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Valves / Vacuum Tubes
WE300B tubes
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<blockquote data-quote="Agaton Sax" data-source="post: 798982" data-attributes="member: 2475"><p>In my 300B days I never bothered about fancy tubes. I do have extensive experience with an older DHT, the 45.</p><p></p><p>I once had a collection of 50 pairs of 45s here. All the names, Marconi ,Raytheon,Cunningham, RCA etc ,etc.Even those very old globe shape ones(forget the name). One thing they all had in common was that after about a week of use they would start spluttering. I hate that paper crumbling, farting sound. </p><p></p><p>I changed to new Emission Labs tubes.. They would splutter for a week or so and then become dead quiet. I pulled the first pair after 8 years of 16 hours a day use and they were as good as new. The solid plate ones were significantly better sounding than any of the old tubes ,with the current mesh plates even better.</p><p></p><p>Don't know if that can be transposed to 300Bs but I would think very carefully before spending fortunes on a 60 year old tube.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agaton Sax, post: 798982, member: 2475"] In my 300B days I never bothered about fancy tubes. I do have extensive experience with an older DHT, the 45. I once had a collection of 50 pairs of 45s here. All the names, Marconi ,Raytheon,Cunningham, RCA etc ,etc.Even those very old globe shape ones(forget the name). One thing they all had in common was that after about a week of use they would start spluttering. I hate that paper crumbling, farting sound. I changed to new Emission Labs tubes.. They would splutter for a week or so and then become dead quiet. I pulled the first pair after 8 years of 16 hours a day use and they were as good as new. The solid plate ones were significantly better sounding than any of the old tubes ,with the current mesh plates even better. Don't know if that can be transposed to 300Bs but I would think very carefully before spending fortunes on a 60 year old tube. [/QUOTE]
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