Mike,

I have all sorts of valve/tube gear: Home-brew amplifiers, old test equipment etc. I love it. The A, B+ and (where used) C- supplies were more usually named LT, HT+ and GB- here, by the way.

High B+ voltages don't bother me at all, but I guess those who just grew up with transistors might have a hard time getting used to it.

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Rabbit,

See? Apart from the basic electrical stuff you may well find some other common interests.