Is there a gold inside?
If this tube will make wonderful sound...you must not use it with other tubes or components else it will destroy you holy grail sound....anyway the price is more than a fine tube amp available.
Tube collectors might want it...
If this tube will make wonderful sound...you must not use it with other tubes or components else it will destroy you holy grail sound....anyway the price is more than a fine tube amp available.
Tube collectors might want it...
I remember these things. They were trying to make ersatz 12AX7s out of left over CRT gun parts. The project never did fly. Now we have a shameless fishing expedition trying to get lucky on their perceived rarity.
Thanks for the additional vocabulary.
For that price, Beethoven better rise from his death and play piano live in my bedroom.
Well, i have seen sets been sold on eBay in the last two year for $600, $690 and $499.
That was sellingprice not the askingprice (i contacted the sellers in a few cases after the auction) so why shouldn't i try?? And ofcourse i did pay less.. and the price is quite high but i would be stupid not to try, though??
Check eBay for ECC83 and sort high to low.. you will be shocked for some old Siemens, Philips etc..
Then.. who is stupid ;-)
Kees
That was sellingprice not the askingprice (i contacted the sellers in a few cases after the auction) so why shouldn't i try?? And ofcourse i did pay less.. and the price is quite high but i would be stupid not to try, though??
Check eBay for ECC83 and sort high to low.. you will be shocked for some old Siemens, Philips etc..
Then.. who is stupid ;-)
Kees
I've noticed on several sites that the Americans do seem to have their own idea of what second hand stuff is worth. Someone must pay those prices otherwise our friends would just be wasting their time.
I have one of these Techtubes, they cost £25 about 5 years ago and were only available for a short time before the company went bust. So "ultra rare" is probably accurate.
They are indeed made from CRT parts. Each of the two triodes is a modified CRT electron gun. I tested mine in guitar amps, the overdrive behaviour was quite different to an original Mullard ECC83 with the Techtube giving a "smoother" overdriven sound.
They are indeed made from CRT parts. Each of the two triodes is a modified CRT electron gun. I tested mine in guitar amps, the overdrive behaviour was quite different to an original Mullard ECC83 with the Techtube giving a "smoother" overdriven sound.
IIRC they have a different heater current and very different stray capacitances from a real ECC83/12AX7.
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