jnoel64
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I was swapping out my 6V6s with a set of yellow color coded EL34s last weekend. I also decided to move my SPAX7 from V1 to V2 and added another SPAX7 to V3. While I had the chassis out of the head shell, I pulled V5, the AT7. The pins were kinked and bent. I had never pulled this tube before and was very surprised at it's condition. I had already thought of replacing the stock AT7 with an NOS JAN Phillips AT7, which I immediately did once I saw the condition of the stock tube. Still trying to figure out how the tube got that way. I would initially think it was how I pulled the tube, thinking the socket would straighten the pins just from being in place. But, I pulled that tube out with one smooth, straight pull. Baffling...