12AU7 and 12AX7 long black plates vs short black plates. Any difference ?

Kind of like negotiation with your wife, you don't use words that will upset the apple cart.

That's why I tell my wife; "You'll get what you want and like it!"

That's why I tell my wife; "You'll get what you want and like it!"

@thecarpathian 

Sabrina Carpenter's 2025 album cover for, "Man's Best Friend", which shows her on her knees with a man towering above her with a hand full of her hair, is iconic. Sign of the Times. 

It's like we are back in the early 80's again, without the feminism. Sabrina would have given Madonna a run for her money in those days. They have a lot in common, they are both real blondes and both are quite easy - if you know what I mean! - or at least that is their shtick. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Per David Byrne; same as it ever was.

Occasionally, to be funny, I utilize a heavy manly voice like Charlton Heston commanding well-heeled sheep and regale my wife with a "misogynistic quote of the day!" Resigned to the fact that she is female, she takes it sportingly well. 

Occasionally, to be funny, I utilize a heavy manly voice like Charlton Heston commanding well-heeled sheep and regale my wife with a "misogynistic quote of the day!"

Whenever I do that, my wife gives me that 'Oh, really...' look, so I always finish with;

"If that’s all right with you..."

"If that’s all right with you..."

@thecarpathian 

That's right, real men know how to read a room. 

Never let yourself get sucker punched. 

Hi we all talk and discuss the different subtle sometimes labelled subjective characteristics of various tubes and audio equipment in general? Aside from the obvious frequency response, noise and tube related std measures does anyone know of how these can be measured? For example subtlty, detail and naunce. Also “warmth and snap” and the so called “weight” tubes and sometimes electronic equipment add to music reproduction?

Thx