I'm pleased you find the 2A3 reliable Blake. I've have 400 hours on Treasure 6SN7's no issues. But poor luck with KT88's.
The older Treasure KT88's sounded fantastic about the same as nearly NOS brown base GEC.
I'm in the market for a quad of EL34's but don't dare take the chance with Acme. I truly wish it were otherwise.
Confidence is something that is hard to achieve in the tube world!
So the same type of tube will sound different from each different manufacturer. There is also a fair chance that tube may sound different from the same manufacturer. Add to that the NOS tubes available. It's complicated.
Having said that there is only one major disappointment I have had with my tube purchases! That would be the new Western Electric 300b tubes. Really no issue with the sound it was better than the less expensive 300b tubes I had used to that point. My disappointment was that they failed within a 100 hours and were not covered by the supposed warranty offered by the manufacturer! Buyer beware!
Acousticsguru, by any chance were your Western Electric 300b tubes "B" stock tubes? Some "B" stock tubes are being sold without full disclosure. There is a small B branded onto the base but could be hard to see.
Acousticsguru, by any chance were your Western Electric 300b tubes "B" stock tubes? Some "B" stock tubes are being sold without full disclosure. There is a small B branded onto the base but could be hard to see.
Acousticsguru, by any chance were your Western Electric 300b tubes "B" stock tubes? Some "B" stock tubes are being sold without full disclosure. There is a small B branded onto the base but could be hard to see.
not sure I'm allowed to do this but if interested I have 2 new matched pairs of Psvane 845 tubes for sale. will sell them for $500 / pair. they were recently re-calibrated and both pair are perfect ...papers come with them .SORRY if I am not allowed to do this on the site.
not sure I'm allowed to do this but if interested I have 2 new matched pairs of Psvane 845 tubes for sale. will sell them for $500 / pair. they were recently re-calibrated and both pair are perfect ...papers come with them .SORRY if I am not allowed to do this on the site.
