dubkitty wrote:NOS Telefunkens are hi-fi as hell--NO coloration at all--but are insanely expensive (up to $200+ each for NOS in box, with fakes abounding). you can find used-test-close-to-new ones on eBay, particularly the ones made in Germany and branded for overseas home audio makers e.g. Fisher.
I agree with all except this. NOS Telefunkens are dark sounding tubes. There is coloration. Some would say, that these sound warm.
V1 to V2: TAD 12AX7-C (Sovtek where too microphonic in that position) V3 to V5: Sovtek 12AX7LPS V6 to V7: ARS 6V6GT (it’s written Tesla/JJ on one of them) V8: ARS 5AR4/GZ34
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Just ordered some Tung-Sol 6L6GC STR for my Super Reverb, Was going to get them from thetubeampstore.com but $27 for estimated 1 week shipping is ridiculous, so I got them from music123 which had them for $5 less and free shipping
Psyre wrote:Just ordered some Tung-Sol 6L6GC STR for my Super Reverb, Was going to get them from thetubeampstore.com but $27 for estimated 1 week shipping is ridiculous, so I got them from music123 which had them for $5 less and free shipping
Does music123 have a return policy on defective tubes?! Tubedepot does and that is a god send because you never know if the tubes you're getting will be defective or not.
