Scored some nice JJ tubes at my local music store..... a quad of Apex matched EL34 , a quad of matched 6l6gc, a matched pair of EL84,several 12ax7 and 12au7, 12At7..... going back tommorow for another quad of EL34......ordered a set of tubes for my pre from Tube Depot, the oem set is a pair of JJ 12ax7 gold and JJ 12au7 gold. Ordered them with balanced triode sections, low noise, matched pairs..... they sound so good I ordered another pair of each today..... ordered 8 e180f yesterday.
Got them all at good prices compared to what I'm seeing. I am heavily invested in tube gear, there is no way I am going to fall victim to price gouging.
Shout out to Tube Depot for super fast shipping
Got a new amp coming in a month or two, I have a total of 8 pairs of premium NOS e180f / 6688 tubes from Mullard and Amperex. 6 JAN CRC 5r4gy ST bottle rectifiers date coded 5-56 and 10-56.... a Westinghouse (RCA) and a Raytheon 274b. If my math is correct , I should have enough til I die or longer. Once I have the amp for a little while I will most likely buy another pair of WE 300b to have on hand.