INDEX TO VACUUM TUBE VALLEY (R)

ISSUES 1 - 20
Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Ludwell A. Sibley. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

Amplifiers - New............................................................................1 Receivers........................................................................................3

Amplifiers - Old.............................................................................1 Speakers.........................................................................................3
Biographies, Obituaries, Personalities...........................................2 Technology - General...................................................................3
Business Climate...........................................................................2 Test Equipment..............................................................................3
CD Players.....................................................................................2 Test Techniques.............................................................................4
Components....................................................................................2 Tubes - General............................................................................3
Computers - Tube.........................................................................2 Tubes - By Type..........................................................................4
Histories - Manufacturers, Distributors.........................................2 Tuners.............................................................................................5
Literature.........................................................................................3
Phonographs...................................................................................3 Author Index...................................................................................5
Preamps - New.............................................................................3
Preamps - Old...............................................................................3 Note: page numbers followed with a * indicate an item of a
Radios and Radio-Phonos - Antique...........................................3 full page or more; with a @, of three pages or more.

AMPLIFIERS - NEW Scott, H. H. 233, 299C, 299D......20-29* Fisher

211 / 845 amps, listening tests......9-11* Scott, H. H. LK-72, incl. diagram.....20-31* 400CXII........................................11-16
2A3 "classic" push-pull..................13-10@ Scott, H. H. LK48.........................13-15@ Mono amps.................................11-17
Correction....................................14-35 Steele 70 Mk. II (ex-Dyna)..............3-27* R-200...........................................11-16
30-W, with SV300Bs.....................12-25@ Sweep-tube monoblock, EL509........8-10@ SA300..........................................11-16
35-W, using SV572s.....................10-25@ THD UniValve....................................19-32 X-101, -202...................................9-31
300-W, Svetlana SV-572-160s........12-31* Transmitting-tube test amp...............9-7@ X1000..........................................11-17
45s (8).............................................15-8@ Correction......................................10-2 Guitar amps, trends in.....................2-20*
6SN7 line amp..............................17-12@ "Tube-O-Vibe," version of Univibe guitar Harmon-Kardon Citation I, II..........4-15@
Allen Amplification guitar amp.....12-10@ device............................................17-6@ Harmon-Kardon Citation series........11-17
Antique Sound Lab AQ-1002K.........7-26* "Uncle Eric's" SE............................5-22@ Heathkit
Assemblage SET 300B...................15-11* Welborne DRD 2A3........................20-24* A-5...................................................2-4
ASUSA A-4......................................11-22* Welborne Labs "Moondog" SE..........12-9 A-7D, A-8, A-9...............................2-5
ASUSA K2003..................................13-21* SP-2.............................................11-18
AudioNote Kit One............................8-24* AMPLIFIERS - OLD W-2M...............................................2-4
Berning Micro ZOTL........................19-19* '20s amps, general...........................1-3@ W-3M, W-4AM................................2-5
Carr guitar amps...............................20-26 Acrosound UL-11...............................11-14 W-4M.............................................9-32
Cathode-follower, with 6528............13-26* Altec W-5M.....................................2-6, 9-32
Direct-reactance-drive amp..............14-25* 128A, B.........................................7-14 W-6M, W-7M..................................2-7
Eckland SE 300B.............................12-16 287W............................................9-28* W1-A1..............................................2-4
Emery line........................................18-26* 340A..............................................6-22 XO-1................................................2-6
FI "X"...................................................12-9 1568, 1569, 1570.....................7-13@ Knight KB-85.....................................11-18
GE Model 270..................................12-15 1569A, 1570B - diags. & mods.. 7-15* Lafayette KT550................................11-19
Guitar amps, 1995..............................1-10 Ampeg B-15........................................9-13 Leak
Headphone amp project..................16-27* Ampeg SVT family, history............9-13@ ST20............................................11-19
International Audio Group 4.5SE......16-27* BMAD Custom 200.............................8-29 ST50, ST60................................11-19
JJ Electronic 828.............................18-28* Dynaco TL/12............................................11-19
Kimmel SE parafeed.......................20-4@ Mk. II...............................................1-5 TL50+..........................................11-19
"Kludge 4" SE headphone amp....11-24* Mk. II, incl. diagram.................15-21* Loftin-White amp..............................6-17@
KT88 PP, "ultimate"........................19-26* Mk. III.................................1-5, 11-14 Magnavox AC-3.....................................1-3
Line amp. "Utrapath".......................10-11* Mk. III, incl. diagram................15-22* McIntosh MI-200..............................3-18@
Line stage, octal-tube, "VTV".......11-10@ Mk. IV.................................1-6, 15-25 Correction......................................7-37
Magnum SE amp............................2-17@ SCA-35........................................15-25 MFA M-120........................................10-20
Moth Audio positive-ground............17-35* SCA-35..........................................9-31 Radio Craftsmen
Moth Audio S2A4...............................12-9 Stereo 70..............................1-6, 9-30 C500, C500A, incl. diagram......19-21
P-P SV83s.......................................14-18* Stereo 70, incl. diagram..........15-24* C5550..........................................19-24
"Purple Speaker Eater" (modified EICO RC-2..............................................10-5
Harmon-Kardon Citation II)............4-22* HF-22, 35......................................9-31 RCA AP-935..........................................1-3
Randall amp.....................................6-14@ HF-50, 60....................................11-15 Restoration techniques......................11-14
RF-powered amps (2A3, 300B)....15-16@ HF-87, HF-89..............................11-15 Samson PAM-29...........................1-1, 1-4
Rogue Audio "Tempest"..................17-24* Mono HF-series...........................3-14* Sargent-Rayment SR-300..................20-15
Sargent-Rayment, whole line...........20-16 Steinmetz, Charles............................19-10 Components, modern, Bruce Moore's
Scott, E. H. single-ended....................1-4 Veil, Ron..............................................13-3 preferences in.............................10-18@
Scott, H. H. von Recklinghausen, Daniel.............12-19 Components, old................................3-25*
222.................................9-32, 13-15@ White, S. Young.................................6-17 Diodes, fast-recovery epitaxial........11-31*
Corrections............................14-35 Whitney, Willis...................................19-12 Diodes, silicon, problems with.........11-32
299, 299B, incl. restoration...12-19@ Wolf, Arnold.......................................20-18 Microphones, RCA 44-BX and 77-D,
299A................................................8-3 Zuccaro, Michael.................................5-27 catalog pages................................18-35*
299C..............................................9-32 Rectifiers
LK-72.............................................9-32 BUSINESS CLIMATE Copper oxide................................9-34
Sherwood S-5000, 5500.....................9-32 Antique Electronic Supply...................8-32 Effects of changing......................5-34
Stromberg-Carlson AP54-LW..............6-19 Making Mallory FP caps....................12-3 Magnesium - copper sulfide.......9-34
Systems, WE theater........................2-25* Audio Note and Alesa Vaic join........6-2 Selenium........................................9-34
Correction......................................7-37 CE Distribution, distributing JJ tubes16-3 Selenium, replacing......................9-34
Using 2A3............................................12-6 Consumer Electronics Show Titanium dioxide............................9-34
Using 6V6s..........................................10-6 Winter 1997.................................7-34* Transformers, output, for SE amps, tech
Vintage, repair and upgrading.........9-390 Winter 1998..................................9-21 and listening tests..........................3-22*
Western Electric Ei, still in tube business...................16-3 Transistors, problems with..................1-10
25B..................................................1-3 Ei-RC, KT90........................................4-25 Tube, audio, "what is an".................1-12
41, 42, 43....................................2-25 Electra-Print, new transformers............7-2 Tubes, failure modes in.......................1-8
86B................................................16-4 Electro-Harmonix, new 300B..............14-3
92B, diagram................................16-7 Electro-Harmonix, new EL34..............13-3 COMPUTERS - TUBE
Fisher knobs and light jewels, source for ABC.....................................................7-28*
BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES, 8-2 AN/FSQ-7..........................................13-20*
PERSONALITIES Groove Tube and Fritztronics, tube-manu- Bendix G-15........................................9-18
Armstrong, Edwin, and FM............4-12@ facture deal........................................6-2 Burroughs E101, E102.......................9-18
Atanasoff, John Vincent.....................7-28 Hi-fi, vintage, in Hong Kong..........5-14@ Calculator, Anita...............................10-22*
Atwood, John.........................................1-2 Internet - online tube frauds........20-13@ Calculators, electronic, tube............10-22*
Barbour, Eric.................................1-2, 5-2 Japan Digitair...............................................15-32*
And AWA Tyne Award................13-3 Vintage mics and speakers in 11-27* EDSAC, EDVAC..................................7-33
Bardes, David......................................13-3 Vintage audio in.........................9-22* ENIAC.......................................7-33, 8-20*
Berry, Clifford......................................7-28 Metasonix, new tube synthesizer......12-3 Harvard Mk. I......................................7-33
Bozak, Rudy.....................................18-17* "NOS" tubes, fake..............................16-3 IAS........................................................7-33
Braithwaite, Norman..............................1-2 NOS tubes as investment............18-14@ Librascope LGP-30..............................9-18
Buddingh, Terry...............................2-20@ PM, handles Svetlana tubes.. .16-3, 17-3 Logic gates, first tube-based.............7-29
Carr, Steve.......................................20-26* Richardson Electronics..................11-11@ Monrobit III..........................................9-19
Cashman, John.................................19-21 Sophia Electric 2A3, 274A, 300B.....19-3 Readix..................................................9-19
Emery, Curt......................................18-26* Sovtek, new tube types.....................11-2 STL-1 relay computer.........................7-32
Fisher, Avery....................................6-10@ Survey, tube sales, 1994...................2-15 Underwood Elecom 50.......................9-19
Hafler, David..................14-20@, 15-21@ Svetlana, new 300B...........................11-2 Whirlwind...................7-33, 11-20*, 13-20*
Hegeman, Stewart...................4-15, 15-25 Svetlana, new EL34...........................3-33
Svetlana, new tubes.............................7-2
HISTORIES -
Hull, Everett.........................................9-13 MANUFACTURERS,
Jensen, Peter...................................7-16@ Tube cartons, reproduction...................8-2
Tube Collectors Ass'n formed...........13-3
DISTRIBUTORS
Keroes, Herb....................................14-20* Acoustic Research.............................15-28
Kittleson, Charlie...................................1-2 Vintage audio, in Japan...................9-22*
Acrosound.......................................14-20@
Klipsch, Paul....................................13-4@ VTV moves to Lakeport.....................13-3
Altec-Lansing..........................................3-6
Dies............................................20-43* VTV opens pro-tube shop.................10-2
Ampeg..................................................9-13
Kron, Riccardo, dies...........................19-3 Welborne Labs, as distributor for KR
Amperex, and frame-grid tubes...........7-4
Loftin, Edward H.................................6-17 Enterprise............................................6-2
AT&T / WE, in early electronic research
Marantz, Saul......................................5-31 Western Amplification and Tube Tech-
18-9*
Michaels, Stanley................................9-13 nology Society formed.....................14-3
Audible Illusions..................................8-27
Miller, Ed..........................................19-21* 6922s and 7308s, now scarce.........14-3
Audio Research...................................8-27
Moore, Bruce...................8-26@, 10-18@ Bendix Red Bank..............................5-3@
CD PLAYERS
Mullin, Jack..........................................12-3 Bozak Co.......................................18-17@
Jolida JD-603A.................................14-27*
Nernst, Walther..................................19-11 Bruce Moore Audio Design......8-26, 10-20
Oliver, Jess..........................................9-13 COMPONENTS Dynaco...................................1-5, 15-21@
Olson, Lynn.........................................18-3 Jolida JD-603A.................................14-27* Ei, still in business.............................16-3
Rayment, Lyndon Charles................20-15 Cables, RCA-to-RCA, review and lis- EICO, in hi-fi...................................3-13@
Rayment, Lyndon William.................20-15 tening tests....................................16-22* Fisher Radio Corp.............................6-10*
Sargent, Edward M...........................20-15 Capacitors GE, in early electronic research......18-9*
Sequerra, Dick.....................................5-29 Ceramic.........................................7-31 Harmon-Kardon.................................4-15@
Smith, Sidney Stockton..........15-3, 19-21 Finding outer-foil lead...............17-30* Correction......................................10-2
Dies...............................................15-3 Signal, listening tests...............11-26* Heath Co............................................2-3@

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Jensen.................................................7-22* PAS-3....................................1-6, 9-31 Internet, bad info on..............8-2, 14-29*
Klipsch and Associates / Klipsch Inc. Incl. diagram.........................15-24* Output circuits, comparison............16-4@
13-4@ EICO mono HF32, 65........................3-14 Power-line conditioning....................3-27@
Magnavox............................................7-18* Heathkit WA-P1.....................................2-4 Proximity fuze....................................13-28
Marantz, and 10B tuner.................5-25@ Heathkit WA-P2.....................................2-6 Safety,in home construction..........17-31@
McMurdo Silver Corp....................10-13@ Knight KP-50.....................................11-18 "Ultrapath" output circuit.....................16-4
MFA......................................................8-28 Lafayette KT600A..............................11-18 Ultra-linear circuit, beginnings..........14-24
Precision Fidelity.................................8-27 MFA Luminescence.............................8-28 TEST EQUIPMENT
Radio Craftsmen............................19-21@ MFA Magus.......................................10-19 Audio Precision System Two distortion
RCA Victor, Camden buildings torn down Paragon Model 12..............................8-27 analyzer.................................9-27, 10-29
............................................................3-2 Precision Fidelity.................................8-27 Audio signal generators..................5-20@
RCA, tube prod'n at Harrison.......8-15@ RADIOS AND RADIO-PHONOS - Distortion analyzers, general.........8-30@,
Richardson Electronics..................11-11@ ANTIQUE 9-25@, 10-29@
Sargent-Rayment............................20-15@ Scott, E. H. Quaranta.........................3-3* E H Res. Labs 136A pulse gen.....5-21
Scott, H. H........................................12-19 EICO 377 audio osc..........................5-21
Scott, H. H., and 222 & LK48 amps. 13-15 RECEIVERS
Fisher General Radio 1650A impedance bridge
Western Electric, and 300B...............3-10 12-14
400.........................................................6-6
400, 500C............................................9-31 General Radio Variac.......................11-28
LITERATURE H-P 200CD audio osc.......................5-21
Claris Sonus magazine......................18-3 500 series, history and rest'n..........6-3@ H-P 333A distortion analyzer.............9-26
Computer Pioneers and Pioneer Com- 800 series..............................................6-5
Hagerman Vacu Trace curve tracer
puters (video)..................................7-32* TA600.....................................................6-3 16-24@
Dave Funk's Tube Amp Workbook.12-18 McMurdo Silver Masterpiece I, II, III, IV, Heathkit
Desktop Reference of Hip Vintage Guitar V, VI...............................................10-13
IG-1275 function gen...................5-21
Amps...............................................12-18 SPEAKERS IM-5248 distortion analyzer.........8-30
Edison, Thomas.................................19-10 Acoustic Research AR-series.............4-30 IO-10 'scope.................................6-27
Guide to Guitar Amp Maintenance 12-18 Correction......................................7-37 IO-12 'scope.................................6-28
High Fidelity Techniques....................2-27 Advent..................................................4-31 PS-3 reg. power supply............11-29
History of GEC and Marconi-Osram Altec 604 series................................3-5@ Lambda 50 reg. power supply........11-29
Valve..............................................17-26* Bass-reflex enclosure, dev. of.........10-17 Maxi-Matcher digital tube tester.....10-24*
How to Service Your Own Tube Amp12- Bookshelf, modern for tube amps. .12-15@ Meters, volt, analog & digital........3-16@
18 Bozak, whole line...............4-32, 18-17@ Oscilloscopes, gen'l...........6-26@, 7-10@
Inside Guitar Amps...........................5-17* Celestion A1......................................12-17 Power supplies...............................11-28@
Paul Wilbur Klipsch - The Life . . . The Dynaco.................................................4-32 Preamp, "comparison"........................7-24*
Legend..............................................20-3 Fulton / EMI........................................4-33 Sound Precision 1700B distortion an-
Principles of Power...........................12-18 Gillum G3.........................................14-17* alyzer.................................................9-26
Quad: The Closest Approach..........20-3 Infinity Overture One........................12-16 Sound Technology 1700B distortion
Radiotron Designer's Handbook.......8-18* JBL HLS-810.....................................12-16 analyzer.............................................8-31
CD-ROM version.................................8-19 KEF Q-15..........................................12-16 Sprague Tel-Ohmike cap. tester......12-14
The Saga of Marconi-Osram Valve17-26* KLH line...............................................4-31 Tektronix oscilloscopes
Tonnes of Tone................................12-18 Klipsch RF-7....................................19-17* 310.................................................6-29
Tube Amp Talk.................................12-18 Klipschorn, history & variants........13-6@ 465B..............................................7-12
Tube Lore...........................................6-12* NHT Super One XU........................12-15 502A..............................................6-29
Tube manuals, general.....................4-26* Omega Super 8...............................20-11* 545B..............................................6-27
Tube Testers and Classic Electronic Test Paradigm Titan..................................12-17 Telequipment D43S 'scope................7-12
Gear (review)................................15-14* Polk Audio RT-55.............................12-15 Waveforms 510B audio osc..............5-21
Ultimate Tone, The...............5-17*, 12-18 Rectilinear.............................................4-32
VALVE magazine..................................2-2 UTC Minimax.......................................4-32 TEST TECHNIQUES
Vintage Tube Archive Dynaco Archive WE 16-type horn................................2-25 AC meters........................................4-33@
CD.....................................................15-3 WE 555...............................................2-25 Capacitor, finding outer-foil lead....17-30*
Wharfedale...........................................4-33 Distortion measurements.....................8-30
PHONOGRAPHS
Impedance measurement.................12-13*
WE 203...............................................2-25 '50s systems....................................4-28@
Screening tubes...................................1-8*
Correction......................................7-37 TECHNOLOGY - GENERAL Test bench and tools.....................2-13@
Amplifier-speaker interface.............18-30@
PREAMPS - NEW Tube matching...................................2-22*
Audio equipment, post-'40s...........14-21@
"Comparison"......................................7-24* Waveform observation.....................7-10@
Consumer electronics, failings in modern
PREAMPS - OLD 13-13* TUBES - GENERAL
Audible Illusions..................................8-27 Contest for hi-fi: WE vs. RCA...18-9@, 9-pin miniatures, general.................15-12*
Dynaco 19-9@ "50-watters" for audio, tech tests.......9-8
PAM-1.................................1-5, 15-22 Designing for sound..........................4-23* Bendix Red Bank types...................4-3@
PAS-1..................................1-6, 15-23 FM radio, why 88-108 MHz?........4-12@ Compactrons, "whole" line..............20-22*
PAS-2........................1-6, 9-31, 15-23 Guitar amps, preferences in.............2-20*

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Damper diodes, TV, as rectifiers (6AL3, 6JK6.....................................................5-30 280, mesh-plate.................................17-16
6AY3, et al.).................................12-30* 6KG6 / EL509, Svetlana.........2-19, 8-10 284A.......................................................9-6
Dual triodes, dissimilar, "whole line" 6L13.....................................................14-8 295, Speed..........................................15-7
17-28* 6L6..................................................13-22@ 300B types, listening tests...............8-22*
Frame-grid types, incl. tech tests....7-3@ 6L6, history and tech tests.............4-3@ 300B, incl. test results.....................3-8@
Magic-eye tubes, full line, history, pin- 6L6, listening tests............4-11*, 13-22@ 300B, Shuguang / Royal variants.....4-23
outs, circuits, etc..........................18-4@ 6LF6.....................................................8-10 300B, WE............................................1-11
NOS tubes, why better................19-14@ 6ME10..................................................18-5 350B.......................................................4-7
"NOS" tubes, counterfeit ...............20-13* 6N23P.....................................................7-6 396A.....................................................9-10
Philips postwar tubes, date and factory 6P35S.....................................................4-9 404A...................................................11-21
codes...........................................16-13@ 6S78.....................................................11-6 407A.....................................................9-10
Power pentodes, 7-pin, whole line 14-31* 6SN7....................................................8-25 416A.......................................................7-3
Rectifiers, octal and earlier, general and 6SN7 family, with tech tests.........11-3@ 417A...........................................7-4, 7-36*
ratings..........................................17-15@ 6SN7 family, listening tests..............11-9* 805, in Altec 287W............................9-28
Subminiature types, history and 6SN7, amps using ............................11-6 845.........................................................9-3
characteristics..............................13-28@ 6SN7W, Sylvania, as investment....18-15 1614.......................................................4-4
Tubes, re-branded, poor substitutions, 6T5.........................................................8-5 1758, Philips......................................17-15
"matched," frauds............................5-32* 6U6.......................................................10-5 3180, Cossor.......................................18-4
Vertical-output tubes, whole line....16-10* 6U8A, as sub for 6BL8 or 6GH8. .12-23 5670.....................................................9-10
6V6..................................................10-3-@ 5687 family, incl. tech tests............6-30*
TUBES - BY TYPE 6V6 family, incl. tech tests............10-3@ 5690....................................................17-19
2A3 family, incl. tech tests............12-4@ 6V6 family, listening tests................10-9* 5692.....................................................11-6
2A3, listening tests............................12-8* 6V6GT....................................................5-5 5751...............................1-13, 14-7, 14-15
2C51.....................................................9-10 Disappearance of..........................2-16 5842....................................................7-36*
5AR4 / GZ34..........................5-33, 17-21 6W6......................................................10-5 5847....................................................11-21
5AT4...................................................17-23 6Y6G....................................................10-4 5871.....................................................10-5
5R4.......................................................5-34 7C5.......................................................10-4 5881...........................................4-7, 13-22
5R4G variants....................................17-18 7N7.......................................................11-5 5930.....................................................12-6
5R4WGB............................................17-19 12AD7............................1-13, 14-7, 14-14 5931....................................................17-19
5T4.....................................................17-17 12AT7...................................................14-7 5932.......................................................4-7
5U4C..................................................17-21 12AX7 family 5992.............................................5-5, 10-5
5U4G............................5-34, 17-17, 17-20 Incl. test results........................1-13@ 5993.......................................................5-6
5U4GA, GB.......................................17-18 History, variants, and guitar-amp 6072.....................................................14-7
5V4.......................................................5-33 listening tests............................14-9@ 6087.....................................................5-34
5X4G..................................................17-18 Listening tests, hi-fi..................15-33* 6094.......................................................5-4
5Y3GT..........................................5-6, 5-34 Added info and substitutes......14-4@ 6094, repl. 6BQ5 / EL84 / 7189A.....5-6
5Z3.....................................................17-17 12AY7...................................................14-7 6100.......................................................5-6
5Z4, "birdcage"..................................17-15 12BH7...................................................6-31 6106.............................................5-6, 5-34
6A3.......................................................12-4 12DF7........................................1-13, 14-8 6384.......................................................5-5
6A5G........................................12-4, 14-20 12DM7........................................1-13, 14-8 6384, replacing 6L6 to ......................5-6
6AF6G..................................................18-5 12DT7........................................1-13, 14-8 6385.............................................5-6, 9-10
6AR6......................................................5-4 12DW7................................................14-18 6386.....................................................9-10
6AV5.................................................10-21* 12SX7...................................................8-25 6528....................................................13-26
6AV5, as 6B4.....................................3-22 25E5.....................................................20-9 6550.......................................................4-7
6B4G........................................12-4, 14-20 42, Sylvania.........................................10-3 6550 / KT88
6B4G, 6AV5 as..................................3-22 45, history, variants, tech tests.....15-4@ Incl. tech tests..........................6-21@
6BQ5 / EL84.............................5-4, 8-3@ 56.........................................................11-3 Listening tests, for hi-fi..........19-28@
6C8G....................................................11-3 76.........................................................11-3 Listening tests, for guitar amps. . .19-
6CA7, full report................................2-8@ 83.........................................................5-33 32@
6DJ8 family........................................7-3@ 180, 181, 182; Arcturus...................17-16 More history, tech tests...........19-4@
Listening tests......................................7-8* 182, 182B............................................15-5 6679.....................................................1-13
6E5GT..................................................18-5 203.........................................................9-3 6681...........................................1-13, 14-6
6EA7.....................................................5-23 205-type..................................................3-8 6688....................................................11-21
6EA8, as sub for 6BL8 or 6GH8. .12-23 211.........................................................9-3 6851.....................................................1-13
6EM7....................................................5-23 211D, E.................................................9-4 6854.....................................................9-10
6EY6, as sub. for 6V6......................10-5 216B Rectron.....................................17-17 6900.....................................................6-31
6EZ6, as sub. for 6V6......................10-5 227.......................................................11-3 6922.......................................................7-5
6F8G....................................................11-3 247, RCA.............................................10-3 7025.....................................................14-4
6FQ7....................................................6-31 252A.......................................................3-9 7027.......................................................4-7
6GL7.....................................................5-23 274A, B..............................................17-19 7044.....................................................6-31
6GM5....................................................20-9 275A.......................................................3-9 7058....................................................14-13
6J5G.....................................................11-3 276A.......................................................9-4 7119.....................................................6-31

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7189.......................................................8-5 Full report....................................2-8@ Accuphase T-100................................5-12
7199....................................................14-18 History, variants, tech tests...16-16@ Day-Sequerra.......................................5-12
7247....................................................14-18 Listening tests, for hi-fi..........16-29@ Dynaco
7308.......................................................7-5 Listening tests, guitar amps. .16-32@ DSC stereo adapter...................15-23
7320 / E84L..........................................8-5 Svetlana.........................................3-22 FM-1....................................1-5, 15-23
7408.....................................................10-5 EL37...........................................4-7, 13-22 FM-3..........................1-6, 5-10, 15-25
7581...........................................4-7, 13-22 EL41, UL41...........................................8-4 SAC-35............................................1-6
7591 family, variants, tech tests.....20-8* EL81-83-83-86........................................8-5 EICO HFT90, 92.................................3-15
7591, Sovtek version..........................15-3 EL84 / 6BQ5 family Fisher
7687, as sub for 6BL8 or 6GH8...12-23 History and tech tests...............8-3@ AM 1000.......................................5-10
7729...............................1-13, 14-8, 14-13 Listening tests...............................8-8* FM-50............................................9-32
7788....................................................11-21 EL509 / 6KG6, Svetlana.........2-19, 8-10 FM-90X............................................5-9
7868.....................................................20-9 EM2, EM4, EM11...............................18-4 FM 100.........................................9-32
7961.....................................................9-10 EM34, EM35........................................18-5 FM 100-series, incl. rest'n.....18-22@
8417.......................................................4-7 ER280, Raytheon..............................17-17 FM 100B.......................................5-10
AM2......................................................18-5 G4H......................................................18-4 FM 1000.....................................11-17
Audion, de Forest...............................19-9 GM-70, Ulianov.....................................9-9 FM 200B...........................5-10, 11-16
AZ11, Telefunken..............................17-16 GZ34......................................17-20, 17-21 KM-60, KM61..............................18-24
B65.......................................................11-6 KT61.....................................................10-5 R-202...............................................5-9
B339.....................................................14-8 KT66...........................................4-6, 13-22 Heathkit
B759...........................................14-5, 14-8 KT88, incl. tech tests.....................6-21@ AJ-1600.........................................5-12
CCa........................................................7-5 KT88, Tesla.........................................4-25 FM-3................................................2-6
Correction......................................7-37 KT90..................6-25, 19-6, 19-31, 19-34 PT-1.................................................5-9
CV181...................................................11-5 KT90, Ei-RC........................................4-25 Magnum Dynalab Etude.....................5-12
CV492...................................................14-8 KT99.....................................................6-25 Magnum Dynalab MD-108..................5-12
CV1988.................................................11-6 M8137...................................................14-8 Marantz 10B..........................5-11, 5-25@
CV4004.................................................14-8 Mercury rectifier, National Radio Tube Marantz Model 20...............................5-13
CV8156.................................................14-8 Co. full-wave...................................17-15 McIntosh MR65.....................................5-9
CV8222.................................................14-8 PZ, Arcturus........................................10-3 McIntosh MR67...................................5-11
E34L...................................................16-21 SV572-10, Svetlana.............................5-23 Nems-Clarke 1502.................................5-9
E83CC..................................................14-8 SV811, Svetlana..................................1-11 Radio Craftsmen RC-10.......................5-9
E84L / 7320..........................................8-5 SV811-10, Svetlana.............................5-23 SAE T-101...........................................5-13
E180F.................................................11-21 SV83, Svetlana.........................8-4, 14-18 Sansui TU-9900...................................5-13
E188CC..................................................7-2 THD "reactive rectifier".......................5-33 Sargent-Rayment, whole line...........20-16
E2164...................................................14-8 Tune-A-Lite...........................................18-4 Scott, H. H.
ECC33..................................................11-5 Tunograph............................................18-5 310E..............................................5-11
ECC83......................................1-13*, 14-5 U52.....................................................17-21 333.................................................5-11
ECC88....................................................7-2 UX-281...............................................17-17 350.................................................9-32
ECC803................................................14-5 VT-4C.....................................................9-6 4310...............................................5-12
ECC863................................................14-8 VT-52....................................................15-5 LT-110...........................................9-32
ECL82 / 6BM8..................................13-17 VV30B, Vaic........................................1-11 Sherwood S-3000................................5-10
EFM11..................................................18-4 VV52B, Vaic........................................2-16 Tuner "shoot-out"...............................5-7@
EL34
TUNERS

AUTHOR INDEX
(Lists items of a full page or more.)

Anderson, Roger AudioNote Kit One - A Quality Single-Ended Amplifier Kit....8-24*

Sargent-Rayment Story, The, 1927-1961..........................20-15@ "Cathode Bias" Series
Atwood, John Buyer Beware.................................................................5-32@
A Museum Class Inspires an Amplifier.............................6-14@ Ceramic Capacitors..........................................................7-31*
Designing for Sound..........................................................4-23
Antique Sound Lab AQ-1002 Kit One Amplifier.................7-26*
Metallic Rectifiers..............................................................9-33*
"Audio Test Bench, The," Series
Old Components - Caveat Emptor................................3-25*
AC Meters.......................................................................4-33@
Help Conserve a Finite Resource..................................2-16*
Audio Signal Generators................................................5-20@
Cathode Follower Amp, A....................................................13-26*
DC Meters......................................................................3-16@
"Dumpster Tubes" Series
Distortion Analyzers..........................8-30@, 9-25@, 10-29@
7-Pin Power Pentodes...................................................14-31*
Impedance Measurement................................................12-13*
9-Pin Miniatures..............................................................15-12*
Oscilloscopes.....................................................6-26@, 7-10@ Compactrons....................................................................20-22*
Power Supplies.............................................................11-28@ Dissimilar Dual Triodes..................................................17-28*
Test Bench and Tools, The.........................................2-13@ Rectifiers..........................................................................12-30*

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 Subminiature Types......................................................13-28@ Uncle Eric's Tube Dumpster" Series
Vertical Output Tubes....................................................16-10* #3: 12SX7........................................................................8-25
Hagerman Vacu Trace Curve Tracer, The......................16-24@ Type 2C51 / 5670...................................................................9-10
Philosophy of Safety for the Home Constructor, A.......17-31@ The 6AV5 - A Small Sweep Tube....................................10-21*
Radiotron Designer's Handbook on CD-ROM (review).........8-19 The 6688 / E180F...............................................................11-21*
RF-Powered Amplification...................................................15-16@ Why NOS Tubes Are Better.............................................19-14@
Screening Vacuum Tubes..........................................................1-8 Barbour, Eric, and Charles Kittleson
Transmitting Tube Test Amp, A...........................................8-7@ Fast Recovery Epitaxial Diodes...........................................11-31*
Tube Matching..........................................................................2-20 Inside Richardson Electronics............................................11-11@
Why 88 to 108? - The History of Early FM Radio.......4-12@ Listening to 6SN7s.................................................................11-9*
Atwood, John, and Charles Kittleson VTV Octal Line Stage Project.............................................11-10*
Problems with Transistors........................................................1-10 Barbour, Eric, and Peter Belov
Barbour, Eric Build 300 Watts of Triode Power.......................................12-31*
2A3: Mother of High Fidelity............................................12-4@ Bardes, David
6L6 Forever 1936-96..............................................................4-3@ Assemblage SET 300B Amplifier........................................15-11*
6SN7: Driver of Choice.....................................................11-3@ ASUSA K2003 Amplifier - Good Things Come in Small Boxes
12AX7: A History and Comparative Encyclopedia..............1-13 13-21*
12AX7: Twin Triodes Forever...........................................14-4@ Berning Micro ZOTL Amp....................................................19-19*
35 Watts of Triode Power with Variable Feedback.......10-25@ Clean, Clear, and Tube Friendly - The Gillum G3 Loud-
45: Just Enough Power.....................................................15-4@ speaker 14-17*
417A / 5842, The...................................................................7-36* Interconnects in Review.....................................................16-22@
5687 Tube Family, The.........................................................6-30* International Audio Group's 4.5SE Review.........................16-27*
6550 / KT88 Power Kings - Part II..................................19-4@ Interview with Paul Klipsch, An..........................................13-4@
7591 - The Space Savers..................................................20-8@ JJ 828 Amplifier - Push Pull Thrill Ride..........................18-28*
All About the 6DJ8 and Other Frame Grid Tubes............7-3@ Jolida JD-603A CD Player - CD Player with a Glass Heart
Baby Blues Bottle: Story of the 6V6..............................10-3@ 14-27*
Book Review: Two Books About M-OV...........................17-26* Klipsch RF-7 - Powerful Speakers for Low Powered Amps.....
Build a Comparison Preamp..................................................7-24* 19-17@
Computer Pioneers and Pioneer Computers (video review) Klipschorns - Out of the Corner and into the Limelight.13-6@
7-32* Modern Bookshelf Speakers for Classic Tube Amplifiers
"Computing with Tubes - the Savage Art" Series 12-15@
1. ABC, the Father of Everything....................................7-28@ Moth Audio's Positive Ground Amp ..................................17-35*
2. Inside ENIAC....................................................................8-20* Omega Speaker Systems Super 8.....................................20-11*
3. The First PCs Were Not Made in 1975...................9-18@ Reactance Reaction: The Welborne DRD 2A3 Amplifier
4. The World's First Electronic Calculator - Tube Powered!... 20-24*
10-22* Rogue Audio Tempest Amplifier..........................................17-24*
5. The First Real-Time Machine.......................................11-20* Rudy Bozak - Legendary Speakers from a True Pioneer.....18-17*
6. Uncle Sam's Monster....................................................13-20*
7. The First Mobile Computer..........................................15-32* Beck, Chris
EL34 Report, The: History and Comparisons...................2-8@ PP SV83 Amplifier Project...................................................14-18*
Corrections..........................................................................7-37 Belov, Peter, and Eric Barbour
EL84: The Baby with Bite..................................................8-3@ Build 300 Watts of Triode Power.......................................12-31*
History of the WE300B and Its Relatives.............................3-8*
Blake, Alan
How to Determine the Outer Foil of a Film Capacitor...17-30*
Dating Philips Tubes After 1948.......................................16-13@
Inside Guitar Amps (review)..................................................5-17*
Internet Lies and Other Hype.............................................14-29* Bourbin, Paul
Legacy of the 50 Watter: 211 & 845...............................9-3@ Tube Manual Fragmenta, A, or a Comparison of Various
Life and Times of the EL34.............................................16-16@ Tube Manuals.......................................................................4-26*
Magic Eye Tubes.................................................................18-4@ Radiotron Designer's Handbook (review)..............................8-18*
"NOS" - Next Online Scam?...............................................20-13* The Great Voice - A Tribute to Peter Jensen, Founder of
NOS Audio Tubes: The World's Best Investment?......18-14@ Magnavox and Jensen......................................................7-18@
Power Kings, The: 6550 and KT88.................................6-21@ Braithwaite, Norman
Problems with Modern Consumer Electronics....................13-13* Best Money Can Buy, The................................................3-1-3@
Rectifiers for Audio.............................................................17-15@ Early Days of High Fidelity and McMurdo Silver Corp.. 10-13@
Red Bank: The Ultimate Tube...........................................5-3@ In the Beginning . . ...............................................................1-3*
Review of Popular Guitar Amp Books, A...........................12-18
Tube Industry News.......................................2-15*, 3-22@, 4-25 Brown, Bart
Tube Lore (review).................................................................6-12* Eight 45s in a High-Quality Amplifier................................15-8@
Tube Testers and Classic Electronic Gear (review).........15-14* Buddingh, Terry
Ultimate Tone, The (review)..................................................5-17* Ampeg SVT: History and Variations................................9-13@
Uncle Eric's Deluxe SE SV811 Amplifier Project.............5-22@ The Art of Rectification..........................................................5-33*

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Buddingh, Terry, and Charles Kittleson Mid-Priced Vintage Hi-Fi Equipment.................................11-14@
6V6 Listening Tests................................................................10-9* Radio Craftsmen C500 Amplifiers - #2 Vintage Hi-Fi Series....
Dickman, John 19-21@
Tube Headphone Amplidier Project.....................................16-28* RCA Tube Production - Harrison, New Jersey................8-15@
Scott 222 and LK48 Amps - Sweet Sound for a Song13-15@
Dorsey, Scott Scott 299C, D, and LK-72 Amplifiers..............................20-29@
Kludge 4 Single-Ended - OTL Headphone Amplifier Project..... Tube Guitar Amps: An Interview with Terry Buddingh....2-20*
11-24* Ultimate 12AX7 Shootout, The: Hi Fi - 24 Types Tested
Douglas, Alan 15-33@
Story of the Loftin-White Amplifier, The............................6-17@ Ultimate Tuner Shoot-Out, The.............................................5-7@
Vintage Audio in Japan - 1. Amplifiers and Preamplifiers
Eckland, John
9-22@
Ultimate PP KT88 Amp, The..............................................19-26*
Vintage Microphones and Speakers in Japan...................11-27*
Classic 2A3 Amplifier, A....................................................13-10@
VTV at the Winter 1997 CES in Las Vegas......................7-34
Elliano, Jack VTV Listening Tests: 211 / 845s and 10K SE Transformers
Direct Reactance Drive Amplifier.........................................14-25* 9-11*
Ultrapath Line Amp, The.....................................................10-11* VTV Listens to SE Transformers..........................................3-24*
Frankland, Scott VTV Listens to Signal Capacitors.......................................11-26*
Contest for High Fidelity, The: Western Electric vs. RCA VTV Listens to the New WE 300B Types.........................8-22*
18-9@, 19-9@ Kittleson, Charles, and John Atwood
Graves, Rick Problems with Transistors........................................................1-10
Vintage Hi-Fi in Hong Kong...............................................5-14@ Kittleson, Charles, and Eric Barbour
Kennedy, Kevin Fast Recovery Epitaxial Diodes...........................................11-31*
30 Watts Push-Pull with Svetlana SV300Bs...................12-25@ Inside Richardson Electronics............................................11-11@
Listening to 6SN7s.................................................................11-9*
Kimmel, Alan VTV Octal Line Stage Project.............................................11-10*
Choke Assisted Mu Stage, The, and the Kimmel SE Parafeed
Amplifier..............................................................................20-4@ Kittleson, Charles, and Terry Buddingh
Sweep Tube OTL Monoblock Amplifier..............................8-10@ 6V6 Listening Tests................................................................10-9*
Kittleson, Charles Kittleson, Charles, and Ron Veil
"Purple Speaker Eater" (Citation II modification).................4-22* Ultimate 12AX7 Shootout, The: Guitar Amps.................14-9@
1927-34 Western Electric Large Theater Sound System.....2-25 Ultimate 6L6 Shootout........................................................13-22@
6550 / KT88 Shootout: Guitar........................................19-28@ Manion, Marc
6550 / KT88 Shootout: Hi Fi.........................................19-28@ What is Power Line Conditioning?.....................................3-29@
ASUSA A-4 Amplifier - VTV Kit Review...........................11-22*
Olson, Lynn
Best Sounds in Vintage Hi-Fi Under $350.......................9-30@
Amplifier-Speaker Interface, The........................................18-30@
Cinema Amplification - Altec-Lansing 1568, 1569, and 1570
Ultrapath, Parallel Feed, and Western Electric.................16-4@
7-13@
Classic Loudspeakers - The Altec-Lansing 604 Duplex......3-5@ Pugliese, Al
Designer Profile: Steve Carr of Carr Amplification.......20-26@ Tribute to Avery Fisher, A..................................................6-10@
EICO - Early Hi-Fi Years....................................................3-13@ Sears, Richard
EL34 Shootout for Guitar Amps.......................................16-32@ 6SN7 Line Stage Project...................................................17-12@
EL34 Shootout for Hi Fi....................................................16-29@
EL84 Listening Evaluations....................................................8-8@ Steele, Daniel
Fisher 100 FM Tube Tuners.............................................18-22@ Steele 70 Mk. II.....................................................................3-27*
Fisher 500 Family of Receivers, The - The Start of a Stone, Natalie
Generation.............................................................................6-3@ Gentle Giant, The: Altec 287W..........................................9-28*
Golden Age of Stereo - Harmon-Kardon Citation I, II....4-15@ Swartz, Scott
Great Sounds from Vintage Home Hi-Fi Speaker Systems Tube-O-Vibe Project..............................................................17-6@
1958-1969...........................................................................4-28@ Veil, Ron
H. H. Scott 299 & 299B EL84 Stereo Amplifiers..........12-19@ Allen Amplification Guitar Amp Kit Review......................12-10@
Heathkit - The Early Hi-Fi Years.........................................2-3@ Curt Emery - Mini Boutique Amp Designer......................18-26*
History and Future of Dynaco Tube Audio, The...............1-5@
Veil, Ron, and Charles Kittleson
Interview with Bruce Moore, An..............................8-26*, 10-18*
Ultimate 12AX7 Shootout, The: Guitar Amps.................14-9@
Interview with David Hafler, An
Ultimate 6L6 Shootout........................................................13-22@
Part 1: The Acrosound Years..................................14-20@
Part 2: The Dynaco Years.......................................15-21@ Wolze, David A.
Listening Evaluations of 6DJ8 Tubes.....................................7-8* Magnum Single-Ended Amp, The.......................................2-17@
Listening to 2A3s in Modern SE Amplifiers........................12-8* Quest for the Ultimate, The (McIntosh MI-200)................3-18@
Maxi-Matcher Digital Tube Tester - VTV Product Review Zuccaro, Michael
10-24* Birth of the Marantz 10B...........5-25@

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