BadChile Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Just adding fuel to the fire - I placed an order at Eurotubes over the weekend for some JJ tubes, just received an email indicating that while sufficient inventory exists, order volume is such that they're currently running a 3 - 4 week lead time on shipments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Here: https://www.musicradar.com/news/tube-amp-shortage-ehx-russia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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henry4841 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Fortunately have 12 tube amplifiers at the present time with a box full of extra tubes. Not counting the tube preamplifiers I currently have. I have bought tubes from this guy for a number of years and have always been satisfied with price and shipping. Unfortunately it appears he is away for a few days. https://www.ebay.com/str/vacuumtubevalues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmlowz Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 23 hours ago, Westcoastdrums said: Damn, no tubes, do I cancel my tube amp purchase then? What tubes does your new amp take? Just curious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious_George Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I’ve been collecting (hoarding as my wife says) tubes for 26 years. I’m good for the foreseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEH Synergy Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, rmlowz said: What tubes does your new amp take? Just curious? Non audio, rugged commercial grade tubes. I am not going to cancel my order for my custom tube amp. In fact, waiting eagerly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmlowz Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, Curious_George said: I’ve been collecting (hoarding as my wife says) tubes for 26 years. I’m good for the foreseeable future. I have all I will need and then some LOL. for all my tube amps. The pair of Gold Lion 300B tubes I bought for the amp you built me went up 150.00 for the pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious_George Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Hopefully, recent events will convince Americans that we need to be self-sufficient and produce everything we need domestically. Yes, prices would be higher, but I’d support that. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainbeefheart Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 2 hours ago, rmlowz said: What tubes does your new amp take? Just curious? Hi, I am building the amp and as I work on the chassis and wait for the custom 100 watt output transformers to get here I have been breadboarding with some different output transformers, getting 80 watts from a pair of 6HJ5's now. I got some other sweep tubes I'll try (6JN6, 6GV5, 6JM6) but I want to wait for the actual output transformers to get here and hook them up before I settle. I have a few amps out there with sweep tubes and I feel safe saying he shouldn't need to change them for at least 5 years with heavy use, some are coming to a decade with the same tubes still going strong so probably much longer. If people want I ship another matched quad as a spare for them so they don't need to look for tubes when the time comes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnW Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Damn. I can’t find Gold Lion KT88s anywhere outside of Alibaba Express. May be time to give JJ a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Where are PSVane tubes made? I have quite the stash of Russian tubes 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious_George Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, seti said: Where are PSVane tubes made? I have quite the stash of Russian tubes 8-) I read the town somewhere recently, can't remember, but China though. They are not rebranded Shuguang either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious_George Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 6 hours ago, JohnW said: Damn. I can’t find Gold Lion KT88s anywhere outside of Alibaba Express. May be time to give JJ a try. I've used JJ tubes and they seem as good as the Sovtek's. I only had an issue with a 5AR4, but that seems to be one of their duds. The 5751 is very nice if you're looking for a quiet tube with less gain than a 12AX7. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 27 minutes ago, Curious_George said: I read the town somewhere recently, can't remember, but China though. They are not rebranded Shuguang either. I've had great luck with PSVane. Beautiful work. 26 minutes ago, Curious_George said: I've used JJ tubes and they seem as good as the Sovtek's. I only had an issue with a 5AR4, but that seems to be one of their duds. The 5751 is very nice if you're looking for a quiet tube with less gain than a 12AX7. Not sure why rectifiers are so hard. I just pay up for vntage when it comes to rectifiers. For instance the GZ34's never hold a candle to the original. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious_George Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I agree about the NOS rectifiers, but the pricing is outrageous sometimes. I patiently peruse eBay until my price range pops up and I buy. One that seems to be inflated is the 5AR4. All the others I can usually find what I am willing to pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainbeefheart Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 12 hours ago, JohnW said: Damn. I can’t find Gold Lion KT88s anywhere outside of Alibaba Express. May be time to give JJ a try. I like the Shuguang KT88-98 better than the Gold Lion and you can get a quad for $150, there is not competition for price to performance and they hold up well in high power ultralinear amps that can eat through some of the current production KT88's like a fat kid at a candy store. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnW Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, captainbeefheart said: I like the Shuguang KT88-98 better than the Gold Lion and you can get a quad for $150, there is not competition for price to performance and they hold up well in high power ultralinear amps that can eat through some of the current production KT88's like a fat kid at a candy store. 2 hours ago, jjptkd said: This saved me a buncha money today. wish I could afford to patronize Upscale Audio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 4 hours ago, JohnW said: This saved me a buncha money today. wish I could afford to patronize Upscale Audio. I was in a bit of panic mode yesterday but was able to find a matched quad of EL-84m Sovtek's for my soon to arrive Carver VTA-20 figured better be safe than sorry half the tube store sites were completely shut down the rest are out of stock on a lot of items I had to search through pages and pages of search results to find a dealer with a set in stock. Looked a bit at new 12ax7 tubes seems there's no shortage of $200-$600 tubes out there not sure which ones to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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