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[AMPS] 8875 Twang!

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Subject: [AMPS] 8875 Twang!
From: odin@webspan.net (Pinky & The Brain)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 16:33:23 -0400
Greetings to the group,
                I am writing in hope that someone could shed some light on the 
cause of a twangy (best description I could come up with!) sound I hear inside 
a pair of 8875s when lightly shaken. I recently acquired this pair of tubes for 
use in my MLA-2500 but am wary of pressing them into service for fear that a 
filament may have come loose from its supporting structure and on power up may 
sag and short out ( ala side mounted 811A's ). I am totally unfamiliar with the 
internal structure of these tubes so I am at a loss to come up with any other 
explanation. The sound is more pronounced in one tube and both tubes exhibit no 
odd-ball readings when tested with an ohmeter. Any help or explanation in this 
area would be greatly appreciated. BTW these tubes were slightly banged around 
in a UPS shipping incident, hence my concern!
                                                                        Steve


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