@jasonbourne52 are you referring to the Chinese tubes?
Use at your own risk!
Is the Shuguang 5AR4 any good?
I am probably getting carried away here, as I now have three 5AR4s on hand (which includes the one installed in my power supply) and one in the mail and bids in on 3 more (which I highly doubt that I will be successful on), but I just got an offer on a couple of Shuguang and I like having spares and I kind of have a hard time resisting a bargain.
So does anyone have any experience with this particular brand of 5AR4?
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Thank you, @dekay ! That was an interesting read. I did note that @rodman99999 had used a tall bottle, and I actually turned down an offer on a tube that the seller had listed as a "tall bottle" because I wasn't sure if there would be enough clearance to get it into position to insert the pins into the socket. Anyway, thanks again!
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@dekay the one that is in the mail & on its way is a UK Amperex (which I was told here was probably made by Mullard) and one of the ones I have already received was sold as a Hitachi and I see on the base that it is labeled Matsushita. The three I have bids on are Mullards and I believe that two of them are claiming to be NIB. (AS I typed, I don't have high hopes for those, as I am not going to bid much higher, if even at all higher.) Your thoughts are to leave the Shuguangs alone then. Okay, I was just thinking that the price seemed okay and if they were as good or any better thyan the stock Sovtec, a couple of spares wouldn't hurt. Okay, thanks.
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Okay, @jackd that’s probably the bottom line then--no point in getting them if they aren’t better than the stock Sovtec. I'll try to win one of those other auctions I bid on. |
@dekay gotcha. I am leaving those Chinese tubes alone. Thanks. |
Okay, @jjss49 that seals the deal. The Chinese tubes are not happening! |
thank you and I just shot you a reply thanking you for the advice. If you don’t get it, it is not because I am impolite when someone takes time to educate me, but for some reason it triggered a message warning me "Conversation added to Moderation Queue for Review by Support." Which I completely don’t understand, but so be it, and thank you again for adding to my education on NOS tubes. And good deal on the coffee! I can relate to that. Maybe not on the coffee, but there are other things. . . .
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