Hi,
I'm in Bulgaria on a vacation and was wondering if anybody knows some shops around here that sell tubes and/or tube equipment.
Russian tubes should be plenty around here I guess..
I'm in Bulgaria on a vacation and was wondering if anybody knows some shops around here that sell tubes and/or tube equipment.
Russian tubes should be plenty around here I guess..
You can find vendors on eshop.bg with delivering about 1 week. Or on bgaudioclub. This is audio forum. Or on Audioplatinum forum /ask for admin DJpopa, hi is from Varna on the Black Sea, he has shop for tubes, caps, res-s..... Tell him "I'm from azazello"/.
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I, for one, do fully support you! I did some tube digging in Brasil and Mexico, and it was really fun, all people looking at the foreigner digging through old boxes with tubes: what is he doing? Why does a "rich" european dig through stuff that ain't worth a penny to us "poor" brazilians/mexicans? What are we missing? stamped on their faces. I spoke Portuguese-Spanish, so that was a bit different than an eastern european country, but I have thought multiple times about including a tube buying day when doing a trip to an eastern european country. Maybe take a tube or two with me, look for some electronic shops, show it and see how the thing progresses from there 🙂
Unfortunately Ukraine ain't a place I would like to go at the moment.
good luck and good fun in Bulgaria!
Erik
Don' t expect tubes are in abundance or less expensive in eastern countries. At least here in my country it is difficult to find a source. The only shop I know has crazy prices, and I am sure they purchase from where anybody can from the web. This is because "nobody" is interested in tubes, therefore shops don't keep them.
I purchase my tubes from Eurotubes.com in the US.
And they do export to some countries.
I had some shipped to a friend in Asia, and it took about 1 Week.
The postage was not expensive in that case.
Eurotubes.com does extensive re-testing of the JJ tubes that they purchase directly from JJ in Europe.
There might be a distributor in Europe that will sell to you.
Just one more possibility.
For most of the tube types I use, JJ has those models.
Bringing tubes back across the border might be interesting.
One time I was stopped at the airport, I was carrying a transformer with me, on a trip back from CES in Las Vegas.
And they do export to some countries.
I had some shipped to a friend in Asia, and it took about 1 Week.
The postage was not expensive in that case.
Eurotubes.com does extensive re-testing of the JJ tubes that they purchase directly from JJ in Europe.
There might be a distributor in Europe that will sell to you.
Just one more possibility.
For most of the tube types I use, JJ has those models.
Bringing tubes back across the border might be interesting.
One time I was stopped at the airport, I was carrying a transformer with me, on a trip back from CES in Las Vegas.
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The periodic ham radio flea market in Budapest was a good sourcing opportunity, but now it pauses (due to the Covid).
I collected from here many tubes (mostly from dismantled equipment or military surplus), but lately it's been exhausted. Now only the rest is circulating in the market.
I collected from here many tubes (mostly from dismantled equipment or military surplus), but lately it's been exhausted. Now only the rest is circulating in the market.