Authenticity ~ Quality ~ Value ~ Lifelong ~ Expertise ~ Sterling ~ Integrity ~ Accuracy
NOTICE:
The tube prices in this catalog CANNOT be compared to others!! Each tube
sold by
V.T.S. has been LABORIOUSLY auditioned, scrutinized, and matched by Andy
Bowman in the
V.T.S. Analog Laboratory using National Institute of Standards registered
gear.
(See the Testing Laboratory, and
Six Things, etc...)
Think these prices are high? Try the "Crazies"
RCA
6L6-GC Black-plate at over $445.00 a pair. That's over $220.00 EACH!!!!
For that price I hope the pins are solid Gold! (And the box too!)
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Mini Tubes |
[NOTE:
Because of the depth of the inventory, this is a very, very, partial
stock list. Please call for current pricing and availability.
Tubes are added regularly and the inventory changes so please call/email
us if you have a specific need.] |
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Manufacturer |
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Microphonics |
Quantity |
$ Each |
Description |
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12AX7/ |
Amperex |
Late |
Moving Coil |
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188.00 |
Type 1 (Long Plate) 1950’s "Bugle- |
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ECC83 |
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1940's & |
Moving Mag. |
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168.00 |
boys" These came in several styles |
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50's |
Super-Line |
4 |
148.00 |
all are the lowest in distortion, the |
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Line |
6 |
118.00 |
sweetest, and rarest of the Amp. |
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12AX7/ |
Amperex |
1960’s |
Moving-Coil |
2 |
140.00+ |
Type 2 (The Classic "Bugle Boy" of |
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ECC83 |
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Moving Mag. |
8 |
120.00+ |
the 1960’s) Very nice, a bit lighter |
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Super-Line |
11 |
108.00+ |
with a touch more sparkle than the |
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7 |
88.00+ |
Telefunken, but still completely sweet! |
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12AX7/ |
Amperex |
1970’s |
Moving-Coil |
1 |
94.00+ |
With orange World-Map branding, still |
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ECC83 |
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Moving Mag. |
3 |
84.00+ |
using the same classic tooling & |
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Line |
6 |
74.00+ |
machinery but it’s running faster now |
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12AX7/ |
Mullard |
1950’s |
Moving-Coil |
4 |
188.00 |
Type 1 (Long Plate) 1950’s version. |
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ECC83 |
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Moving-Mag. |
9 |
158.00 |
The warmest, sweetest, 12AX7 ever |
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Super-Line |
12 |
128.00 |
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Line |
11 |
118.00 |
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12AX7/ |
Mullard |
1960’s |
Moving-Coil |
7 |
140.00+ |
Type 2 (Short Plate) The same |
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ECC83 |
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Moving Mag. |
6 |
110.00+ |
magical, warm but detailed sound |
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Super-Line |
8 |
98.00+ |
as it’s older sister with a touch more |
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Line |
9 |
88.00+ |
neutrality. Don’t be fooled by those |
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"other guys" with their late production |
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1970+1980's yuck-yuck |
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12AX7/ |
Telefunken |
1950- |
Moving-Coil |
3 |
138.00+ |
The most famous and well known |
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ECC83 |
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60’s |
Moving Mag. |
7 |
128.00+ |
vintage 12AX7, and the all time |
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Super-Line |
11 |
108.00+ |
benchmark of tonal neutrality and |
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Line |
4 |
88.00+ |
balance. Rich and sweet, while at the |
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same time delivering as much detail |
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and air as any 12AX7 ever made. Both |
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ribbed & smooth plate type available. |
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12AX7/ |
R.C.A. |
1946 to |
Moving-Mag. |
2 |
88.00 |
The first tooling for this tube. |
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ECC83 |
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mid 50's |
Super-Line |
6 |
78.00 |
Excellent, rich & accurate sound from |
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Line |
8 |
68.00 |
the heart of the Golden Age of Hi-Fi. |
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This tube like the 60s version below is |
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particularly great in A/D converters |
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because they provide liquidity and |
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sweetness AND AT THE SAME TIME |
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MORE INFORMATION & MUSIC! |
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12AX7/ |
R.C.A. |
1960’s |
Moving-Coil |
8 |
98.00 |
Shorter gray plates are used now but |
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ECC83 |
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Moving Mag. |
26 |
88.00 |
the sound is still the same, GREAT! |
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Super-Line |
32 |
74.00 |
We all know the music of the 60’s. |
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Line |
15 |
64.00 |
These baby’s made a large amount of |
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it, chugging away in FENDER Twins, |
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HAMMONDS and Hi-Fi’s, the heller |
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of it is many are STILL GOING! |
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12AX7/ |
R.C.A. |
1970’s |
Moving-Mag. |
6 |
86.00 |
Only 6 years of production in the |
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ECC83 |
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Super-line |
9 |
66.00 |
70’s things are starting to slip. |
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7025/ |
R.C.A. |
1950- |
Moving-Coil |
5 |
96.00 |
Another one of the very few tubes |
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Premium |
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60’s |
Moving Mag. |
12 |
80.00 |
actually conceived & developed for Hi- |
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12AX7 |
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Super-Line |
8 |
74.00 |
Fi use. This is a 12AX7 with a helical |
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Line |
11 |
64.00 |
heater roughly selected for hum and |
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noise at the factory.(see note on creep’s |
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below) |
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5751/ |
R.C.A. |
1950- |
Moving Coil |
9 |
96.00 |
A high reliability, ruggedized, type, |
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5751- |
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60's |
Moving Mag. |
4 |
82.00 |
having slightly lower gain than a |
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WA |
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Super-Line |
16 |
72.00 |
12AX7.And baby, when R.C.A. said |
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Line |
2 |
62.00 |
PREMIUM it meant the real thing, a |
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multi-million dollar Research lab and |
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50 years of experience! The way |
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today’s sales creeps put "Selected", |
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"Signature" & "Platinum" on every |
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piece of junk that comes down the pike |
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makes me sick!!! |
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12AX7 |
Tung-Sol |
1950- |
Moving Mag. |
2 |
48.00 |
Good solid, long-lasting, clear |
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60’s |
S-L |
8 |
42.00 |
sounding tubes favored by many. |
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7025 |
Tung-Sol |
1950's & |
S-L |
7 |
40.00+ |
The same great laboratory type quality |
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60's |
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as the 6550's & good sound similar to |
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Tely |
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5751 |
Tung-Sol |
1960's |
S-L |
4 |
56.00 |
Same as above. |
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12AX7/ |
Siemens |
1970's |
Moving Mag. |
10 |
6.00 |
Bazaar (big bottle) thangs! I have |
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ECC83 |
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Phono |
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heard that these work well in certain |
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equipment (just like the usually useless |
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Tungsram 12AX7 works in the |
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N.Y.A.L equipment. |
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P.S. Yes, these are the ones that have |
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12AT7 type plates. |
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12AX7 |
Yugo/EI |
1970- |
Moving-Coil |
4 |
38.00 |
Made on the orig. Telefunken machinery, |
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80’s |
Moving-Mag. |
8 |
32.00 |
the ONLY late production mini tube that |
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Line |
11 |
28.00 |
has ANYTHING to do with the original |
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tooling, machinery, etc. Contrary to the |
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poop that is spread in the press. (Made |
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with orig. tooling, consulting with |
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orig. employees, blab blab blab). Pre-War |
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1970's production not 80's & 90's junk. |
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12AX7 |
Brimar |
1950- |
All Available |
4 |
26.00 |
A serviceable but definitely not |
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60’s |
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legendary tube being pushed as the |
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GREATS by several of my oh, so |
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sloppy imitators, mainly because |
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anyone who can pick up a phone can |
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call England and buy 5000 of them at a |
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time. If they were truly great they |
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would have gone to Japan and other |
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serious Hi-Fi hot spots long, long ago! |
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12AU7 |
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Type |
Manufacturer |
Date |
Microphonics |
Quantity |
$ Each |
Description |
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12AU7/ |
Amperex |
1950’s |
Super-Line |
2 |
Call |
Type 1, the first couple of toolings for |
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ECC82 |
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Line |
4 |
Call |
this tube. As usual with tubes the rare, |
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early version is a bit more lucid than |
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the 60’s Bugle boys. The best in the |
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Jadis, CAT,C-J and others. |
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12AU7/ |
Amperex |
1960’s |
Moving-Mag. |
3 |
128.00 |
Type 2. The classic "Bugle-Boy" from |
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ECC82 |
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Super-Line |
10 |
108.00 |
the 1960’s. The lightest and most |
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Line |
12 |
88.00 |
extended top of the great Euro. three, |
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yet full bodied and rich at the same |
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time! |
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12AU7/ |
Amperex |
1970’s |
Moving-Coil |
2 |
68.00 |
Made in the same factory, on the same |
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ECC82 |
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Moving-Mag. |
6 |
62.00 |
machines in Holland, as above, but ten |
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Super-Line |
10 |
58.00 |
years later. Still the same fine tube. |
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7316/ |
Amperex |
1950- |
Moving-Coil |
0 |
168.00+ |
Special-duty 12AU7, (computer) |
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Premium |
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70's |
Moving-Mag. |
0 |
148.00+ |
included in the "PREMIUM- |
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12AU7 |
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Super-Line |
1 |
128.00 |
QUALITY line introduced for industry. |
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6 |
108.00 |
A favorite of CAT owners. |
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12AU7/ |
Mullard |
1950’s |
Moving-Mag. |
3 |
Call |
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ECC82 |
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Super-Line |
6 |
Call |
description. |
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12AU7/ |
Mullard |
1960’s |
Moving-Coil |
5 |
138.00+ |
Be it in a Hammond Organ amp or a |
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ECC82 |
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Moving-mag. |
9 |
122.00 |
Vox guitar head these ARE the sound |
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Super-Line |
12 |
108.00 |
of the 60’s & 70’s. Accurate, detailed |
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and warm. |
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12AU7/ |
Telefunken |
1950- |
Moving-Mag |
6 |
130.00+ |
The classic Tele 12AU7, as with the |
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ECC82 |
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Super-Line |
11 |
108.00+ |
12AX7 this is one of, if not the most |
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Line |
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98.00+ |
tonally neutral and detailed 12AU7’s |
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that Ever has and ever will be made. |
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12AU7/ |
R.C.A. |
Late 40’s |
Moving Mag. |
5 |
76.00 |
Type 1, The classic black plate 12AU7, |
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ECC82 |
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50’s |
Super-Line |
12 |
66.00 |
another R.C.A. Original ! Developed |
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56.00 |
by R.C.A. in the late 40’s this is the |
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original Tooling. I think all R.C.A. |
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minis are under-rated. This is a very |
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good sounding tube with a tonal |
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balance between a Tele and a Mullard. |
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(White logos on tube) |
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12AU7/ |
R.C.A. |
1960’s |
Moving-Coil |
3 |
78.00 |
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ECC82 |
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Moving-Mag |
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64.00 |
getter units. Because of its important |
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Super-Line |
38 |
48.00 |
job as a vertical & horizontal driver and |
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29 |
38.00 |
oscillator in Televisions (R.C.A. was |
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TV for the first 20 years.) This tube |
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was on the microscopic inspection |
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program during the 50’s & 60’s. The |
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best 12AU7 ever made in the U.S.A. |
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5814 & |
R.C.A. |
1950’s & |
All available |
76 |
40.00's & |
Top of the line industrial & military, |
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6189 |
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60’s |
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ruggedized, premium 12AU7. No |
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miniature tubes will ever be made again |
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that are even half this good. This line |
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MAND" |
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was a complete re-engineering of the |
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12AU7 tube. (Same as 5751 was to |
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12AX7) Developed for critical military |
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& industrial applications these are true |
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beauties! There were several tiers of |
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ruggedness and statistical |
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sampling, ect… culminating in the |
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"COMMAND" series. |
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" COMMAND" was the highest level of |
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ruggedness and reliability reserved |
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for armed forces and mobile use. |
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6680/ |
RCA |
1950's |
All available |
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40's+ |
Premium version adapted for mobile |
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12AU7 |
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communication use. Has loosened heater |
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voltage requirements. I.E. Heaters are |
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adjusted for consistent performance |
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with widely varying heater voltages |
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encountered in mobile communications |
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Type |
Manufacturer |
Date |
Microphonics |
Quantity |
$ Each |
Description |
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12AT7/ |
Amperex |
1950’s- |
Moving-Coil |
1 |
128.00 |
The classic Amperex 12AT7 that has |
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ECC81 |
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70’s |
Moving-Mag. |
7 |
98.00+ |
the same personality as the whole 12 |
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Super-line |
21 |
88.00+ |
series, extended and sweet at the top, |
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14 |
78.00+ |
full and rich across the rest of the |
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6201/ |
Amperex |
1960’s |
Call for |
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European version of the 6201 |
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E81CC |
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ruggedized, and gold pinned, these |
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10,000 hour high reliability series of |
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tubes. Very Nice! |
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12AT7/ |
Mullard |
1950's |
Moving-Coil |
3 |
128.00 |
Classic three port type that did not |
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ECC81 |
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& 60s |
Moving-Mag. |
7 |
118.00 |
change for about 28 years. One of the |
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Super-Line |
12 |
88.00 |
best, lowest distortion, sweetest, |
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Line |
18 |
66.00+ |
12AT7’s ever made. I have sweetened |
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many a CD Based system to perfection |
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with these. |
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12AT7/ |
Telefunken |
1950s |
Moving-Coil |
5 |
128.00 |
The famous German 12AT7 that is so |
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ECC81 |
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& 60s |
Moving-Mag. |
14 |
118.00 |
full and rich and at the same time |
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Super-Line |
7 |
94.00 |
tonally neutral |
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Line |
8 |
84.00 |
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12AT7/ |
Siemens |
1950s |
Moving-Coil |
2 |
118.00 |
Very close to both Amperex and |
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ECC81 |
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& 60s |
Moving-Mag. |
4 |
198.00 |
Telefunken in sound, neutral, sweet |
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S-L |
7 |
98.00 |
and SUPER detailed. |
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12AT7WA |
Siemens |
1960s |
Call |
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Call |
Several nice units in stock at any one |
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12AT7/ |
R.C.A. |
1940s |
Moving-Mag |
6 |
68.00+ |
The original 12AT7 and best ever made |
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ECC81 |
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& 50's |
Super-Line |
15 |
62.00+ |
in America. Again Orig. tooling with |
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Line |
12 |
54.00+ |
wing type plates. Has that true blue, |
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top to Bottom balance that all R.C.A. |
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tubes have. |
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12AT7 |
RCA |
1960's |
Moving-Mag |
6 |
64.00+ |
More of the same great sound, two |
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& 70's |
Super-Line |
15 |
54.00+ |
different plate types; wing & box. |
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Line |
40 |
44.00+ |
Plate changed from black to gray in |
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early 60's or so. These tubes are a great |
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bargain at their prices. Very soon |
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these will be truly expensive & |
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collectable as it becomes more |
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apparent that nothing like them will |
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ever be made again. |
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Think these prices are high? Try "My Imitators" Amperex
6922 PQ Gold pins at over $300.00 EACH and this is for a microphonic tube!!! Siemens
6922 Made in the 80's not selected at over $230.00 EACH!!!!! Sylvania
6922 circa 1960's. Try some of these babies, one of the original
"bad sound" tubes |
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6DJ8, 6922,
7308 |
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Type |
Manufacturer |
Date |
Microphonics |
Quantity |
$ Each |
Description |
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6DJ8/ |
Amperex |
1958-62 |
Moving-Coil |
Call |
138.00 |
The original 6DJ8. Developed by |
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ECC88 |
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D getter |
Moving-mag. |
Call |
128.00 |
Amperex in 1958. First used in Hi-Fi, in Tuners + |
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Super-Line |
Call |
108.88 |
as the Input tube in the Marantz Model |
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Line |
Call |
88.00 |
9 power Amp & Fisher FM-1000 tuner. The |
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sweetest, most liquid & accurate 6DJ8 ever made. |
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Like the best tubes, these seem to be |
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able to sort out the noise from the |
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music. |
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6DJ8/ |
Amperex |
1964- |
SL |
8 |
98.00 |
Type 2, Still the same great tube. |
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ECC88 |
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68 |
Line |
14 |
88.00 |
Some tooling changes. |
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O Getter |
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6DJ8/ |
Amperex |
1970s |
Moving-Coil |
2 |
126.00 |
The second tooling of this tube, made |
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ECC88 |
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Moving-Mag. |
6 |
118.00 |
on higher speed, second generation |
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Super-Line |
9 |
98.00 |
machinery. There are three types of |
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Line |
12 |
84.00 |
these. All are very nice full bodied well |
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balanced, low noise tubes whose |
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hallmark is top to Bottom balance. A |
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favorite for many in The moving coil stage of Jadis JP-80 MC, and others. |
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6DJ8/ |
Amperex |
mid |
Moving-Mag. |
2 |
126.00 |
One of the few still made well into the |
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ECC88 |
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70’s |
Super-Line |
8 |
118.00 |
70’s with really good quality! Most of |
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Line |
12 |
92.00 |
these used "A" shaped getter support. |
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6DJ8/ |
Mullard |
Early |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Closest to the Amperex "Bugle-Boys" |
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ECC88 |
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60s |
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having warm, sweet, detailed, sound |
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with a velvety background. |
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6DJ8/ |
Mullard |
Mid |
Moving-Mag. |
Call |
Call |
Same beautiful sound as above still |
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ECC88 |
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60's |
Super-Line |
Call |
Call |
made With the same Mullard care & |
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Line |
Call |
Call |
greatness. |
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6DJ8/ |
Mullard |
70’s |
Moving-Mag. |
Call |
Call |
Still a great tube but cooling off a bit in |
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ECC88 |
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tonal balance. |
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6DJ8/ |
Siemens & |
Early |
Moving-Mag |
Call |
144.00 |
For those who have been around this |
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ECC88 |
Halski |
60’s |
Super-Line |
Call |
124.00 |
tube for 30 years or so the exceptional |
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Line |
Call |
108.00 |
qualities of S & H Frame Grid tubes are |
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well known. As with the Dutch, the |
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Germans worked well with the |
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.00029 inch grid wire and other |
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requirements of this tube. The Good, |
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early, true S & H 6DJ8, 6922,7308, |
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have the highest transparency of any |
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ever made, some say even higher than |
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the Tele. For many The only contact |
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with Siemens has been the Siemens – |
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Rohr Junk that is laying around |
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everywhere VTS avoids these like the |
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plague. |
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6DJ8/ |
Telefunken |
60’s |
Moving-Mag. |
Call |
Call |
The other great German 6DJ8. In keep- |
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ECC88 |
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Super-Line |
Call |
Call |
ing with the rest of the Tele. line the |
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Line |
Call |
Call |
6DJ8 has the same neutral tonal bal- |
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ance as the 12AX7 etc. Very nice and |
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clear. |
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6DJ8/ |
Matsushita |
60’s |
Moving-Mag. |
14 |
58.00 |
A very good 6DJ8 made in Japan during the |
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ECC88 |
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70’s |
S-L |
56 |
48.00 |
later 60’s and 70’s. These units are extreamly |
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38.00 |
well made and have a warm, sweet tonal bal- |
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ance. Far, far better than anything being |
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made in the last 25 years.Made primarily for TVs, |
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these were part of the first wave of |
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electronics that helped Japan take over the |
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U.S. Consumer electronics industry in |
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the 60’s & 70’s. These are second only to the Four Euro Greats Amprex, Siemens & Halski, Telefunken & Mullard. |
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6922/ |
Amperex |
1959- |
Moving-Mag. |
3 |
158.00 |
This is a rugged version of 6DJ8 for |
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E88CC |
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70’s |
Super-Line |
6 |
138.00 |
Industry & Military use. There were |
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Line |
4 |
128.00 |
two different plants that made |
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these tubes. One in Holland and |
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one at 230 Duffy Ave on Long Island |
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New York. There were also several dif- |
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frent versions from each plant. I do not |
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have the time to go into them at this |
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time. Call for details. As usual the |
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earlier the better. |
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6922/ |
Mullard |
Early 60s |
Moving-Mag. |
4 |
176.00 |
As usual the Mullard version of this |
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E88CC |
(Type 1) |
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Super-Line |
7 |
156.00 |
tube is warm & smooth but still accur- |
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Line |
3 |
120.00 |
ate! The gold plating on the pins looks |
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like fine jewelry. ((The antithesis of the |
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currently made junk that looks like |
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cheap plastic-gold flash in a dime store! |
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The pins themselves are SO rough that |
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often they look like they were hammered |
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out by hand using ROCKS!!!)) |
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6922/ |
Mullard |
65-70 |
Moving Mag |
8 |
148.00+ |
Same as above |
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E88CC |
(Type 2) |
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Super-Line |
12 |
128.00+ |
This is one of the most counterfeited |
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Line |
16 |
118.00+ |
tubes in the industry. Don’t be fooled. |
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6922/ |
Mullard |
70s |
Call |
Call |
Call |
Still a good tube but starting to slip in |
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E88CC |
(Type 3) |
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sweetness now. (also see notes above) |
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6922/ |
Telefunken of |
1970s- |
Super-Line |
2 |
12.00 |
I got stuck with these they, came in |
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E88CC |
EAST GERMANY |
80s |
Line |
5 |
12.00 |
with some other stuff. If |
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you’ve paid more than this for these you |
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need to find a new tube dealer! I know |
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gobs of guys that have spent |
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THOUSANDS on buying these from |
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several of my imitators at around $150.00 |
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to $200.00+ each! Most said they never |
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sounded right and went noisy after a |
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week or so. Those who called and |
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complained were told tough luck! |
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6922/ |
Siemens & |
60s |
Moving-Coil |
2 |
178.00+ |
In keeping with tradition, the Siemens |
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E88CC |
Halski |
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Moving-Mag. |
5 |
158.00+ |
version of the 6922 is like it’s 6DJ8 |
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Super-Line |
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prototype. Super high information and |
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Line |
6 |
108.00+ |
all the typical attributes (see 6DJ8 |
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4 |
96.00+ |
Siemens). Watch out for the dreadful |
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late stuff that’s pushed most of the |
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time. |
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7308 |
Amperex |
1961 & |
Call |
Call |
Call |
The 7308 was an attempt at further |
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Mullard |
later |
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refining the 6922 and featured tighter |
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Telefunken |
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control of all specs. Fabulous tube if you |
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Etc. |
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actually get good early production. |
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While we are on this subject let me |
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share with you a bit about testing these |
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"Frame Grid" types of tubes. For as |
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many years as I have been testing & |
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studying tubes these have eluded me |
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until the last few months. I can’t go |
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into details here but now I understand |
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MUCH more about these. It’s funny |
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to think how most audio people |
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and even tube dealers don’t have any |
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idea why they get such differing sonic |
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results from tubes, even those of the |
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same batch. |
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