Exo-metal
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Everyone has their secret stash. My question is what is it and why is it so rare?
thegame
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I groom my privates so it looks like an upside down Tom Selleck with a huge nose and double chin. Is that what you meant by secret stash? The rarity factor speaks for itself.
Exo-metal
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No, just no and to prevent furthing this, absolutely no.
psychodave
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I have a stash of NOS preamp and power tubes.
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RaceU4her
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i have a stash of songs and riffs i plan on taking over the world with once im good enough at drums
Uzi Nein Millimetah
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I have one, but it's a secret, kept in a secret room. 
True story.
True story.
Exo-metal
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This is unlikely and utterly unacceptable in every way.I have one, but it's a secret, kept in a secret room.
True story.
CarlF
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I got a stash of Gummy‘s that’ll keep me high as a kite for the next year
The~Kid
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A couple GT Shuguangs pretty much NOS like 3 or 4....... They are just good but the regular 12AX7B is awesome too and mainly use those OEM ones and save the GTs for a special amp or occasion.
The~Kid
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Also G12C Celestion Greenbacks. The ones that came in the Marshall Jimi Hendrix Cabs..... MojoTone Watchtowers.
I have two in 16 ohm.....
Waiting for the right amp to be used together or to compliment another speaker in a 212.
I have two in 16 ohm.....
Waiting for the right amp to be used together or to compliment another speaker in a 212.
TheBiggestJerk
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This was the best answer!
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CoreyW
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Everytime I got to a dollar general, I buy a box of the little debbie Christmas tree cakes. It sucks they are sold in single serve boxes but individually wrapped, my wife has a lot of questions when I take a box and hide in the bathroom from the kids. Those wrappers make a bit too much noise.
D-Rock
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Ice fishing spots. Because I've booked off work from Dec 24th to April 1st to fish all season and it's almost GO TIME!
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CDawg
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Lumber and tubes.
Board on the left is approximately 2x6x55 inches and 85 lbs. Takes a long time to grow wood like that.
A lot of the good NOS tubes are expensive but there's a lot of other ones that people just don't understand and skip over. Most people would assume all stapled plate Tungsram ECC83 are all the same and nothing special but they are not if you have good ears or eyes.
If you look at the middle and right stapled plate Tungsram near the bottom there is a metal T bar on the wiring of two of them. Its hard to see but there are four seams on the top of the glass of the right most stapled tube. Not strong seams like a Mullard or Philips but very faint.
The one in the middle is the most common Tungsram ECC83 and the one people most associate with the company. Avoid that one if you can. The ones on the outside are where the specialized welded plates were made.
Looking at the welded grey plates you should see four seams on the right most tube. The other welded plate has no seams.
You can get the welded plate Tungsram sounds without paying the welded plate Tungsram price if you know what to listen or look for.
Board on the left is approximately 2x6x55 inches and 85 lbs. Takes a long time to grow wood like that.
A lot of the good NOS tubes are expensive but there's a lot of other ones that people just don't understand and skip over. Most people would assume all stapled plate Tungsram ECC83 are all the same and nothing special but they are not if you have good ears or eyes.
If you look at the middle and right stapled plate Tungsram near the bottom there is a metal T bar on the wiring of two of them. Its hard to see but there are four seams on the top of the glass of the right most stapled tube. Not strong seams like a Mullard or Philips but very faint.
The one in the middle is the most common Tungsram ECC83 and the one people most associate with the company. Avoid that one if you can. The ones on the outside are where the specialized welded plates were made.
Looking at the welded grey plates you should see four seams on the right most tube. The other welded plate has no seams.
You can get the welded plate Tungsram sounds without paying the welded plate Tungsram price if you know what to listen or look for.
thegame
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Fine, serious answer = 4 matched sextets of RFT/Siemens EL34s (24 power tubes)
DanTravis62
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This is my stash, too.
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Robostyle
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Same.
psychodave
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I grabbed a few Tungsrams. I have both versions you talk about. Not sure if I have any silver plate Tungsram though. I do have silver plate Ei’s. They sound different from the grey plates.
CDawg
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I don't see four seams on the top of the glass so I say the two on the left sound better than the two on the right.
The silver Tungsram are made in Holland which is from a different location than the three different stapled plates so there's at least four different Tungsram locations that made ECC83. The easiest one to identify has four seams and is made in Austria.
I agree EI grey and silver plates sound different. Lesser known is the EI ECC83 short plate. For good reason. The worst of the three.
EI Short Grey Plates
1 93, 96 1960, 1800 80, 79
2 95, 99 1720, 1880 79, 80
3 99, 97 1780, 1690 79, 80
4 91, 92 1740, 1660 80, 80
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Racerxrated
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Me as well.
Siemens, Winged C, Svets(before W Cs), Mullards, Amperex 34s. GE 6550s. Sylvania 6L6GC, 6CA7s. Mullard, Amperex, GE, RCA, 8th/9th gen Chinese, Tungsram, Ei, Tesla 12AX7S. More I can't remember. Lol
