[Badas]

 
Sorry but I wanted to look this vendor/seller up using searches but found no Harry from Australia.  Would you kind enough to let me in on this guy. It's unlikely that I would buy him out of most tubes as my collection is maturing and I haven't got the spending money anymore.  I am just curious about what he stocks really. 
Thanks

I will PM you his non eBay details.

 

[attmci]

 
When you adjust the volume does it move freely or does it have notches? (steps). No reason I just understand that he is changing a lot of the designs. Could be why some of us WA22 owners are having problems.
 
 
I can't be bothered. I have found the GE6AS7GA power tube works fine. Not perfect but close enough. So I will just stock up on those.

My bad. I thought you stored 20 pairs of GEC 6AS7G, which will be overkill.
 
You deserve a pair of better tubes, man.

 

[Badas]

  You deserve a pair of better tubes, man.

 
I know.
 
GEC 6AS7G, TS 5998, WE 421A are just too expensive now. Plus they could be noisy in my WA22. I wish there was a good easy to get 6080/6AS7G.
 
GE is okay and quiet. Sometimes it is best to pick your battles. So the GE will do. I have found that the power tubes effect the overall sound of the WA22 the least as well. Drivers and Rectifiers are more important.

 

[abvolt]

they are very spendy I was looking a pair of ts5998's nearly 500 too rich for me, but I'd sure like a listen.. 

 

[hdtv00]

You can get 5998's for $100 easy you just have to keep looking. $500 for a pair is god damn ridiculous for 5998's. But some ****** in here wanted $350 for a pair. Don't get sucked in on people trying to profit. I bought one for $30 couple months ago. They're out there, just believe.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TungSol-5998-NOS-Vacuum-Tube-Tests-Excellent-421A-A1834-/181790413814?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2a538d93f6
 
 
421A though are gonna cost ya $200 at least probably.
 
GEC 6AS7G well good luck even finding one of those let alone a pair. Those are the ones that'll set you back $500 for a pair.

 

[punit]

   
I know.
 
GEC 6AS7G, TS 5998, WE 421A are just too expensive now. Plus they could be noisy in my WA22. I wish there was a good easy to get 6080/6AS7G.
 

I have rolled quite a lot of tubes in My WA22 when I had it (you can have a look at my profile for the tubes). I only had one noisy tube & that tube was noisy on another amp as well, so it was the tubes fault. No noise wilth  the rest of the tubes, maybe there is something going on with your WA22. Have you considered getting it checked ?

 

[Jeb Listens]

... a quick and easy test would be to send a sample of perhaps two or three of your cheaper noisy tubes to a fellow and trusted wa22 owner. I guess it Would cost you postage there and back. Bit of a hassle but may be the cheapest option and a good time to explore all avenues if your wa22 is still in warranty.

 

[Mechans1]

 

Thanks- I really appreciate the note but not sure how this analog person fits in the current context we find ourselves immersed in.  The irony is that I am old enough to be completely fluent in analog life.  E.G.  I was in my first or second year of college when a box arrived for one of my chemistry professors.  I asked what is that, he said" a really small new California computer co. called Apple".  _true story so help me!

 

[abvolt]

  You can get 5998's for $100 easy you just have to keep looking. $500 for a pair is god damn ridiculous for 5998's. But some ****** in here wanted $350 for a pair. Don't get sucked in on people trying to profit. I bought one for $30 couple months ago. They're out there, just believe.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TungSol-5998-NOS-Vacuum-Tube-Tests-Excellent-421A-A1834-/181790413814?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2a538d93f6
 
 
421A though are gonna cost ya $200 at least probably.
 
GEC 6AS7G well good luck even finding one of those let alone a pair. Those are the ones that'll set you back $500 for a pair.

 
 
Thanks I'll keep looking I've only ever found them by the pair on tube world now there lowest cost pair is 450.00 the 421a's are like 350. each I just won't pay that much for tubes..

 

[SonicTrance]

   
 
Thanks I'll keep looking I've only ever found them by the pair on tube world now there lowest cost pair is 450.00 the 421a's are like 350. each I just won't pay that much for tubes..

You can always buy used 5998's on ebay. I've paid around $50-60 for all my 5998's.

 

[gibosi]

I have also purchased used 5998s on eBay fairly cheaply. And to reinforce what others have written, I usually buy singles, as so-called "pairs" tend to be more expensive than they are worth, and then do the matching myself, putting tubes with similar construction and close manufacturing dates together as pairs.

 

[Mechans1]

  I have also purchased used 5998s on eBay fairly cheaply. And to reinforce what others have written, I usually buy singles, as so-called "pairs" tend to be more expensive than they are worth, and then do the matching myself, putting tubes with similar construction and close manufacturing dates together as pairs.

There is no shame in that.   If the tubes aren't widely different that may cause one to be softer if the tube is heading down.  I have no shame I have, and still  put different brands of 5998s  in and the amp/700s.sounds.. great.  I heard that all tubes with domino plates were manufactured by Tung Sol anyway.  I have done it 6SN7s when I had a little EL-34 based amp, it was like doing an A/B test but with speaker.  I miss that amp it was so  easy to hear differences between  the 6SN7 . On rare occasions did the same with diligence with the 12A-7s it took.  I could hear the differences and settled on the 6SN7 W  I didn't have the British tubes have now,.  as for the 12-7  position   I became addicted to 5751s,but used others, also the 6SN7 wasn't find the one and be done.  I started down the rocky road to almost incurable disorder with a benign sounding word "tube roller" Best of luck and don't buy anything with flying saucer getter.

 

[gibosi]

The general consensus is every 5998 was manufactured by Chatham. Further, the 5998 and the 2399 are exactly the same. After Tung-Sol's purchase of Chatham in the late 1950s, the Chatham brand was slowly phased out, replaced by the Tung-Sol brand. So for sure, the brand printed on the base of a 5998/2399 does not matter when making pairs. All that matters is the internal construction and date of manufacture.

 

[abvolt]

very cool thanks for the helpful information I'll be looking for nice singles..

 

[Badas]

  very cool thanks for the helpful information I'll be looking for nice singles..

I will as well. I will try not to bid against my fellow HP members.