[kolkoo]

  Ah I just read, think I`ll pass, if I had a tester I might bite, he got some great tubes from the late 50`s to early 60`s. So he is just testing them with the wrong measurments and artificially boosting the results. Really good schiit he got for sale.

Perhaps I might bite the bullet and let you guys know how his 24/24 translates to real values but we'll see

 

[smellster]

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/USSR-Russian-Tubes-6N23P-E88CC-ECC88-6DJ8-Silver-Shields-REFLEKTOR-1975-2pcs-/141954275933?hash=item210d225a5d:g:xHYAAOSwAvJXCSOA
This seller has some reflektors 74,75 swgp silver shields, 1 74 gray shield I think.

Thanks for the heads up I just grabbed the 75 swgp silver shield Reflektors for my Valhalla 2. I've been enjoying a pair of 59 white label Heerlen Amperex and early 70s yellow label Teslas up til now so we'll see how the Reflektors compare.

 

[TK16]

I really like those reflektors, have 2 sets myself. If those tubes turn out good for you that was a killer price there.

 

[kolkoo]

Swiss tubes are back guys
http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=swiss-tubes&_armrs=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X%28e88cc%2Cecc88%2C6n23p%2Ce188cc%2C6dj8%2C7dj8%2Cpcc88%29.TRS0&_nkw=%28e88cc%2Cecc88%2C6n23p%2Ce188cc%2C6dj8%2C7dj8%2Cpcc88%29&_sacat=0
 
May lord have mercy on thy wallets

 

[Hardwired]

  Swiss tubes are back guys
http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=swiss-tubes&_armrs=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X%28e88cc%2Cecc88%2C6n23p%2Ce188cc%2C6dj8%2C7dj8%2Cpcc88%29.TRS0&_nkw=%28e88cc%2Cecc88%2C6n23p%2Ce188cc%2C6dj8%2C7dj8%2Cpcc88%29&_sacat=0
 
May lord have mercy on thy wallets

 
I bought a couple sets from him at nice prices a few months back. I'll be keeping an eye on a few of these. Damn you, I mean thanks. 

 

[kolkoo]

   
I bought a couple sets from him at nice prices a few months back. I'll be keeping an eye on a few of these. Damn you, I mean thanks. 

Hahaha
 
Well as far as I recall the legendary yellow labeled Valvo CCas of Guidostrunk were bought from swiss-tubes, right? Who knows perhaps more will appear, last time they were selling for a good time until they stopped, a little before new years. They even sent a newsletter to all that bought tubes from them to ask what kinds of tubes we would be interested in buying They never replied to me though... but let's see

 

[billerb1]

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[billerb1]

Hahaha
 
Well as far as I recall the legendary yellow labeled Valvo CCas of Guidostrunk were bought from swiss-tubes, right? Who knows perhaps more will appear, last time they were selling for a good time until they stopped, a little before new years. They even sent a newsletter to all that bought tubes from them to ask what kinds of tubes we would be interested in buying They never replied to me though... but let's see

 


I might be mistaken but I don't think Guido's yellows were bought at Swiss Tubes. Sam got them through Laurence, a fellow Head-Fi'er, who was the original buyer...and I'm pretty sure he got them from a different seller...a seller who many were suspecting of selling counterfeits. So, LMAO, Sam's legendary yellows might have been "made" by a little old lady in a Warsaw bed and breakfast in between her knitting projects. You never know where your own personal HG's might turn up.

 

[kolkoo]

 

  Hahaha

 
Well as far as I recall the legendary yellow labeled Valvo CCas of Guidostrunk were bought from swiss-tubes, right?

Who knows perhaps more will appear, last time they were selling for a good time until they stopped, a little before new years. They even sent a newsletter to all that bought tubes from them to ask what kinds of tubes we would be interested in buying

They never replied to me though... but let's see

 


I might be mistaken but I don't think Guido's yellows were bought at Swiss Tubes. Sam got them through Laurence, a fellow Head-Fi'er, who was the original buyer...and I'm pretty sure he got them from a different seller...a seller who many were suspecting of selling counterfeits. So, LMAO, Sam's legendary yellows might have been "made" by a little old lady in a Warsaw bed and breakfast in between her knitting projects. You never know where your own personal HG's might turn up.

Hmm I remember there being some banter about the yellow racer swiss tube picture Perhaps I got confused haha

 

[billerb1]

Hmm I remember there being some banter about the yellow racer swiss tube picture Perhaps I got confused haha

 


Lol, that was me giving Sam a hard time about the yellow racer. Hey maybe those yellow Cca's were originally bought at Swiss Tubes but I don't think so. I'm sure Sam or Laurence will clear it up.

 

[Hardwired]

  Hahaha
 
Well as far as I recall the legendary yellow labeled Valvo CCas of Guidostrunk were bought from swiss-tubes, right? Who knows perhaps more will appear, last time they were selling for a good time until they stopped, a little before new years. They even sent a newsletter to all that bought tubes from them to ask what kinds of tubes we would be interested in buying They never replied to me though... but let's see

 
I did post about getting some Valvo red label E188CC tubes from swiss-tubes that sound a lot like what Guido described with his yellow labels. They are noticeably more holographic than any of my other tubes and hurt my brain after I listen to them for a while. Maybe that's what you were thinking of.

 

[billerb1]

 
I did post about getting some Valvo red label E188CC tubes from swiss-tubes that sound a lot like what Guido described with his yellow labels. They are noticeably more holographic than any of my other tubes and hurt my brain after I listen to them for a while. Maybe that's what you were thinking of.

 


Elaborate on the "hurt my brain" aspect of the red Valvos.

 

[Hardwired]

 

   
I did post about getting some Valvo red label E188CC tubes from swiss-tubes that sound a lot like what Guido described with his yellow labels. They are noticeably more holographic than any of my other tubes and hurt my brain after I listen to them for a while. Maybe that's what you were thinking of.

 


Elaborate on the "hurt my brain" aspect of the red Valvos.

 
Hm. Well, you know how tubes tend to widen and deepen the soundstage of the music? You can listen to the same music with a SS amp and a tube amp and the music sounds 'bigger' or more holographic, or at least it does for me. It's one of the main reasons I'm addicted to tubes. Well, the Valvos I got take that bigger soundstage and increase it yet again, to the point my brain is wondering where the hell the music is coming from. It's like I need a 3rd ear or something to process the extra information. It's wild. Eventually I have to turn it off and give my ears/brain a rest.
 
Guido seemed to love it and maybe his tubes do it differently but mine open a wormhole in the wall behind my speakers and disrupt the space-time continuum. It's true! 

 

[TK16]

Guys trying to figure out the year made on my telefunken ecc88`s, if I am reading brents site right they are 2 March 1968, 1 September 1967?, and last one unreadable. B is for the Berlin factory?

 
http://www.audiotubes.com/teledate.htm

 

[billerb1]

 
Hm. Well, you know how tubes tend to widen and deepen the soundstage of the music? You can listen to the same music with a SS amp and a tube amp and the music sounds 'bigger' or more holographic, or at least it does for me. It's one of the main reasons I'm addicted to tubes. Well, the Valvos I got take that bigger soundstage and increase it yet again, to the point my brain is wondering where the hell the music is coming from. It's like I need a 3rd ear or something to process the extra information. It's wild. Eventually I have to turn it off and give my ears/brain a rest.
 
Guido seemed to love it and maybe his tubes do it differently but mine open a wormhole in the wall behind my speakers and disrupt the space-time continuum. It's true! 

 


I am making some calls...help should be arriving soon. In the meantime, do NOT screw with the continuum.