I am glad to see they are coming down on their prices, but they need to up production to get the price down to about half that beforeI will be willing to buy them.
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If Western Electric have the common sense to drop the price to that of the cheapest clones, then they will monopolise and clear up the entire 300b market overnight.
Sadly, Is suspect the total sales won't justify this, as there aren't enough "students" to make up the numbers anyway. Anyone who reads a site like this will realise there are plenty of cheaper, equally linear output valves out there which are just as easy or easier to work with than a 300b.
kind regards
Marek
Sadly, Is suspect the total sales won't justify this, as there aren't enough "students" to make up the numbers anyway. Anyone who reads a site like this will realise there are plenty of cheaper, equally linear output valves out there which are just as easy or easier to work with than a 300b.
kind regards
Marek
I've used JJs, Liuzhous and Golden Dragon. Believe it or not, the JJs, which are more expensive, sounded the least pleasing, to my ear anyway. Maybe it's not so much about linearity.
I think this is OK, wouldn't you agree?
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The question I was answering about whether the poster's circuit was OK . . .
I said:
"I trust it if:" First statement.
And then I said "The 100nF coupling cap is overrated, so it has either a 600V or 630V rating, and is a modern material cap; Not a paper cap, etc." Second statement.
You copied my second statement, without copying the first statement.
That changes the meaning completely.
I just wanted to clear that up.
I said:
"I trust it if:" First statement.
And then I said "The 100nF coupling cap is overrated, so it has either a 600V or 630V rating, and is a modern material cap; Not a paper cap, etc." Second statement.
You copied my second statement, without copying the first statement.
That changes the meaning completely.
I just wanted to clear that up.
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Stupidly overpriced. Any amp I had using them would be reduced to components in my spare parts bins.
goddlediddles,
It is OK.
Keep up the good posts.
Keep designing, keep building, and keep enjoying listening.
Just my hopes.
I get my JJ tubes at eurotubes.com
A matched pair of 300B is $280. I drive over and pick them up.
The Gold Lion 300B from The Tube-store is $160 each, and that is $320 unmatched.
I am fortunate.
It is OK.
Keep up the good posts.
Keep designing, keep building, and keep enjoying listening.
Just my hopes.
I get my JJ tubes at eurotubes.com
A matched pair of 300B is $280. I drive over and pick them up.
The Gold Lion 300B from The Tube-store is $160 each, and that is $320 unmatched.
I am fortunate.
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I have a pair of Psvane HiFi 300B, and a Pair of EH 300B Gold. So far I can measure a very slight difference, but can not hear any difference. Maybe just my bad hearing.
A final follow-up about this. I never ended up returning the tube to WE b/c the noise issues continued to diminish with use. After a recent additional 50 hrs in my 300B power amp (previously used them in my 300B preamp), there is no discernable noise. Swapping them back into the 300B preamp, I can hear the slightest, occasional hum. Whereas both my EML and JJ 300Bs are silent in the preamp. So I will stick with the EMLs in the preamp and use the WE in the power amp.
Speculation: If plate dissipation has a major part to play in tube "burn in", then my previous 100s of hours of using them in my preamp may not have accomplished much "burn in". The preamp runs 300B tubes very gently -- I forget the exact plate voltage, but IIRC it's around 175V or so, maybe even as low as 150V (with cascode CCS as plate load). If anyone with knowledge/experience can share some insight about the role of plate dissipation or plate voltage in new stock tube burn in (or other determining factors), I'd appreciate it.
FWIW, as before, I am very happy with the sound of the WE tubes.
cheers, Derek
@ Deke609
Thanks for informations sharing about WE 300B experience.
Highly appreciated 🙂 Have a nice day
Thanks for informations sharing about WE 300B experience.
Highly appreciated 🙂 Have a nice day
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Money is transferred from one pocket to another pocket when Boutique 'takes over'.
As long as one has money, he or she can use it.
Money is transferred from one pocket to another pocket when Boutique 'takes over'.
As long as one has money, he or she can use it.
The WE 300 is one of the very few tubes designed for nice audio. So it is of interest here.
It went out of production. And came back. And stopped. And started again.
It was always expensive, though when the cost could be spread over thousands of movie-theater customers it was acceptable. Is the cost inevitable to making a nice tube? Or just a greedy factory? I think the price may be fair, though I can only stand by and drool.