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In Reply to: RE: Buyig Tubes posted by pictureguy on August 10, 2021 at 13:19:47
In Europe on eBay you frequently see photos of the tube in question in the tube tester. Particularly in Germany vendors are good at recording actual test results. A lot of vendors have tube testers, and if they won't give youth results as a percentage of new it's up to you to buy or look elsewhere. "Tests good" only means 60% upwards, and 60% isn't great. You would usually be looking for 80% and above. And if you see a vendor with a tester (look at other tubes he's selling) saying "filaments good" it's a good bet he tested the tube and got a low result.
This doesn't address the question of rebranding tubes, but it addresses the question of whether you're getting a strong tube or not (80% or over). I'd prefer a reliably tested used tube to a "new" boxed tube. You can get all kinds of tubes in what looks like their original boxes.
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I have been using this tactic too when shopping for tubes at Ebay. At times, you would notice some "not so nice" sellers trying to dump garbage in Ebay by the way how they listed their tubes. These are the sellers I always avoid. Another kind is even more pathetic, they listed with a single picture, a short description stating tested OK, then a long description of their company and how big is their warehouse or inventory...priceless.
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