drewh1
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| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Goose - please stop recommending Andy, he is a month behind on orders and I want to get my tubes before anyone else orders! :)Actually, I spoke to him today and he is holding off on new orders until he gets caught up. | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony I'll say - $500 what a deal! I do think the boxes are worth at least $250. | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony I no longer think there is an issue with the preamp. I started a new thread but wanted to reply. here to atmasphere.I just recieved a pair of '56 RCAs and '53 Sylvania's. None of the tubes are microphonic. even quieter than the new Shuquangs. | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search I thought the Sylvania JAN 231's I tried were addictively transparent but recessed in the bass. I chose a fuller sounding tube that I like better, but no longer listen for such exrended periods. Strange how I rated one tube as quantifiably bet... | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search Just a quick report on my impressions of these tubes. My Don Sachs preamp uses 2 pairs of 6sn7's, one in buffer, the other driver. The Sylvania's have a lot of sparkle, In the driver position, they are great on detail but female vocals a bit gra... | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search shawn - the information is out there, you just have to dig for it. AND, you only need to be knowledgeable about one or two types of tubes.Call Andy at VTS, he is honest and won't try to sell you anything you don't need.http://vintagetubeservices.c... | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search oops, links are screwed up, make sure to delete the extra http// | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search tomcy6 - No Worries, I enjoy a good general discussion.Here are some links.http://http//www.tubemongerlib.com/ http://http//www.dehavillandhifi.com/6sn7_vt.htmhttp://https//www.head-fi.org/threads/the-reference-6sn7-thread.117677/ enjoy! | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search Regarding new tubes, for certain tube types, there are great new tubes out there. 300b for example: EML, elrog, etc. I think 2a3's have some great options as well. 6sn7s do not ): | |
| NOS Tubes - Agony or Ecstasy -Part II - The Search +1 for Tubemonger - great photos of the classic NOS tubes, A big help for identification of tubes. Tubemongerlib.com pinwa - thanks for the recommendation. I'll check out valvenmore. Just know, Sylvania and others manufactured tubes labeled fo... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Thanks for your comments Atmasphere! your products look awesome.RCA's had a nice sound but were terribly microphonic. So they are going back. I am having such bad luck, I wonder if something about the circuit in my preamp is especially sensitive ... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Quick update - finally got the tubes from Brent. Latest issue was the package got lost in the big storm so it took them weeks to get here. RCA VT-231s. Very sweet sound, with a nice balance of bass and sparkle. Definitely more depth and air then ... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Brent and Andy both grade tubes based on microphonics for line stage use vs phono. And I want to say, Brent has been outstanding on follow up and helping me get a good set of 6sn7s for my DS-2. I feel the extra effort is worth it. I have a nice ... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Mapman - I don't think it is about devices that "require" old devices to sound their best. Mostly there are pretty good modern tubes out there. I think EML makes tubes that rival the supposed NOS stuff. However, there are some really good old stoc... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony Great feedback on these vendors. Thanks all. It seems with "NOS" tubes buying from a seller that backs up the sale is worth a couple extra bucks. FYI - regarding the 6sn7 here is a page on the Dehavilland website that I found interesting: http://... |