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In Reply to: RE: eBay tubes Gold pins? Real? posted by Permanent Waves on August 12, 2017 at 18:18:18:
There has been an epidemic of tubes with gold pins that never had them. This started several years ago on Ebay where it seems to have run in-abated since. Ebay has always been a caveat emptor situation, most of the dealers I had been using, appeared to my less than perfect eyes had not.
But as long as we are pissing and moaning, I did go back to the 'bay' to get tubes for a headphone amp I suddenly found myself forced to use. I got all manner of tubes, with plenty of crap, mostly noise issues. I refused to pass them down with the as is as found BS, unlike the guys who passed them onto me.
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- RE: eBay tubes Gold pins? Real? - Mechans 19:34:31 08/12/17 (0)