O" "R", G chord, E chord) and actually listening to a quality recording of us playing really really really really loud.

Monk Day

Monk Day

Oct 11, 2007 First Published:Oct 12, 2007

I forgot to note Thelonious Monk’s 90th birthday on Oct. 10. Some advice for a lifetime: If you come across people who doubt his mastery as not only a composer but also a pianist, don’t trust their judgment on anything. Linked below, from the early-to-mid ‘60s, is an especially Monkish clip.

Martial Solal at the Vanguard (Part 2)

Martial Solal at the Vanguard (Part 2)

Oct 11, 2007

Martial Solal’s early set at the Village Vanguard tonight was as exuberant as expected. The ghost of Tatum was riding high, as the French pianist, celebrating his 80th birthday with only his third appearance in New York City in the past 44 years, mad-dashed through a dozen or so standards—including “Caravan,” “I Can’t Get Started,” “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” even “Body & Soul”—in ways that no one has ever heard them, carving up the scores like a Cubist (more Braque than Picasso, with shards of Duchamp tossed in for wit), stretching and squeezing bars, yet somehow sustaining the tempo and the melody with tenuous but seamless aplomb. His music might be a mere virtuosic lark, were it not for his harmonies—brooding, bristling, caramel-rich chords, clusters of them, alternately embellishing, paring down, or playing against the conventional changes.

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