Tube Supplier and cross reference thread

kach22i

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There are some long running threads about Bangy bang tubes on Tube Asylum. Apparently not the most honest or honourable tube seller. I have not dealt with them myself.
Thanks, I would then be using the Walmart site for the return to local store and refund policies.

I once ordered some whole house water filters thru Walmart, and read that for some people they were too tall. Turns out I too was one of the non-fit customers. I opened two of the filters out of the case to check fit but got a full refund on all.
 

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I would add my own sites to this list:

verdantaudio.com
artaudio.us

Emission Labs - We stock the most common products and will special order anything out-of-stock
KR Tubes and products - We ship UPS from Czech Republic and turnaround time is typically about a week
Sophia - on core items we offer free shipping

I do also carry the Electro Harmonix brands but that is merely as a convenience if someone wants to place an order from one place. My pricing stinks on these as I don't stock them and order in smallish quantities.
 

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I recently bought some NOS 6922 tubes for my Magnum Dynalab 109 from Tube World Express and Tube Depot, both in the USA, and was very satisfied with the service from both of them and all arrived safely here in the UK.
 

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I was able to locate one of the "lost links" - but I added this one back in.

Vintage Tube Services (website has been hacked) Must call - 616-454-3467

[EDIT:] A friend of mine just called and he states that he’s been having problems for about the last 10 days . . . says his IT guy fixes it and some knuckleheads in Cyprus take it back down…

Tom
 
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treitz3

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Removed the Electron tube link. Seems that one closed down and an "adult" site took over.

Tom
 

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Hello fellow WBF members. All links have been updated and are valid.

Please feel free to add any that you would like to add to the list. Thanks.

Tom
 
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vintage_tube

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I don't think this site has been included - it's Mike Mathews website -- the New York Island owner of the ExpoPul factory in Saratov's Reflector Industrial Complex which supplies 2/3d's of the world's supply of vacuum tubes. His company, employing around 800 workers manufacturers Genalex, Electro-Harmonix, Mullard, Sovtek, Svetlana and Tung-Sol brands.
Any tube vendor advertising these brands only obtain them from one place -- Mike Mathews Electro-Harmonix (EHX) subsidiary of New Sensor (NS).
With post covid/35% tariff increases as a result of on-going conflict; prices of tubes have skyrocketed. Many vendors have existing stock from previous EHX/NS orders and when those stocks vanish; new orders placed with EHX/NS, current pricing will be in effect with those orders, and you'll notice a dramatic increase in tube prices from those on line vendors.

Home | Electro-Harmonix (ehx.com)

Best to all,

Bob
 
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