Yeah, Brent from Audio Tubes might be able to deliver it for you if you place a custom order, but the cost..probably at least $150 each for used test NOS, more likely $200 each.
Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ?
Not available or too expensive.
Hmm.., I don't think I have a definitive answer for myself, but I would do my best to avoid such amps. There is no substitute for great tubes, I guess, especially if you value sophisticated sound.
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Fifteen years for the amp and linestage and the tubes that were put in those two components were old to begin with--they tested good, but prior usage was unknown. Both components run the tubes very gently. I also run tubes in a headphone amp and a phono stage. I would have also recorded no tube failures in these two components as well, except a shelf collapsed onto the power supply of the phono stage and wrecked both rectifiers. This is a very odd phono stage-Viva Fono- that utilizes two 300B tubes as rectifiers. So, this was not a cheap replacement caused by that shelf failure. |
I nearly spit out my coffee when I read that comment. LOL. Another flat-earther's credibility shot to hell. - - - - The best location for my JJ 12AU7's in the storage closet. |
I would have some doubts about any such extreme longevity unless the tubes are run VERY gently. There are some people who claim their table radio has been left on constantly for decades so it might be true that some tubes can last for a very long time. The particular Western Electric tubes I run have lasted very long for me as well as for a number of other people who have bought similar gear made by Aldo D'Urso, an Italian builder who is very much into Western Electric gear. |
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