Thanks. I learned my lesson with ESRC after they didn't ship tubes I paid for.
That's weird. I have known and used Stan at ESRC for over 20 years. He has always made things right if I get wrong or bad tubes. Did you try calling or emailing him.
I would trust him above the US postal service which has been known to lose a circuit board or two of mine every few years. Especially with customs involved. Last year I had a board cross the Canadian border 3 times and consumed about 3 weeks before it finally made it to the buyer. For some reason it went to Chicago to get from Pittsburgh to Ottawa.
I would trust him above the US postal service which has been known to lose a circuit board or two of mine every few years. Especially with customs involved. Last year I had a board cross the Canadian border 3 times and consumed about 3 weeks before it finally made it to the buyer. For some reason it went to Chicago to get from Pittsburgh to Ottawa.
I know; I first heard about ESRC in a discussion about cheap tubes here at DIYAudio, and I recall you mentioning dealing with him.
It's been several (3-4?) years so I don't recall all the details and I'm not at the computer with my full email archive right now. I did follow up with email but never got any clear communication or solution. My recollection is that they/he didn't really want to deal with shipping to Canada, so used that as an excuse, after pocketing my payment. BTW, I've never had a USPS shipment not arrive when dealing with reputable US suppliers like Tubelab, Musical Power Supplies, Hoffmann amps, or AES. The ESRC order wasn't a great deal of money, so I just 'put it behind me' like the occasional bad deal from China.
Nowadays I get my tubes from PacificTV when possible, otherwise from TheTubeStore - both in Canada. I also bought quite a few tubes from ex-USSR sources a few years ago.
Back to tube adapters......
Your experience is different from mine. Over the past 4 years I've ordered tubes several times from ESRC and never had a problem.
My package would arrive here in Toronto, Canada within 10 - 12 days from the date of order.
For your application - putting a 6J5 tube into a socket wired for 'half' a 6SN7, I think DIY or custom-made would be your only options if you don't want to use the 'two 6J5 into one 6SN7 socket' adapter which are available from China.
If you want somebody to build you one, you'll need to provide the pinout/schematic details. Try a post in the Swap Meet for that, I think, and dangle a good bunch of $$ to attract attention.😀.
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