[billerb1]

Same buyer for both quads and the pair.

 

[ThurstonX]

  When bidders start to feed off each other, the seller wins! The price for the Quad Valvo E88CC D getters went ballistic. IMHO

 
Based on the tube-to-price ratio, he'd have done better offering five pairs, rather than two quads and a pair.  Whatever.  I wouldn't have won any of them.

 

[ThurstonX]

  Same buyer for both quads and the pair.

 
Should we keep an eye out for some re-sales?  Pity my short-term memory is shot 

 

[kolkoo]

****... I set up snipes on all 3 auctions while I sleep...so I'm sure I get 1.. I got all 3...I guess I'm not gonna be doing this again, lol
You can be sure I will be selling most of them again unless they turn out to be my personal HGs. Either way around 70$ per tube for them is not a bad price, hopefully I might turn my current losses into a gain
 
Edit: Really thought they'd go for more - I was sure I would win max 1 with my max bids, oh well, schiit

 

[MWSVette]

  ****... I set up snipes on all 3 auctions while I sleep...so I'm sure I get 1.. I got all 3...I guess I'm not gonna be doing this again, lol
You can be sure I will be selling most of them again unless they turn out to be my personal HGs. Either way around 70$ per tube for them is not a bad price, hopefully I might turn my current losses into a gain
 
Edit: Really thought they'd go for more - I was sure I would win max 1 with my max bids, oh well, schiit

Let me know I'lltake a pair...

 

[billerb1]

  ****... I set up snipes on all 3 auctions while I sleep...so I'm sure I get 1.. I got all 3...I guess I'm not gonna be doing this again, lol
You can be sure I will be selling most of them again unless they turn out to be my personal HGs. Either way around 70$ per tube for them is not a bad price, hopefully I might turn my current losses into a gain
 
Edit: Really thought they'd go for more - I was sure I would win max 1 with my max bids, oh well, schiit

 
Sammy (Guidostrunk) was the Yellow Valvo King...congrats to you, King Red !!!!!  I hope your 25 are as blissful as my lowly 1.

 

[kolkoo]

   
Sammy (Guidostrunk) was the Yellow Valvo King...congrats to you, King Red !!!!!  I hope your 25 are as blissful as my lowly 1.

I think it's time for me to open shop in the classifieds I'll start with my excess HG pairs in the next weeks Then when these Valvos get here they might also end up in there, need to get out of the rolling game so after these reds get here I will pick and choose what I want to keep and sell the rest.

 

[nightsky87]

Since the red Valvos were taken by @kolkoo, my hunt continues for these Heerlen tubes. I'm currently looking at these two options:
 
Philips 7LD Delta7** ('67 I suppose?) tubes:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291723503253?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
 
or
 
Valvo 7LG Delta3** ('73) tubes:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/222058568450?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
 
I have no idea how to interpret these measurement numbers so do these look any good to you guys?

 

[billerb1]

  Since the red Valvos were taken by @kolkoo, my hunt continues for these Heerlen tubes. I'm currently looking at these two options:
 
Philips 7LD Delta7** ('67 I suppose?) tubes:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291723503253?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
 
or
 
Valvo 7LG Delta3** ('73) tubes:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/222058568450?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
 
I have no idea how to interpret these measurement numbers so do these look any good to you guys?

 
I'd personally offer this seller $100 for these E188CC's and see if he takes it.  I find the soundstage on the E188CC's to be more refined and have better instrument separation than the E88CC's.  
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Philips-Miniwatt-E188CC-SQ-O-getter-matched-year-pair-tubes-used-/222066744394?hash=item33b4359c4a:g:qiMAAOSwQjNW-Bzs&rmvSB=true

 

[nightsky87]

   
I'd personally offer this seller $100 for these E188CC's and see if he takes it.  I find the soundstage on the E188CC's to be more refined and have better instrument separation than the E88CC's.  
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Philips-Miniwatt-E188CC-SQ-O-getter-matched-year-pair-tubes-used-/222066744394?hash=item33b4359c4a:g:qiMAAOSwQjNW-Bzs&rmvSB=true

That sounds like a suggestion. 

 But the shipping cost to my place is $37. 

 
Any difference in musicality between the E88CC and E188CCs? As for soundstage, I'm a bit off when it comes to these things. I hear things very differently - I can't perceive sound from the front when using headphones and so far my Blackburn Mullards are giving me a HUGE soundstage contrary to the consensus here. So tubes are kind of hit-or-miss in that aspect.

 

[kolkoo]

  That sounds like a suggestion. 

 But the shipping cost to my place is $37. 

 
Any difference in musicality between the E88CC and E188CCs? As for soundstage, I'm a bit off when it comes to these things. I hear things very differently - I can't perceive sound from the front when using headphones and so far my Blackburn Mullards are giving me a HUGE soundstage contrary to the consensus here. So tubes are kind of hit-or-miss in that aspect.

IF you struggle finding the right pair for you and you can't find a better option I have a pair of Philips Miniwatt E88CC SQ with 7LB delta6B1 matching codes - so from Heerlen 1966 that was sold to me tested on ECC-T (Ua=90V, Ug=-1.3V) with ~14mA per triode and then I checked the excellent matching on it on my Tube Imp for Mu, Gm and Ra. I am definitely selling this one so it would end up in the classifieds eventually. If you're interested throw me a pm.

 

[oAmadeuso]

Good luck my friend. Be ready with your finger on the trigger at the very end with your max bid. They'll jump for sure coming down the homestretch. The test results show some use so hopefully that'll keep the price down but they should be good and broken in and have plenty of life left in them.

 
Didn't get em, ah well.
Proberbly for the best as I still love my current HG's.

 

[billerb1]

   
Didn't get em, ah well.
Proberbly for the best as I still love my current HG's.

 
Talk to kolkoo...there still may be hope!

 

[kolkoo]

   
Talk to kolkoo...there still may be hope!

Yep there's still hope - even if these turn out to the HGs of HGs for me I still probably won't keep more than 3 pairs!
So 1 pair is already spoken for and that leaves 1 more. Ofcourse they have to first get to me and I have to measure them on my tube imp first and confirm that they are ok and great, because if they're bad I don't want to sell them here...
If however I am still more impressed with the HGs over these I will only keep 1 pair and sell the 4 others.

 

[billerb1]

Yep there's still hope - even if these turn out to the HGs of HGs for me I still probably won't keep more than 3 pairs!
So 1 pair is already spoken for and that leaves 1 more. Ofcourse they have to first get to me and I have to measure them on my tube imp first and confirm that they are ok and great, because if they're bad I don't want to sell them here...
If however I am still more impressed with the HGs over these I will only keep 1 pair and sell the 4 others.

Yeah it'll be interesting for me too with the single Red I got. I've never had a red Valvo D-getter...and I need to pair it with another Heerlen 7L4 D-getter I've had, not a Valvo red. They test supposedly very close. We'll see.