Another tube quality complaint thread

[glpg80]

Funny that I have no interest in New Sensor Tubes.. Just don't.. I bought a few Tung Sol pres from Doug to try and they were meh.. The 3 that I have still work, but can't speak about company's quality as a whole.

JJ's were always solid. Power Tubes, solid, Pres are solid and work great in bright amps with a ton of gain stages..

I usually use JJ Power Tubes and Chinese as the filler Pres with a few Long Plates in key spots like V1 and PI. An RCA 6201 is a bullet proof 12AT7.. Badass

I’ve given up on NOS. By now it’s a crapshoot and money doesn’t go as far as it used to.

I hate the sloppy character of JJ pres. I like the refineness of new sensor pre’s. I do like Chinese tubes but they aren’t made anymore and again are NOS.

 

[311boogieman]

I’ve given up on NOS. By now it’s a crapshoot and money doesn’t go as far as it used to.

I'm thinking that's because most of the good NOS tubes have been picked through. And somehow ended up in the hands of @Racerxrated and @NowYou'rePlayingWithPower

 

[Racerxrated]

At last something we agree on. I don’t own a single JJ. I hate all of their tubes. I much prefer sovtek or new sensor.

I'm thinking that's because most of the good NOS tubes have been picked through. And somehow ended up in the hands of @Racerxrated and @NowYou'rePlayingWithPower

Well, none of mine were NOS. They were used/strong, and cheap back when I bought them. Like, 10-15 bucks for used Winged C 34s, or 6-10 bucks per used Tungsram, Ei, RCA, GE...20-40 for used Mullard I63s, Amperex.....
Unfortunately those days are gone.