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5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes
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Yesterday, 02:30 PM
I doubt anything cooked in 30 seconds because of the oops! These are very similar tubes, and nothing but transformer rectification was happening since the rest of the tubes were out of the set. Take care, - Gary
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5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes - by bridkarl - Yesterday, 01:54 PM
RE: 5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes - by GarySP - Yesterday, 02:30 PM
RE: 5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes - by bridkarl - Yesterday, 02:37 PM
RE: 5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes - by Vlad95 - Yesterday, 11:02 PM
RE: 5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes - by Arran - 11 hours ago
RE: 5U4 vs 5Z4 tubes - by bridkarl - 3 hours ago



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