Why are older tubes so much sought after


What is it with old stock tubes?? They were made years ago and surely by now we have must learned something about making them. So why are some people searching for old tubes. I have a Shanling CD player and I actually think the stock tubes are better than the 395a tubes.
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Showing 1 response by juanpablocuervo

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personally, ive tested A/B old NOS tubes 12au7 12at7, from GE and others vs. the new sovtek 12ax7a, and the new sovteks sound better to me.

analized the harmonics and noise floor with izotope ozone, and mda vst free plugins. with sine tone at arround 50hz.
the new sovtek ax7a has lots more harmonics, than au7 and at7.

it all depends of you like color sound or grey sound.
i like color, anyway.