In Reply to: Never thought to try them posted by Frihed89 on November 25, 2014 at 00:07:29:
My understanding is that they are JJ 300Bs with the 300B 5v filament folded for the 2.5v and bang, you're a 2A3. So running them at 2A3 points they will last a long time.
But I have also heard that most current production 2A3s are really 300Bs, so IDK...
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - maxhifi 12:51:41 11/24/14 (103)
- JJ tubes arrived! - maxhifi 21:47:58 12/04/14 (0)
- Electro-Harmonix 2a3 Gold Grid - Mr_Steady 02:09:00 11/25/14 (5)
- RE: Electro-Harmonix 2a3 Gold Grid - tube wrangler 10:48:35 11/25/14 (4)
- RE: Electro-Harmonix 2a3 Gold Grid - Mr_Steady 18:49:30 11/25/14 (3)
- RE: JJ 2A3-40 - Cathode Ray 09:59:31 11/29/14 (2)
- RE: JJ 2A3-40 - maxhifi 20:43:42 11/30/14 (0)
- RE: JJ 2A3-40 - Mr_Steady 04:43:29 11/30/14 (0)
- THANK YOU ALL - I ORDERED THE JJ 2A3-40 - maxhifi 18:31:45 11/24/14 (0)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - Sebrof 18:15:11 11/24/14 (7)
- Second Hand Testimonial from someone Experienced - drlowmu 18:42:00 11/24/14 (6)
- Agreed. Value is high with the JJ. nt. - RC Daniel 19:26:07 11/24/14 (4)
- Never thought to try them - Frihed89 00:07:29 11/25/14 (3)
- Fair. My experience is... - RC Daniel 20:58:43 11/26/14 (0)
- RE: Never thought to try them - Sebrof 14:28:21 11/25/14 (1)
- That's the information (or mis-information) that Gordon Rankin keeps repeating... - Ivan303 18:01:57 11/25/14 (0)
- RE: Second Hand Testimonial from someone Experienced - maxhifi 18:55:39 11/24/14 (0)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - Frihed89 15:41:11 11/24/14 (0)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - RC Daniel 14:19:53 11/24/14 (76)
- question....... - bouncy ball 15:37:22 11/24/14 (75)
- RE: question....... - RC Daniel 16:15:10 11/24/14 (74)
- RE: question....... - bouncy ball 17:27:34 11/24/14 (73)
- RE: question....... - RC Daniel 19:18:03 11/24/14 (72)
- RE: question....... - tube wrangler 20:02:06 11/24/14 (70)
- Time for New Tubes - Mr_Steady 04:36:21 11/29/14 (2)
- RE: Time for New Tubes - Tre' 11:37:35 11/29/14 (1)
- RE: Time for New Tubes - Mr_Steady 12:56:48 11/29/14 (0)
- RE: question....... - Tre' 22:49:24 11/24/14 (65)
- RE: question....... - tube wrangler 11:21:42 11/25/14 (5)
- RE: question....... - Tre' 15:15:24 11/25/14 (4)
- RE: question....... - tube wrangler 16:10:34 11/25/14 (3)
- RE: the subjective experience ... - deathtube 667 04:06:48 11/25/14 (58)
- RE: the subjective experience ... - Tre' 07:22:45 11/25/14 (56)
- Getting back to what Dennis said.... - Tre' 07:36:36 11/25/14 (55)
- RE: Getting back to what Dennis said.... - maxhifi 08:14:54 11/25/14 (54)
- RE: Getting back to what Dennis said.... - drlowmu 19:31:51 11/25/14 (2)
- Pejorative Terms - Mr_Steady 05:27:06 11/26/14 (1)
- RE: Pejorative Terms - drlowmu 06:38:36 11/26/14 (0)
- +1 - Ivan303 08:44:38 11/25/14 (0)
- Thank you, now it's Dennis' turn......(nt) - Tre' 08:35:07 11/25/14 (49)
- Puleeeeeze stoooop.... - Ivan303 08:45:42 11/25/14 (48)
- So we should let the false statement stand? (nt) - Tre' 15:09:36 11/25/14 (47)
- Maxhifi is absolutely right. That leaves no 'false statement' to argue about. - Ivan303 18:07:57 11/25/14 (0)
- RE: So we should let the false statement stand? (nt) - tube wrangler 16:25:12 11/25/14 (45)
- RE: So we should let the false statement stand? (nt) - GEO 17:31:47 11/25/14 (44)
- RE: So we should let the false statement stand? (nt) - drlowmu 19:35:52 11/25/14 (43)
- RE: So we should let the false statement stand? (nt) - GEO 05:16:05 11/26/14 (42)
- RE: So we should let the false statement stand? (nt) - Mr_Steady 05:48:06 11/26/14 (41)
- RE: So we should let the false statement stand? (nt) - GEO 11:31:31 11/26/14 (40)
- Leeway - Mr_Steady 15:09:28 11/26/14 (38)
- RE: Leeway - GEO 19:35:12 11/26/14 (6)
- GEO - drlowmu 19:56:09 11/26/14 (4)
- This is what I thin "M" in your handle means: - GEO 15:47:03 11/27/14 (0)
- RE: GEO - Mr_Steady 20:37:55 11/26/14 (2)
- RE: GEO - drlowmu 21:10:14 11/26/14 (1)
- Rock On Jeff - Mr_Steady 21:24:35 11/26/14 (0)
- RE: Leeway - Mr_Steady 19:41:43 11/26/14 (0)
- Wrong forum? - maxhifi 15:37:08 11/26/14 (30)
- RE: Wrong forum? - Mr_Steady 16:32:34 11/26/14 (29)
- RE: Wrong forum? - Mr_Steady 16:45:19 11/26/14 (28)
- RE: Wrong forum? - maxhifi 17:52:06 11/26/14 (27)
- RE: Wrong forum? - Mr_Steady 18:40:51 11/26/14 (26)
- RE: Wrong forum? - maxhifi 20:03:05 11/26/14 (25)
- RE: Wrong forum? - tube wrangler 21:01:30 11/26/14 (0)
- RE: Wrong forum? - Mr_Steady 20:59:20 11/26/14 (23)
- RE: Wrong forum? - maxhifi 08:11:28 11/27/14 (22)
- RE: Wrong forum? - Mr_Steady 02:46:14 11/28/14 (20)
- RE: Wrong forum? - maxhifi 11:26:35 11/28/14 (19)
- RE: Wrong forum? - Mr_Steady 11:40:47 11/28/14 (18)
- RE: Wrong forum? - maxhifi 11:58:17 11/28/14 (17)
- RE: Wrong forum? - tube wrangler 22:14:28 11/28/14 (15)
- RE: Wrong forum? - Tre' 11:35:44 11/29/14 (14)
- RE: Wrong forum? - tube wrangler 14:35:31 11/29/14 (13)
- Subtle sales pitch again - GEO 06:06:59 11/30/14 (12)
- RE: Subtle sales pitch again - tube wrangler 09:05:41 11/30/14 (1)
- RE: Subtle sales pitch again - GEO 16:18:59 11/30/14 (0)
- A Possible Solution? - Mr_Steady 06:51:37 11/30/14 (9)
- RE: A Possible Solution? - GEO 17:17:22 11/30/14 (8)
- RE: A Possible Solution? - tube wrangler 21:32:53 11/30/14 (5)
- Talk to Don Garber instead of me - GEO 04:55:15 12/01/14 (4)
- RE: Talk to Don Garber instead of me - tube wrangler 10:26:08 12/01/14 (3)
- This is the SET Asylum ? - GEO 13:01:39 12/01/14 (0)
- RE: Talk to Don Garber instead of me - kyle 11:17:01 12/01/14 (1)
- RE: Talk to Don Garber instead of me - GEO 13:13:11 12/01/14 (0)
- RE: A Possible Solution? - Mr_Steady 18:59:28 11/30/14 (1)
- RE: A Possible Solution? - GEO 19:38:05 11/30/14 (0)
- RE: Wrong forum? - Mr_Steady 12:15:23 11/28/14 (0)
- RE: Wrong forum? - tube wrangler 18:15:16 11/27/14 (0)
- I dig it. - Mr_Steady 15:04:50 11/26/14 (0)
- RE: the subjective experience ... - Mr_Steady 05:14:56 11/25/14 (0)
- RE: question....... - sonicboom 21:29:40 11/24/14 (0)
- thank you. (nt) - bouncy ball 19:23:50 11/24/14 (0)
- original H plate - GSH 13:27:08 11/24/14 (2)
- RE: original H plate - maxhifi 13:50:15 11/24/14 (1)
- RE: original H plate - GSH 08:53:55 11/25/14 (0)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - Chip647 13:21:31 11/24/14 (5)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - RC Daniel 14:09:39 11/24/14 (3)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - Chip647 15:17:55 11/24/14 (2)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - Triode_Kingdom 10:23:58 11/25/14 (0)
- I agree in full. nt. - RC Daniel 15:21:44 11/24/14 (0)
- RE: State of the art, or jewelry? New tubes. - maxhifi 13:31:57 11/24/14 (0)
Follow Ups
- RE: Never thought to try them - Sebrof 14:28:21 11/25/14 (1)
- That's the information (or mis-information) that Gordon Rankin keeps repeating... - Ivan303 18:01:57 11/25/14 (0)