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In Reply to: Re: Which means the Tung-Sols are built to have superior cosmetics with similar materials.(nt) posted by McCormack on April 24, 2007 at 20:30:12:
I picked up most of my NOS from old, dilapidated TV repair shops and the like in the early '90s. Some came from purchases through AudioMart, Some through Andy Bowman (at the time, just a local character that had great tube hunting skills).Yes, old stock was more available then but a person had to be "in the know" to be looking for (foraging really) and finding the good stuff.
These are the best of times IMHO. There are cheap, reliable tubes that don't blow up in your amp from Russia and China these days. Adjusted for inflation, these new production tubes are cheaper than the drugstore variety that one purchased for the color telly in the late 60's!
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Al G
Born To Tinker!
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Al,Price aside, do you think the new production tubes sound as good as the NOS tubes?
The SED 6L6GC is a great tube in my Heathkit W-5M amps, as is the Valve Art KT66.The Sovtek 12AX7LPS stands right up with the best. The Chinese Shugaung 12AX7-C is good too.
This info has been repeated by at least 4 posters in the last week on this board. Their experience backs up the way I feel in my personal experience.
Just the fact that you can buy a new production 5AR4 rectifier that will work in a ST-70 is a vast improvement from the early '90s Chinese imports (much less the staggering variety of EL34's that are available today).
HTH
Any opinions on current 6sn7's?
NT = No Text to be found here.
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Al G
Born To Tinker!
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