recommendations for tube dampers???

So Zaikesman, would you care to name some names as far as the SS gear you hinted at? Sorry, don't mean to hijack this thread but I am always very interested in tube-like SS gear I should listen to. Have not used tube dampers yet but this thread has got me thinking again.

I also apoligize for the brief hijack.Welcome back Z,good to hear,Bob

I have been trying to build my own DIY tube dampers, and im getting a ring of softish urethane to make a good and removable damper.

Chatta,

I'm sure urethane can work, but make sure it's of a formulation that will withstand the temperatures of a hot tube. I received a used preamp once with urethane dampers and they were a sticky mess. No idea how long they'd been in use, but they weren't doing much damping by the time they got to me. I stick with silicone just because I know it's one material that will stand the heat.

David

Hi Kats, not saying that tubes are never worth it or that SS sounds tube-like, just that to my ear the flaws I often perceived which made much SS a musical compromise, seem to have been proven largely solvable by this point. (And I know one leading long-time manufacturer of both tube and SS amps feels this is the case.) So IMO abiding tube disadvantages isn't imperative to get sound that's not constipated and synthetic sounding.