[3083joe]

Tell me about it, lol! :wink_face: ...any cure for it?...

Buy more tubes...........

 

[hypnos1]

Buy more tubes...........

 

[Badas]

I'm the opposite. I'm slowing down.
 
I have 16 Brimar 5Z4GY rectifiers, 5 Mullard GZ32 rectifiers.
14 sets of Tung-Sol RP 6C8G Drivers, 2 sets of NU 6F8G drivers, 22 sets of RCA 6C8G drivers and a set of RCA 6SN7 Greyglass drivers.
Just got my final set of GE6AS7GA power tubes. I now have 17 sets, 1 set of GE6080, 1 set of quiet Mullard 6080, 2 set noisy Mullards, 1 set Tung-Sol 7236, 1 set of Bendix 6080 graphite plates, 1 set GEC 6080, 1 set of Thompson 6080, 3 sets of Chatham 6AS7G and a stack of others I don't really care about.
 
So now I have stocked up on my favorite power tubes I'm done.

 

[Jeb Listens]

That collection's going to be pretty damn valuable in 30 years time when the rest of us are fighting over the last Svetlanas on eBay. 

 

[Badas]

  That collection's going to be pretty damn valuable in 30 years time when the rest of us are fighting over the last Svetlanas on eBay. 

 
I work on the idea that I need 70 years worth of tubes. I'm mid 40's now so I think I'm being optimistic that I will last that long. I will likely be worm feed or dust by then.

 
5000 hours per tube or set of tubes. Which is ruffly 5 years usage. So 5 years times 14 sets = 70 years. So I need 14 sets of everything.
 
I now have that.

 

[Jeb Listens]

Awesome.  Yes I'd say you're sorted.  By that time we'll be mainlining the music directly into our cryogenically-frozen brains via microchip.   Either that or minidiscs will have made a resurgence. 

 

[Badas]

  Awesome.  Yes I'd say you're sorted.  By that time we'll be mainlining the music directly into our cryogenically-frozen brains via microchip.   Either that or minidiscs will have made a resurgence. 

Microchip Yes. I can believe that. Minidiscs please No.

 

[2359glenn]

  I'm the opposite. I'm slowing down.
 
I have 16 Brimar 5Z4GY rectifiers, 5 Mullard GZ32 rectifiers.
14 sets of Tung-Sol RP 6C8G Drivers, 2 sets of NU 6F8G drivers, 22 sets of RCA 6C8G drivers and a set of RCA 6SN7 Greyglass drivers.
Just got my final set of GE6AS7GA power tubes. I now have 17 sets, 1 set of GE6080, 1 set of quiet Mullard 6080, 2 set noisy Mullards, 1 set Tung-Sol 7236, 1 set of Bendix 6080 graphite plates, 1 set GEC 6080, 1 set of Thompson 6080, 3 sets of Chatham 6AS7G and a stack of others I don't really care about.
 
So now I have stocked up on my favorite power tubes I'm done.

What if you get a different amp that uses different tubes?

 

[abvolt]

   
I work on the idea that I need 70 years worth of tubes. I'm mid 40's now so I think I'm being optimistic that I will last that long. I will likely be worm feed or dust by then.

 
5000 hours per tube or set of tubes. Which is ruffly 5 years usage. So 5 years times 14 sets = 70 years. So I need 14 sets of everything.
 
I now have that.

 
What if you get a different amp that doesn't use those type tubes, remember some tubes can last decades and still work just fine..

 

[Badas]

 
What if you get a different amp that uses different tubes?

 
 

   
What if you get a different amp that doesn't use those type tubes, remember some tubes can last decades and still work just fine..

 
That has occurred to me. If that happens then I would stock up on other types.

 

[whirlwind]

 

 
What if you get a different amp that uses different tubes?

 
 

   
What if you get a different amp that doesn't use those type tubes, remember some tubes can last decades and still work just fine..

 
That has occurred to me. If that happens then I would stock up on other types.

Just buy an amp that uses the same tubes.
 
I know this is probably a dumn question....but.....why not just have a back up pair of each, then just buy them as needed.

 

[adeadcrab]

  Just buy an amp that uses the same tubes.
 
I know this is probably a dumn question....but.....why not just have a back up pair of each, then just buy them as needed.

Because a lot of these tubes are no longer in production, their population rate worldwide is on the down trend

 

[whirlwind]

 

  Just buy an amp that uses the same tubes.
 
I know this is probably a dumn question....but.....why not just have a back up pair of each, then just buy them as needed.

Because a lot of these tubes are no longer in production, their population rate worldwide is on the down trend

True....but I believe there are many more than you might think.....and even if you have to pay a tad more for them by the time you need them...your money is not tied up in tubes that are just going to sit in the boxes for years and years and years and you know....

 

[Badas]

  Because a lot of these tubes are no longer in production, their population rate worldwide is on the down trend

Exactly.

 
Plus I buy now for say $40 a set. How much are they going to be in 25 years time????
 
I'm saving a bundle of $$'s buying them now.

 

[whirlwind]

 

  Because a lot of these tubes are no longer in production, their population rate worldwide is on the down trend

Exactly.

 
Plus I buy now for say $40 a set. How much are they going to be in 25 years time????
 
I'm saving a bundle of $$'s buying them now.

I see.....ok.....just wandering....inquiring minds want to know