[95bcwh]

Which new production tube manufacturers would you buy from?? aa

[SET Man]

Hey!

   NOS tubes dry out? Probably not in my life time.

   But so far for new production tubes I have in my system are from KR Audio, and Ei. And for NOS are RCA and GE.

   Anyway, there will be more demand on certain type of tubes but still I can't imagine they being dry up... well sure the price will keep going up.

Take care,
Buddy

[avahifi]

It will be a big shame when they do dry up as it will really screw up damping factors.

Frank

[mcullinan]

MAybe we can capture 2 NOS tubes and try to breed them in captivity. Just an idea. Im an idea man.
Mike

[slbender]

Seems like an ELE Extinction level event... probably it will happen after 2050, and I'll be worm food, so who cares?

Hey!

   NOS tubes dry out? Probably not in my life time.

Take care,
Buddy

[aerius]

By the time the NOS tube supply runs out, we'll have much more pressing issues to deal with, like oil running out.

[mjosef]

It never will...today's tubes will be the New Old Stock.  aa

[95bcwh]

Why is it that with today's technology we cannot make tubes sound better than the NOS of 1950s-60s????

[Freo-1]

Why is it that with today's technology we cannot make tubes sound better than the NOS of 1950s-60s????

I think that in the case of power tubes, they do. The current crop of EL-34, 6550, and KT-88's are very good. The Genelex KT-88 re-issue has gotten great reviews. In fact, a number of tube mavens with engineering backgrounds actually think the KT-88 re-issue is as good or better than the original.

As for the small signal tubes, do think they have had the same success. That's why I have a large stash of Amperex 6DJ8, 6922, 7308, along with 5687, 7044, and 7119 types for my equipment.  To be fair, some of the Russian types (61NP, 12AX7LPS) are actually quite good.

[Panelman]

Frank,

Please don't think your humor went into a vacuum.