tonymckenziecom | 3 years ago
I have bought probably every brand of power tube there is and often been let down badly. But here I show you a secret to finding and get the best tubes or valves, safest and most long lasting valves available today.
Contents:
Start 0:00
Intro & Preamble 0:35
The Tubes 3:32
Mullard EL34 (& JJ E34L) 4:04
Mullard Specs 6:27
Marshall Tubes from 1959SLP 6:53
Svetlana EL34 & TSL100 7:48
Harma 5881 in Ceriatone HRM 10:08
JJ E34L overheating 11:44
Ruby Tubes overheating 13:05
GT Tubes bad mismatching 14:48
Harma 6L6GC severe mismatch 17:13
EVH 6L6 factory fitted tubes 18:00
TAD 6L6GC typical specs 19:20
JJ 6V6S from Bogner Brixton 20:33
Engl 6L6GC factory tubes 21:39
Preamp Tubes 23:12
TAD EL34M premium selected 23:35
The real secret of choice
Conclusions 28:45
Warranty on Tubes 33:20
Learn from my experience with power tubes - some fitted to amps when I bought them; some bought brand new supposedly matched; some supposedly 'burnt in' and some just plain old bad misleading valves.
Yes it IS important to know what you're buying, but to be honest, I have bought many supposedly matched tubes that were not actually matched. I have bought 'premium' tubes that again were not as described... and a multiple of other problems - even from so called brands and makers of tubes.
But there is one sure-fire way of KNOWING if your tubes are for example 'burned in' and matched properly etc. but guess what... no one ever mentions it or tells you do they? let alone shows you as I do in this video. You have to put your money up and 'trust' the supplier and possibly to be let down miserably.
Then there's the tube warranty... what a typical joke from most of them suppliers. But again with careful consideration you can get tubes with DOUBLE the warranty of other tubes (some even more expensive) just in case the tube ever did fail in service from new.
Watch the whole video because if you don't you will miss the advice I offer. Since I learned what I did I have never had a single power tube (or valve) fail. Remember a tube failure can cost you your precious tube amplifier or carry a considerable cost to get your amp fixed.
I sincerely hope that at least some of what I show does wear off on to you so that we all contribute in our own way to reducing the suppliers that don't always supply or do what they are paid to do. Buy from the people you CAN trust backed up by the actual proof on the tube when you receive it. Note its not 'always' exactly what I mention as a test, but more often than not the proof is there to see if only you know where to look!
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