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kc8adu 01-07-2005 11:31 PM

how many suckers will fall for this?
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5736622963

heathkit tv 01-08-2005 02:13 AM

Don't these tubes come from the factory "pre-failed"? I mean, isn't their reliability worse than a clapped out FIAT?

Anthony

asynchronousman 01-08-2005 02:15 AM

Since they've got more tube types than crazy Bible names, how many people will actually know or CARE what they are? :sigh:

kc8adu 01-08-2005 03:17 AM

point here is i have never paid more than 1.00 for nos.

asynchronousman 01-08-2005 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kc8adu
point here is i have never paid more than 1.00 for nos.

I never paid more than 25.00 for a radio until the SAX-200 came along. Now it seems every 10.00 set is geared towards costing 50 in the long run. But I understand your POV.

PS As Trawlerman discovered, I do have a small stash of boatanchor pics archived, and I look for more when I find time. Hammerlunds look more comfortable and powerful than RCAs anyway. Hallicrafters is my sentimental favorite though.

73, and good day.

ChuckA 01-08-2005 06:56 AM

You have to remember this seller is dealing in the "audiphool" world, where the credo is "if it's expensive it must sound good"

Chuck

asynchronousman 01-08-2005 07:00 AM

YES, THAT"S QUITE TRUE...
 
That would be why I'm sticking close to my groups when I finally get my color roundie. You guys are awesome and have almost everything anyway!

grumpy 01-08-2005 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by kc8adu
point here is i have never paid more than 1.00 for nos.


Show me where you can get 6L6's or 7159's for a buck

tom1356 01-08-2005 11:59 AM

this seller has his share of issues.

http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/sh...sages/115.html

kc8adu 01-08-2005 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by grumpy
Show me where you can get 6L6's or 7159's for a buck

6gh8 is the topic here.are audiophools even that stupid to pay 20.00 for 1?
and btw i got a bunch of nos 6l6gc for .50 ea at a hamfest recently.
deals are out there just gotta look.right place/right time.

bgadow 01-08-2005 08:54 PM

If we could just convince them (the audiophools) that USED 6GH8's are even BETTER, well, then I can retire! Hmmm...also got a load of "pull" 6AU6's & 6SN7's, etc. Heck, I've got a LOT of stuff around here, come to think of it...most of it nobody wants, though!

asynchronousman 01-08-2005 09:04 PM

I haven't had enough time to finish repairing the 2-3 tube sets that need it here...I've spent so much time moving SS in and out or onto the shelves/into service...and I'm just paying bills at this point. I'll be like the Blues Brothers' Plymouth Gran Fury cop car--it threw a rod and a 5 qt. capacity engine lost 30 qts. in the big chase scene...and they still got there! :lmao:

kc8adu 01-09-2005 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by bgadow
If we could just convince them (the audiophools) that USED 6GH8's are even BETTER, well, then I can retire! Hmmm...also got a load of "pull" 6AU6's & 6SN7's, etc. Heck, I've got a LOT of stuff around here, come to think of it...most of it nobody wants, though!

certain 6sn7 are highly sought after by some audiophools.
if you can stand to read all the drivel you can figure out which is the hot ticket this week and drop em on ebay!

heathkit tv 01-09-2005 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by asynchronousman
I haven't had enough time to finish repairing the 2-3 tube sets that need it here...I've spent so much time moving SS in and out or onto the shelves/into service...and I'm just paying bills at this point. I'll be like the Blues Brothers' Plymouth Gran Fury cop car--it threw a rod and a 5 qt. capacity engine lost 30 qts. in the big chase scene...and they still got there! :lmao:

Close but no cheroot, the Blusemobile was/is a 1974 Dodge Monaco with a "440 cubic inch plant"......."runs good on regular gas" which is a reference to it being the last year before widespread catalytic converters which mandated that only unleaded gas be used (this was when regular leaded or low lead gas was still available).

Don't get me started on the Bluesmobile! LOL Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail us now!

Anthony (owner of '79 Dodge St Regis "SCMODS")

Sandy G 01-09-2005 09:04 AM

Aren't some of these just TV sweep tubes anyway? Always heard they were as useless as tits on a boar hog...mebbe I oughta go mine my Tooob Junque Box & see what treasure I have.1974 Mopars-Doncha remember they caught hell at the time as having imitation 1972 GM B & C bodies ? I liked 'em, though. Wonder how many cars "The Blues Brothers" ate up? -Sandy G.

asynchronousman 01-09-2005 09:21 AM

Ask Del Shannon's old keyboard player! That's what that squealy, high-pitched keyboard was made of--junk chassis parts.

The rest is in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame :banana: :thmbsp:

Carmine 01-09-2005 10:09 AM

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I liked 'em, though. Wonder how many cars "The Blues Brothers" ate up? -Sandy G.
Just watched it Friday night with a 20-year-old friend. I had to remind them that there was no CGI in 1980, which makes the stuntwork that much more amazing! Jumping a 4,500 lb car into a moving semi-trailer, without tipping??? That scene probably violated more physics laws than all of the action movie fakes in the last 5 years! I miss fun 70s movies. I wonder what ever happened to all those unemployed stunt guys once movies started to suck, in the mid-80s?

Back to 6GH8As... As a kid who loved toob TVs, I once made some refrigerator magnets with dead 6GH8As and a hot-glue gun. :banana:

Sandy G 01-09-2005 12:46 PM

...An' there was the grandaddy of 'em all...1974's "Gone in 60 Seconds". How many cars did THAT one eat up? Who didn't squeal in delight a little when Eleanor tore thru the Caddy dealership & tore up a bunch of big, ol' expensive Caddys ?!? Yeah, I'm sick...-Sandy G.

Big Dave 01-09-2005 01:59 PM

The only scene ZI really liked in Cannonball Run II was where the little old lady crashed into the Goodyear store and flipped off the attendant. I think a 6GH8 blew out too.

asynchronousman 01-09-2005 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Carmine
Just watched it Friday night with a 20-year-old friend. I had to remind them that there was no CGI in 1980, which makes the stuntwork that much more amazing! Jumping a 4,500 lb car into a moving semi-trailer, without tipping??? That scene probably violated more physics laws than all of the action movie fakes in the last 5 years! I miss fun 70s movies. I wonder what ever happened to all those unemployed stunt guys once movies started to suck, in the mid-80s?

Back to 6GH8As... As a kid who loved toob TVs, I once made some refrigerator magnets with dead 6GH8As and a hot-glue gun. :banana:

Not there, but there was TRON (and that was a DISNEY film)...


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