Sources for NOS tubes

Andy at Vintage Tube Services. He knows tubes, and has excellent test equipment. He has never let me down, either with recommendations or with the tubes I have bought.

This is a correction to my last response. I was only referring to the 6922 tube. I didn't know there has been such a run on these tubes. If I was looking for another tube I would have been able to buy them from Kevin Deal. Of course my first choice for any tube would always be to buy them from Kevin Deal in the future.

Regarding Upscale Audio. Whilst you can respect their stance on 6922 NOS due to their rarity-I wouldn't bother with them. I e-mailed an enquiry and got no response,none,zitto. Plain bad manners. Ben

Sorry, Ben. I looked and what you say is true. I get fifty e-mails a day, many of which are a "quick question" which I may not be able to service. I started today at 6:30AM and it's now 8:20PM...and I am not done yet. I have a cut and paste "sorry I can't help" I usually send out in instances like this, but was going to answer you. But it piles up. Tons. I send out three and four come back. So you are in the pile....sorry. Much of our biz is from guys bored at the office....but along wit that are loooong questions. And most folks don't realize how much of it there is. We may go to on-line ordering. I like the one-on-one stuff to get into my customers heads, but e-mail is killing it.

The power of Audiogon. And a reply I did get. Better late than never. Thanks Kevin. Regards, Ben