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In Reply to: NOS 12AU7 Tubes posted by AudioSoul on September 1, 2016 at 17:17:41:
If you are seeking out rare tubes you need to know what is truly good and what is crap. Most often rare tubes appear on epay and as such you need to take a little more of a chance. Many sellers on that site are good reputable and honest so you can rely on those sellers. I have been buying from some of the same sellers for almost 20 years on eboy and not have any complaints.
If you want to forego the drama then you have no choice but to get the tubes from the rare tube dealers that were previously mentioned. But, your price will be probably more than twice that of the auction site.
There are also some very good tube mongers in Europe. They know what is good and they can supply some of the rarer euro brands at good prices.
Do your research about the tubes you are interested in and ask questions. Fakey tube sellers usually over hype their products. It is a dead give away. The other thing is they will through in a word or phrase that is not really dealing with the item. Most favorite now is "Western Electric". Seems like it pops up with everything from baby shoes to stethoscopes. OK, that makes no sense but you get my drift..Dak
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Follow Ups
- RBe sure to do your research beforehand. - DAK 17:25:55 09/02/16 (2)
- RE: RBe sure to do your research beforehand. - AudioSoul 09:22:20 09/03/16 (1)
- RE: Thank you for the sentiment. our lives are too serious nt. - DAK 14:45:47 09/03/16 (0)