RE: Bad 5AR4

RE: Bad 5AR4

Posted by Jim McShane (D) on August 28, 2015 at 05:47:20

In Reply to: RE: Bad 5AR4 posted by Garg0yle on August 27, 2015 at 19:48:32:

I've posted this a million times - you CANNOT judge only by what you can see from outside the tube! MANY tubes with much different performance look alike but are not alike.

I've sent out a good number of the Tung-Sols and Genalexes - and they are sturdier and more durable than the Sovtek. The Tung-Sols and Genalex tubes hold up in difficult applications like Bob Latino's amps where the Sovtek is really at the extreme limit of its capability.

As I see it - in essence your post is saying I'm not representing the performance of the Genalex and Tung-Sol honestly. Or that I'm incompetent to judge the tubes, that my experience carries no weight. I can assure anyone reading this that I am passing along my honest opinion, period; and that opinion is based on actual experience with 100s of these new tubes.

Come on folks! These new rectifiers (like so many of the most recent Russian tubes) are top shelf products. If you absolutely have to have an old stock piece - fine. But IMHO it is no longer necessary to hunt down a rare and expensive old stock 5AR4 now that the new ones are here.

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Topic - Bad 5AR4 - Garg0yle 13:03:34 08/27/15 (22)

RE: Bad 5AR4 - Alpha Al 09:48:29 08/28/15 (1)

RE: Bad 5AR4 - Garg0yle 10:29:45 08/28/15 (0)

RE: Bad 5AR4 - Paully 17:45:40 08/27/15 (0)

RE: Bad 5AR4 - krankkall 15:46:09 08/27/15 (0)

I had very bad luck with Sovtek 5AR4's (nt) - gusser 14:16:50 08/27/15 (1)

RE: I had very bad luck with Sovtek 5AR4's (nt) - Eli Duttman 18:53:02 08/27/15 (0)

RE: Bad 5AR4 - Jim McShane 13:14:02 08/27/15 (15)

RE: Bad 5AR4 - Garg0yle 13:33:13 08/27/15 (14)

RE: Bad 5AR4 - Garg0yle 19:48:32 08/27/15 (13)

RE: Bad 5AR4 - Jim McShane 05:47:20 08/28/15 (0)

US made NOS are good, too - FenderLover 04:46:20 08/28/15 (11)

RE: US made NOS are good, too - danlaudionut 03:59:55 08/30/15 (0)

RE: US made NOS are good, too - Garg0yle 08:58:02 08/28/15 (8)

why do you HAVE to have a valve rectifier, anyway? - Timbo in Oz 02:20:48 08/29/15 (7)

RE: why do you HAVE to have a valve rectifier, anyway? - Garg0yle 19:17:18 08/29/15 (4)

A slow enough turn on can be achieved in lots of other ways - Timbo in Oz 21:17:44 08/29/15 (3)

RE: A slow enough turn on can be achieved in lots of other ways - Garg0yle 23:22:00 08/29/15 (2)

Are they SE amps or PP? - Timbo in Oz 00:36:33 08/30/15 (1)

RE: Are they SE amps or PP? - Garg0yle 17:26:33 09/04/15 (0)

RE: why do you HAVE to have a valve rectifier, anyway? - Eli Duttman 09:30:23 08/29/15 (1)

IME using SR SS rectifiers - snubbed - improved the bass a LOT!bit more power - Timbo in Oz 15:00:33 08/29/15 (0)

RE: US made NOS are good, too - Cleantimestream 08:32:40 08/28/15 (0)

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RE: Bad 5AR4 - Jim McShane 05:47:20 08/28/15 (0)

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