FA: Amperex Metal Base GZ34/5AR4 Tube

[Audio Goodies]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Amperex-Metal-Base-GZ34-5AR4-Tube-TV2-57F_W0QQitemZ250034199775QQihZ015QQcategoryZ64629Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[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-Base-GZ34-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