[UntilThen]

Why get the reissues when you could get the real deal? https://tubedepot.com/products/nos-western-electric-300b-black-plate-1961-matched-pair

Because when you buy that, you will just keep it for another 20 years.

 

[baronbeehive]

Why get the reissues when you could get the real deal? https://tubedepot.com/products/nos-western-electric-300b-black-plate-1961-matched-pair

AAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHH!! Why did I sell mine for peanuts .

 

[Velozity]

Why get the reissues when you could get the real deal? https://tubedepot.com/products/nos-western-electric-300b-black-plate-1961-matched-pair

Lol, yeah ok

This brings up a question though... Have any of you guys/gals been able to successfully insure your tube collections? It's something I've wondered about considering these tubes that are worth so much money yet are also so extremely fragile. I haven't looked into it yet but wondering if anyone actually does that??

 

[bcowen]

Yes I'm thinking about getting the WE reissues. According to the website they're in stock. Any of the Chinese ones worthwhile?

Sorry, but I can't offer any insight on current Chinese ones. Back when I was using/buying 300B's (20+ years ago), the WE's were really the only game in town. There were the Cetrons (pretty lame) and the Sovteks (cheap, and sounded like it). The Chinese offerings back then (Shuguang mostly) were utter garbage. Entirely possible (and even probable) that some of the current China offerings have merit though.

(I still use 300B's in my speaker amp, but they are the high current version 300BXLS that are only made by KR and EML. So rolling options are pretty limited, as regular 300B's would get toasted at the higher operating voltages. I like the KR's better, but as the designer voiced the amp with them the EML's are at a disadvantage).

 

[bcowen]

Why get the reissues when you could get the real deal? https://tubedepot.com/products/nos-western-electric-300b-black-plate-1961-matched-pair

LOL! I paid about a quarter of that for a factory matched quad of 1958's. Of course that was quite a while ago....

 

[jonathan c]

LOL! I paid about a quarter of that for a factory matched quad of 1958's. Of course that was quite a while ago....

…the perfect portfolio for a secure retirement: bonds, precious metals, stocks, tubes…

 

[bcowen]

…the perfect portfolio for a secure retirement: bonds, precious metals, stocks, tubes…

And beer. Never forget beer.

 

[jonathan c]

And beer. Never forget beer.

The bonds, precious metals, stocks, tubes pay for retirement. Beer is consumed in retirement……

 

[bcowen]

The bonds, precious metals, stocks, tubes pay for retirement. Beer is consumed in retirement……

Oh. Guess I'm not ready to retire yet. Oh well.

Think I'll have a beer...

 

[jonathan c]

Oh. Guess I'm not ready to retire yet. Oh well.

Think I'll have a beer...

…tears in the beer, when I think of the years, to come so near…

 

[baronbeehive]

…the perfect portfolio for a secure retirement: bonds, precious metals, stocks, tubes…

If only... I still had my quad of WE's that would have seen me off in retirement to the Cayman islands for good, away from all this. Now all I've got are these GE's which will never increase in value... maybe if I sell them and buy back when they have dropped I could make a killing .

 

[baronbeehive]

Sorry, but I can't offer any insight on current Chinese ones. Back when I was using/buying 300B's (20+ years ago), the WE's were really the only game in town. There were the Cetrons (pretty lame) and the Sovteks (cheap, and sounded like it). The Chinese offerings back then (Shuguang mostly) were utter garbage. Entirely possible (and even probable) that some of the current China offerings have merit though.

(I still use 300B's in my speaker amp, but they are the high current version 300BXLS that are only made by KR and EML. So rolling options are pretty limited, as regular 300B's would get toasted at the higher operating voltages. I like the KR's better, but as the designer voiced the amp with them the EML's are at a disadvantage).

I recently purchased some Shuguangs, not bad but not even a match for my RCA's. I think there are some good Chinese tubes around these days and some of the reissues aren't bad but I would never choose them over NOS.

 

[UntilThen]

Wow while I am away, you talk about bonds, beers, tubes and retirement.

I post this in the other thread but I need to show it here.

 

[jonathan c]

If only... I still had my quad of WE's that would have seen me off in retirement to the Cayman islands for good, away from all this. Now all I've got are these GE's which will never increase in value... maybe if I sell them and buy back when they have dropped I could make a killing .

With those GEs, you might be able to afford a photograph of the Isle of Wight

 

[jonathan c]

If only... I still had my quad of WE's that would have seen me off in retirement to the Cayman islands for good, away from all this. Now all I've got are these GE's which will never increase in value... maybe if I sell them and buy back when they have dropped I could make a killing .

The only ‘shorts’ where the GEs do their stuff is in the amp……