If NOS pre or power tubes became unavailable altogether, what new tubes would you buy?


Hey tuberollers, 

I'm curious to see what happens if there's a gun to your head, or more practically all NOS tubes disappear (dread).  What would you do with your line/pre stage and/or power stage?  

I have tried 5 different NOS 12AU7s and only 1 new 12AU7 in my preamp section (Cifte, RCA black plates (late 50s), Sylvanias, Baldwin organ tubes, Amperex 70s orange globes, and new Chinese stock Primaluna tubes).  In my power section, I have not tried any NOS tubes and 3 types of tubes (stock Chinese Primaluna EL34s, reissue Mullard EL34s, and reissue Gold Lion KT88s).  

Side note: I haven't ventured into NOS power tubes because of the cost and availability/scarcity.  I need 8 of them!

Without having tried anything else, I would be lost on new or reissue 12AU7s.  On the power tube side, I'd be just fine with either the reissue Mullard EL34s or the Gold Lion KT88s.  
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Dear @jollytinker : OP question:

""" If NOS pre or power tubes became unavailable altogether, what new tubes would you buy? """

my answer and firt post was: NONE, change to SS alternative.


What’s wrong with that, it’s an opinion Real problem is the very high ignorance level of some of you in that critical audio subject. Almost all of you likes to live in the audio dinosaur's century, this is not my    fault.

"  Raul's posts are all about Raul "   NO, it's all as people like you. The problem is the false audio world where you live, NOT ME.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC not DISTORTIONS,
R.
Nothing! That's *all* you need to say IMO. Now back to regularly scheduled programming, I hope.  
Cheers, jt 
" sheduled programming ", means Jurassic Park? where not only does not exist  cell phones or even the Ford model T but  no civilization at all: as I posted: anachronistic.

Even in front of so many facts exist one of you that still is thinking that does not exist the corrupted AHEE that puts you to live in the JP jail that is an open jail where we don't need a key to leave it?

R.
Raul, you're making too much of your opinion in this thread. You may not know Bo but check out his threads, you two remind me much of each other which is to say taking a bulldozer approach in offering your prejudices regarding the reproduction of music playback to the absolute disrepect of other contributors, is this some kind of Alpha dog thing or do you just fail to understand the question of the thread?.  Now if this thread was about the differences and virtues  between SS and tube amplification or source components then fair game. You are persistent in your obtuse arrogance in not understanding this point that has been brought to your attention too many times, what's the problem man?

To me at least it is nothing more than connecting to the joys of music, playback. Live, well Raul, it's live and I don't need the playback to do that, it can't and never will and the search for that ideal is totally unrelated to enjoying the emotional and intellectual content in music. That's just my opinion.

 

Raul I have to agree with Tubegroover on this one . Like I said in another post " some people like pleasant distortion " In the US we

have a ice cream  store called Baskin Robbins and they have 31 flavors . The best thing about this hobby is you can tailor your sound to your liking by choosing the components of your taste and flavor . You many not agree with other peoples choices but that is ok. You should start another thread just like the other great ones you have started about your journey from tube to SS and have it  discussed there . You know I agree with you on many topics what is not proper is the way you are going about it . RC