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Keep my tubes??

So, I decided to cash out of my tubed-based system about a year and a half ago. I intended to get back in when I could. At this point, I'm not sure when that's going to happen. In my day dreams, I'm even considering going solid state amplification.

My question is, should I hold on to my tube collection or, cash that in too?

My instincts tell me that these are old stock tubes are a limited resource and the supply dwindles by the day (at some point, there will be no more right??)

Since I've been out of the hobby for awhile, I'm trying to understand the other side; the demand side.

Should I hold or sell?
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cyclonicman
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Sold all of my 6922 tubes because I purchased a preamp that used 6SN7's. Sold that preamp after 2 years and purchased one that uses 6922's. Regretfully, I wish I would have held on to those 6922's now. Seems like the prices of the 6922's has skyrocketed over the past few years.
cyclonicman
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Tvad, I sold them all a few months after I sold the preamp. I sold a quad of those russian 1578's and a quad of 5692's here on audiogon. I sold a pair of Sylvania VT231's Ebay.
cyclonicman
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Pescolar, glad you still are enjoying it. I thought that the 1578's were extremely dynamic, but started to give me some listener fatigue after a while. You really have to experiment with the Cary, but that is what makes it so good. It really doesn't need a matched quad and I found that it sounded better with different paired brands. Overall, I thought it sounded best to me when I used the Sylvania VT231's in the rear position and two ElectroHarmonix 6SN7's in the front. If I recall correctly Cary had Sino Chinese 6SN7's in it as the stock tube. Avoid them, they don't allow the SLP98 to shine at it's best.
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