Looking for suggestions for a good and trusted tube dealer


Has anyone lately bought tubes from Andy in Michigan of Vintage Tubes, and if so, how did it go?  I bought a couple of batches from him about 25 years ago, and I was surprised to see his web site still in existence.

In doing searches for tube dealers, I also found a site by "Brent Jessee."  In my past searches I had never seen that site before.  Does anyone have experience there, and if so how did that go?

I am looking to upgrade the stock Electro Harmonix 6SN7s in a Cary SLP 05 and I was hoping to find a dealer that people had had positive experiences with.

immatthewj

Showing 1 response by lowrider57

Andy is the best I've found for top quality tubes which are truly NOS. He measures every aspect of a tube including noise and microphonics. Brent is great as well but does not test for noise. There is a $10 fee for noise testing, no big deal, just remember to request it especially if purchasing 6SN7's.

Prices have increased dramatically over the past couple of years due to the dwindling supply of new old stock. As whart has mentioned, many so called NOS tubes have been pulled out of a particular device and may even have the original box. An honest dealer will list tubes as "tests as new" and provide test results.