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I don't have those little white stickers some people put on tubes so I wrote date codes on the inside of some box's flaps.
Have I compromised/ lessened the value of those tubes? All are NOS or test better.
Your thoughts.
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I tested hundreds of small signal tubes around the turn of the century and applied the test results via office supply sticky labels.
They were stored in a wood cabinet with shoe box sized drawers (most tubes being without individual boxes) and when I checked them 6-7 years later most all of the stickers had detached from the tubes.
By this time I had gifted and/or sold my good/calibrated testers (2 TV-7's and a 539C) as I figured that I would not require them anymore (no longer buying small signal tubes).
The last TV-7 I kept only reliably tests DH/SET's (same results with 2A3/300B as the good testers), but it has a tendency to oscillate with small signal triodes (which maxes out the dial) and it does not perform properly with el84/el34 et cetera.
The only plus is that I did not keep any small signal triodes that didn't meet new spec, but now I am without a tester to re-match them.
Should have purchased bulk boxes and labeled the individual boxes in hindsight.
I am one of those people who is a "bit much." I buy several NOS tubes a week, but I rarely buy a tube unless the box matches the tube exactly and is crisp and clean with no writing on it. It is easy to tell if a tube has been in and out of a box since it does deform the flap and cause it to "pucker" or tear slightly.
That said, I buy tubes in which most "audiophiles" have no interest. I never buy tubes with the type written on the box because that is a clear indication that the tube was a "pull" and put in the closest box by a technician replacing "good tubes." All that said, I too put the test data on a tube on the inside flap just as you have indicated that you do. I see nothing wrong with that, but it would be a clear indication that the tube has been tested, so might not be new.
Here's to comraderie and good listening. Cheers.
of ink you used.
Pencil might be acceptable to the anal retentive collector.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
The resale value, yes. The value of the tube itself (assuming that you are going to use them), no.
I have made deals with tube sellers where I get a better price because I don't need the boxes.
I don't listen to the boxes. :-)
Tre'
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Ppl that demand OEM matching boxes, these days, are a bit much. Believe me, if you have NOS metal based Amperex GZ34 rectifiers --- you won't have any trouble selling them for premium $$$. Even, if they are in generic white boxes.I bought a sextet of matching black plate NOS Tungsol 6550 from a guy in Australia. He took them out of the original boxes and bubble wrap each one. Then, put each into separate boxes... then all six into a larger box.
He asked if I wanted the original boxes. I said forget it. The tubes went right into an amp and are still being used today.
Edits: 11/14/16
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