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Keep my tubes??

So, I decided to cash out of my tubed-based system about a year and a half ago. I intended to get back in when I could. At this point, I'm not sure when that's going to happen. In my day dreams, I'm even considering going solid state amplification.

My question is, should I hold on to my tube collection or, cash that in too?

My instincts tell me that these are old stock tubes are a limited resource and the supply dwindles by the day (at some point, there will be no more right??)

Since I've been out of the hobby for awhile, I'm trying to understand the other side; the demand side.

Should I hold or sell?
pawlowski6132
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pawlowski6132 OP
572 posts
 
Thanx for the advice. I have a pair of WE 300b (cherry box editions) that I may part with and keep the rest of the lot. Mostly 2a3,45, 6SN7 and rectifiers.

Willing to trade towards a Nikon 14-24.

;^)
ajackson1
156 posts
 
Yep Keep your tubes. I made the same mistake too.
cyclonicman
693 posts
 
Tvad, I sold them all a few months after I sold the preamp. I sold a quad of those russian 1578's and a quad of 5692's here on audiogon. I sold a pair of Sylvania VT231's Ebay.
pescolar
128 posts
 
Cyclonicman...i still have the SLP-98 which i am enloying it a lot..questions please.

what do you think of these 1578/6sn7 tubes to SLP-98 for the front and Syl 6sn7gtb to the rear...good combo?
Until now i am still tweaking some tubes but so far favorite combo's are:

#1 ...T/S r/p 6sn7wgta/brownbase and syl gtb to rear.

#2....Syl 6sn7wgta bwn base front/ Syl gtb to rear

i will try 1578 and Syl w black base/short bottle next.
cyclonicman
693 posts
 
Pescolar, glad you still are enjoying it. I thought that the 1578's were extremely dynamic, but started to give me some listener fatigue after a while. You really have to experiment with the Cary, but that is what makes it so good. It really doesn't need a matched quad and I found that it sounded better with different paired brands. Overall, I thought it sounded best to me when I used the Sylvania VT231's in the rear position and two ElectroHarmonix 6SN7's in the front. If I recall correctly Cary had Sino Chinese 6SN7's in it as the stock tube. Avoid them, they don't allow the SLP98 to shine at it's best.
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