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I think it's generally agreed that NOS tubes were better built with better QC, I think the issue may be - if you've had them fail - that they would have been rattling around for decades, possibly tossed around in transit, maybe passed around amongst dealers during trades, and may have developed mechanical problems. I've never had an NOS tube fail electrically, it's always been mechanically; glass breaking, heater winding fracturing etc. Also it's in the nature of things that todays's NOS tubes could well have been at the bottom of the QC pile when they were originally made 50/ 60 years ago, who knows. In the 80s NOS tubes were very cheap, in the 'military surplus' category, so they hardly got feather-bedded treatment.
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08-24-2019 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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This is a forum, no point in saying things just once
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
Conclusion, electrically they check out ok, but mechanically they have been jostled around for 40+ years and you cannot depend on them. I think I will probably go with JJs from here on in. I just got a pair of NOS rca AT7s which sound great in the vintage sound but who knows how long they will last?
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Amend!!!
Originally Posted by jzucker
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Originally Posted by jzucker
John
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yeah, I never liked the JAN Phillips preamp tubes.
But I love the Phillips STR-387 and 415 double getter 6L6 power tubes, they're all I use and sound superb.
Those RCA's should last forever Jack and if they don't it's probably because you play too hard
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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