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RE: Boatload of NOS Brimar 7868s on eBay

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ksk

In Reply to: RE: Boatload of NOS Brimar 7868s on eBay posted by Lee of Omaha on May 29, 2013 at 15:41:50

Looks like the EL506 are not the same as 7868 according to this post:

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/tubes/messages/23/234532.html

It's also curious that the photo at RadioMuseum.org (posted OCT 2009) appears to be a small portion of the first ebay photo:

http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_el506.html

Follow Ups:

If you look under the photo in Radio Museum - Michael Samra 12:11:51 05/30/13 (0)
it does that link to Ebay but the sellers name (Wonderco),is still written under it.
RE: Boatload of NOS Brimar 7868s on eBay - Alpha Al 19:33:03 05/29/13 (1)
They can be inserted into a 7868 socket, but because the pins are slightly larger, they will stretch out the contacts making NOS 7868's fit loosely from then on.
- The Pinout is Different I was told - Mechans 06:12:46 05/30/13 (0)
  I started a similar thread a while back and was told that I would need an adapter to use them. I was also told unlike the concensus here that they were not really equivalent to 7868s. I would have bought a lot of them if they were the real deal,
  I use a Sherwood integrated and currently a Fisher 400 both use 7868 tubes. I have a bunch of of used GE 7868s I bought when I was asleep at the wheel, I need to separate the decent tubes from the bad as they are all used. The black plated RCA is some kind of unicorn these days I would love trying them.
  
  Steve
RE: Boatload of NOS Brimar 7868s on eBay - ksk 16:52:05 05/29/13 (0)
Correction to the above post:

OCT 2009 may not be the date the photo was posted at RadioMuseum.org

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