Okay. Then the U might be better for you than the T. There is a very small amount of breakup, really barely noticeable, with the T.
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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society
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Okay. Then the U might be better for you than the T. There is a very small amount of breakup, really barely noticeable, with the T.
12AU7 will give you zero breakup, unless you have super hot pickups on the input. 12AT7 will give you a little, but not as much as 12AX7
Yes, that's my understanding too. My Warrior preamp is pretty hot, so I'm sure the 12au7 will work fine.
Ever since Sushi Box became a thing my wife has joked about it. Yesterday I got the news from the mechanic that after 217,000 glorious miles my beloved 17 year-old car is finally on the way out. My wife just said "that's okay, sell a bunch of pedals and buy a new one."
So anyway, I may be selling a few extra pedals here and there to help pay for the replacement sushimobile.
So anyway, I may be selling a few extra pedals here and there to help pay for the replacement sushimobile.
The current sushimobile is a 2005 Rav4. It's been great, but as my daily driver for the past several years with occasional road trips as well it's definitely showing its age.
As a mechanic for over 40 years, I think that Toyota makes a very good vehicle.
My '17 Rav4 was built in Canada and I've been very happy with it.
Yup, I've been very happy with the Rav4, and my wife drives a Sienna, both have been excellent for us. I don't enjoy working on cars so I pay a mechanic to do it for me, he said that my Rav4 is mechanically in good shape, but it's getting to a point where it will fail Illinois emissions long before it stops running.
The next sushimobile will definitely be a Toyota, and if I have my way it will probably be another Rav4.
What he said.
While I'm no mechanic, I'm closing in on 200,000 miles on my '09 Toyota Highlander 6-banger.
Giddy-up!
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my 2000 BMW 328i (e46) coupe went more than 255,000, but when tranny went about 6 years ago, she was done (too expensive to replace). it passed all CA emissions and got the same MPG as when i first bought it and still ran perfect. it was a great car. i replaced it with a newer version 3 series 328i (e90) coupe which is a rocket ship. same MPG but has 50 more HP.
I’ve got a new Ram 2500 Laramie Crew Cab on order, to replace my 2016. I’ve gotta have a 3/4 ton to pull my band trailer.
The new one will be “none more black”….Night Edition without an ounce of chrome anywhere on it. Should hopefully have it within about a month, it’s got a set build date and all parts are sourced/allotted for it.
The new one will be “none more black”….Night Edition without an ounce of chrome anywhere on it. Should hopefully have it within about a month, it’s got a set build date and all parts are sourced/allotted for it.
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What he said.
While I'm no mechanic, I'm closing in on 200,000 miles on my '09 Toyota Highlander 6-banger.
Giddy-up!
My son drives a 2008 Highlander (base) with the V6, and it's going very strong and looks great with around 150k miles. My wife has a '16 Rav4 Hybrid with 120k (she drives a lot for work) and it's just purring along. I had an '89 Truck (before they adopted the Tacoma name) which I bought with 109k on it and sold it for close to the same money 10 years later with 297k, and it was in great shape. My wife had a '94 Camry which I traded in back in 2004 with 235k, and the dealer couldn't believe how nice it was. We also had an 01 Highlander which we had for 8 years and 175k, but it did develop a transmission slip (but otherwise looked great). All in all, we have had great luck with Toyotas.
Tubes.
I'll leave this here:
Exclusive: Western Electric confirms plans to tackle the tube crisis with its Georgia factory
I'll leave this here:
Exclusive: Western Electric confirms plans to tackle the tube crisis with its Georgia factory
Yup, been seeing that around. I signed up for their mailing list so I would "be the first to know" when things happen, but apparently they didn't feel the need to tell me that and I read it on TGP a few days ago.
I expect them to be expensive, but I plan to try them out.
Oh and speaking of expensive tubes, I ordered a pair of Psvane 12AX7 to try out, $50 for a matched pair. If these impress me (they're supposed to) I'll try out their $80 pair of high-end tubes. I don't plan on ever making these a standard option, but if they're really good I like being able to recommend upgrades for people that want to roll tubes for a different sound.
i tryed more expensive 12ax7 tubes once, but i couldn't tell any difference. probably my ears are not good enough. lot of difference with 12at7 or 12au7, but none with pricier 12ax7. just me.
Yeah that's why I started with Psvane's lower-end 12AX7 instead of going straight for the higher end ones. I'm primarily a drummer and I've played without hearing protection for most of my life, all the sensitive bits of my ears that were once able to discern tonal subtlety are gone now. So on the offchance I do hear a really audible difference then that means it's actually a dramatic enough difference that my garbage drummer ears can hear it.
The thing about rolling tubes (of the same type) that kinda surprised me the most was that the tonal differences between many of the different vintage tubes was not nearly as big as I expected... the differences ARE real, but they're also really subtle. The biggest actual difference I notice is when driving the tubes hard: some go into distortion noticeably earlier or later than others, and I often hear a bigger difference in the character of their distortion more than any of their tonal differences played clean. (But that's just to MY ears...)
A lot of people claim that good condition vintage tubes will give thousands more hours of life than modern production tubes will; but I've never found anyone that's ever kept remotely accurate track of how many hours any given tube was played before failure. Also, the numbers on "early" failures are deceptive too because most of the still existing old stock tubes have already been QC sorted through in the secondary market in a way that new production tubes haven't been, so no clue if it's actually true or not.
Tube rolling can be an interesting (and expensive) sub-hobby, but don't expect anything dramatic and don't invest too much into it; unless you really like the early/late distortion of one tube versus another, the tonal difference is usually about the same as trying different manufacturers strings of the same gauge and type.
A lot of people claim that good condition vintage tubes will give thousands more hours of life than modern production tubes will; but I've never found anyone that's ever kept remotely accurate track of how many hours any given tube was played before failure. Also, the numbers on "early" failures are deceptive too because most of the still existing old stock tubes have already been QC sorted through in the secondary market in a way that new production tubes haven't been, so no clue if it's actually true or not.
Tube rolling can be an interesting (and expensive) sub-hobby, but don't expect anything dramatic and don't invest too much into it; unless you really like the early/late distortion of one tube versus another, the tonal difference is usually about the same as trying different manufacturers strings of the same gauge and type.
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Back to the car thing for a minute... I drive a 2017 Highlander XLE AWD. Love it. It swallows a whole lotta stuff, a dog, a wife and raaod trippin' we go. Really comfy for long days on the road. First non-Subaru Outback I have had in a very long time. My wife has a 2017 Outback. It has way better electronics but... the Highlander just feels so plush on a long day...
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I would expect superior electronics on a car from 2917.
