Guilty as charged! I hoard vacuum tubes, and ammunition. At 65 years old I’ve calculated the amount I’ll need of both for a guesstimated life span and made multiple purchases. Living in California it’s also prudent to stock up on items that are banned and/or heavily taxed. Now before passing judgment as you all will, I purchased my items to consume in a normal manner of usage, and not to speculate and turn a profit. I’ve been into firearms and tubes for 55 years. I remember buying guns and ammo at the hardware store and the self serve RCA tube tester with the lower cabinet stocked with new tubes at the Thrifty Drug Store. I do wish I’d bought some KT 150’s to try. I added the ammo and California to this for simple illustration, please do not go political and ruin this fine man’s thread. Regards , Mike.
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@ghasley , I wrote my statement on a 4th grade level, but apparently it went over your head. The invasion thing is political and that has no place here . In making the comparison of ammo to tubes, consider that like tubes, ammo involves toxic materials and is fairly specialized. Tubes like ammo is very limited to country of origin and therefor subject to availability and price spikes. As a former hunter and still a recreational target shooter, I wanted to avoid problems like availability and price gouging. My pre amp takes 2 - 12AU7’s, I have about 10 pairs of various NOS sets. My power amp takes 1 rectifier, 1 driver and 2 power tubes. I have 8 different drivers, 5 rectifier, and 8 or 9 pairs of power tubes. All are NOS, except for half of the power tubes. My ammo is a result of a lifetime of shooting and figuring out the loads I like. Now considering that, I purchased enough ammo to occasionally go shooting and not be inconvenienced by availability . As far as a pending invasion, only an idiot would say that. You don’t know me and obviously don’t care. So feel free to be a Jackass, but do it at your own expense. |