[Audio Goodies]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Amperex-Metal-Ba...QQcmdZViewItem

[GIG]

Guitar Amplifiers Too!

_The_Winners_ :

12AX7 Preamp: Electro Harmonix 12AX7-EH-GB. GOLD PINS

(Equivalent to: ECC803S)
(today's Mullard / Telefunken at reasonable price-
The system balancing was an official part of the original Telefunken ECC803S datasheet).


6L6GC Power Output: SED Winged =C=

(The control grids are gold plated and the tube sounds every bit as rich and detailed as the original RCA 6L6GC blackplate from the 1960s.)

[Peter Wieck]

Bret Ludwig wrote:
Audio Goodies wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Amperex-Metal-Ba...-Tube-TV2-57F_

Are these the kind that short out all the time?

If that is a genuine Amperex tube, unlikely. They are somewhere between
the GE (poor) and the RCAs (fair), but not as good as the Mullards or
Sylvanias.

From the pin base view, it looks genuine Old Stock, but the brand is
indeterminate from the pictures supplied. I would like to have seen
those numbers shown. Nuts on the price. I have a small fortune sitting
in my Rectifier Drawer, it seems.

It is the Chinese 5AR4s that melt down commonly. It can be quite
spectacular.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA