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In Reply to: RE: I wonder if this is the Aspen Pittman (Groove Tube) equipment? posted by Tre' on May 06, 2015 at 09:07:06
I was told that there was a little company: father and daughter, making mostly transmitting tubes in LA. Mike Elliot of Counterpoint told me this as he was considering having them make some audio tubes for him. At the time he thought a $100 per 6922 might be a little too much, though.
Richardson electronics also has the capability of manufacturing. They own Hytrom, Eimac and some other companies with their tooling, IIRC. When Mac first reintroduced their tubes gear, their American made kt-88's were made by Richardson, IIRC. Never tried them so i can't comment. I believe they concentrate more on the transmitting stuff, though.
I do know large Eimacs are returned for rebuild so obviously someone has the ability to build tubes here. They cut the glass and replace the cathodes and getters
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They have become rather pricey, too.
was a tube slaughterhouse, buying surplus tubes and stock from all over the world. I have seen some nice NOS types and many Russian types.
This one looks to be a GE manufacture who supposedly also built the RCA redbase.
I have 2 quads of them and they are absolutely first rate tubes. I use them in my single ended amp which can be configured to use any tube in the 6L6 family type. Anyway next to the Mullard EL37 the Richardson KT88 was the best sounding tube. cheers, Dak
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