Anyone ever have, use or hear this tube?


I always thought that the pinnacle of the ecc82/12au7 type tube was the Telefunken ecc802s. Even better than the Amperex 7316. But, I recently found out that there is an extra special designation for some ecc802's dubbed the G73R. These are supposed to be unmatched in quality and longevity, said to last 40,000+ hours! Anybody familiar with, heard or own these things??

 

 

 

thecarpathian

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Total BS onthe hype even these so called10,000 tubes that’s not  realistic under laboratory perfect circumstances, that’s made up ,even if a tube could play that long it’s far past it’s optimum .I have had tubes since the 1970s  .

these rare tubes youtruly don’t know if they are matched, or even used unless 

you have a tube tester.tube sellers put out ads and buy these  from all over the world in lots from people’s garages cellars used in equipment .

believe inly1/2 of what you read . I have been there done that ,and true vintage tubes are getting more rare ,anything NOS will be a premium over $500-$1k a pair 

such as these Tele tubes mentioned ,