sovtek lps woooohooo!

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The magic is in the year. We know that everything gets suckier as the years progress. :onder::banghead:
 
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For one 12ax7 tube?

If $42 is a low price, then my reaction is "woohoo!"

If $42 is a high price, then my reaction is "WTF!? Lolz."

Please clarify for me what my reaction should be. Thanks.
 
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don't understand some sellers on the bay.

I just bought a comic book anthology for $12 (including shipping), and a guy is trying to sell it with a BIN of $43 with $8 shipping, which is nearly 3x list price of $16. :ok:
 
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Hmmm.....if my memory is correct I bought some Sovtek LPS tubes some time ago for about $10 each.
 
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so this guy is saying that these late 1990s and early 2000s model year 12ax7lps tubes are better and worth more than the newer ones? ok then i'm in luck since i think i have like 6 of them dating from the late 1990s to the early 2000s...i'm rich woohoo LOL. on a serious note about them, is there any real proof that they changed and aren't as good anymore or is this just typical internet BS where someone is trying to make some extra cash?

-Mike
 
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While its true that some batches can be out of spec and drift away from the original design spec to where they may not be as desirable. Some people have seen recent JJ batches be very different in line from older ones.

But does that warrent a near NOS price for a matched russian made 12ax7? No.

You can get 2 matched and cryo treated miodels from tubedepot for near that price.

Tube Depot Link

I'd say get quite a few different modern 12AX7s and try em your amp in V1 and see what you like best and why. The best deal out there are NOS US 5751's IMO.
 
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Matched preamp tubes? Sounds like hyp to me. But, by the way, the 12AX7 LPS is a nice tube, considering some of the other stuff that Sovtek puts out. Not only used for guitar amps, it is also popular in the hifi world. I would't pay $42 for this particular tube though.
 
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i just checked my tube stash and i have some from 1999 and 2001 so they have to be at least as old as 1999.

-Mike
 
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