Tubes from St.Petersburg, Russia?

[p_ete2003]

My friend is going to St.Petersburg on holiday. Do you know any shops in there selling NOS/new tubes? I think tubes will be a lot cheaper there than here in Finland.

Thank you!
-Pete

 

[Bas Horneman]

Golden Middle
They used to have a web presence. But I can't find it anymore.

Cheers,
Bas

 

[p_ete2003]

Thanks Bas!

Do you know the address?

I've tried to find the shops from the net, but I don't understand russia.

 

[Bas Horneman]

I would have to have a look at home to see if I can find an old invoice.

I have only dealt through them via the internet. But it does not seem they have an internet site anymore.

Cheers,
Bas

 

[p_ete2003]

Ok. Thanks for the info! Maybe local yellow pages can help.

 

[trancy]

hello

I work in Petersburg one week every month (programing telephone switches) past three years, and still cant find where to buy tubes.....I was only walking around Svetlana factory....seems all closed....also I was asking local people, technicians, with whom I work....nobody knows....

tell me if you find out


bye

 

[ashok]

http://www.goldenmiddle.com/english/english.htm

Why are you guys having a problem with Goldenmiddle's web site.
I though something must have gone wrong since I last saw it yesterday. So I just logged on a few minutes ago and it came up immediately.
http://www.goldenmiddle.com/english/english.htm

No address is given but there are lots of email ID's
goldenmidle@fromru.com ( note the 'midle' has only one 'd')
info@goldenmiddle.com
sale@goldenmiddle.com
mail@goldenmiddle.com

Please let me also know if you are able to get in touch with them.
My interest is in tubes - mostly power tubes.
Cheers,
Ashok.

 

[Bas Horneman]

Because their old address was http://goldenmidle.mailru.com/

and google did not find me the new link

🙂

Cheers,
Bas

 

[ashok]

The power tube ?

Hi Bas,
Can you figure out what tube they used for the 30 watt single tube SET?
I sure would like to know how good it sounds.
Cheers,
Ashok.

 

[Bas Horneman]

Hi Ashok,

It's a GM70...(close to an 845) I think the copper plate version...quite a few people are charmed by the tube.

There is even a yahoo users group for it. 🙂

Cheers,
Bas

 

[dhaen]

http://www.goldenmiddle.com

 

[ashok]

Thanks Bas.
I must check this out. IIRC the 845 is expensive and so the GM70 might also be expensive.

I was told the defense department in India used a lot of the 845's
and dumped all stocks a while ago. Unfortunately this might not be true ( may not even have used them !) because I checked with some people in Delhi who could get such information and they came up with nothing. A pity !

So I guess we can try to get them at better prices in Russia. Pity I find out only now. I used to go to Moscow often in the early 90's.
Cheers,
Ashok.

 

[fdegrove]

Hi,

Dunno about the current pricing but here's the curves:

GM-70

Mind the 1KV + anode supply.

Cheers,😉

 

[Bas Horneman]

845 is expensive and so the GM70 might also be expensive.

GM70...is quite cheap ...especially compared to a 300B

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3802083506&category=14947

25 dollar per tube..

Cheers,
Bas

 

[ashok]

Thanks for the curves Frank.
Cheers,
Ashok.

 

[fdegrove]

Hi,

GM70...is quite cheap ...especially compared to a 300B

Yeah...Until you dig up some schematics...
Guess what's driving those GM70s? Right, a 300B...eh,eh...

Cheers,😉

 

[p_ete2003]

Thank you all!

I'll inform you all about the prices if my friend finds this company. It's a big city...

Cheers!
-Pete

 

[DrDeville]

Howdy,

This may be old news, but are you aware of www.tubes.ru?

Okay, I'm off to look for that Yahoo GM-70 group. I just loves me them big triodes.

Best,

George Ferguson

 

[p_ete2003]

Hi George,

Thank you for the link!
Have you ordered anything from there? Do you know how this works in practise: (from their www-pages)

"We provide free samples of tubes for evaluation.
Please, return your results and opinion of tube testing for publication."

Cheers!
-Pete

 

[DrDeville]

Have you ordered anything from there? Do you know how this works in practise?

Hey Pete,

I'm glad I could supply you with a new link, but you have instantly plumbed the depths of my shallow knowledge. ; ) I found the site while Googling on GM-70 tubes.

That's about all I know--maybe Sector7G can chime in, in his local incarnation? I believe he has been lusting after giant Russian tubes, listed at low prices.

For what it's worth, when I clicked on one of the "buy" links, it automatically entered a quality of 100, so maybe they are looking for bulk purchases.

I hope this helps, and good luck!

Best,

George Ferguson