My Tube Collection, Welcome to share yours

[Steve Williams]

Hi Steve, yes, it has been asked and answer

for those of us with short memories, could you answer one more time

 

[adrian cheng]

for those of us with short memories, could you answer one more time

I can only guess about 3000 or more, most of them are up to 90 % life and some NOS ,of course .

 

[Steve Williams]

I can only guess about 3000 or more, most of them are up to 90 % life and some NOS ,of course .

Good for you Adrian. It must have been a lifetime labor of love for you

 

[adrian cheng]

Good for you Adrian. It must have been a lifetime labor of love for you

Steve, only a bad hobby

 

[Sablon Audio]

Sounds like you are going to have an interesting week SA. I don't have much in the way of exotica in my collection, just a few well regarded tubes. Always interesting to hear how alternatives sound. I do also think it comes down to the combination - having the right, or wrong, combination can impact how well another tube performs / sounds down the line.
I'd be interested to hear how you get on.

To save cluttering up this thread, I posted my thoughts in the Riviera Levante thread

Riviera levante

hola, alguien tiene alguna experiencia con el integrado riviera levante y lo compararia con pass labs

www.whatsbestforum.com

 

[new2Krell]

There is no end to you is there Adrian? Keep it up!

 

[new2Krell]

To save cluttering up this thread, I posted my thoughts in the Riviera Levante thread

Riviera levante

hola, alguien tiene alguna experiencia con el integrado riviera levante y lo compararia con pass labs

www.whatsbestforum.com

I'll take a look, Thanks SA!

 

[adrian cheng]

There is no end to you is there Adrian? Keep it up!

Unfortunately yes, road of no return

 

[new2Krell]

Unfortunately yes, road of no return

A one way street maybe, but what a journey

 

[Sablon Audio]

A spare pair of Melz 1578 in their original packaging , this time with shiny nickel plates and no ‘1578’ markings. If anyone has some to sell, then drop me a PM / email.

 

[Lowrider75]

A spare pair of Melz 1578 in their original packaging , this time with shiny nickel plates and no ‘1578’ markings. If anyone has some to sell, then drop me a PM / email.

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Have you tried them in circuit?

 

[Sablon Audio]

Have you tried them in circuit?

Not the nickels but I have been happily using matt grey plate 1578 for the past year.

 

[Lowrider75]

A spare pair of Melz 1578 in their original packaging , this time with shiny nickel plates and no ‘1578’ markings. If anyone has some to sell, then drop me a PM / email.

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1 of 2 1578 OTK, original package. Pristine looking pair. Haven't tried them, but the 2 other pairs I purchased had poorly soldered pins.
I don't trust them enough to sell.

 

[adrian cheng]

RFT Amp use EL36 tubes

 

[adrian cheng]

Very rare Tungsram EZ80

 

[adrian cheng]

Telefunken rib plate and smooth plate,different side holes

 

[adrian cheng]

Very rare Telefunken EF86 Made in 1956

 

[Sablon Audio]

Not NOS but harder to find than most vintage grail pieces. Big fella too, this GZ480.

 

[Sablon Audio]

Tung-Sol 6su7gty / 6188. A ruggedized 6sl7 and arguably one of the best sounding.

 

[Sablon Audio]

I’ll leave you all to find a suitable epithet