Russian tube supply issues

Scored some nice JJ tubes at my local music store..... a quad of Apex matched EL34 , a quad of matched 6l6gc, a matched pair of EL84,several 12ax7 and 12au7, 12At7.....  going back tommorow for another quad of EL34......ordered a set of tubes for my pre from Tube Depot,   the oem set is a pair of JJ 12ax7 gold and JJ 12au7 gold.    Ordered them with balanced triode sections, low noise, matched pairs..... they sound so good I ordered another pair of each today.....   ordered 8 e180f yesterday.    

Got them all at good prices compared to what I'm seeing.   I am heavily invested in tube gear, there is no way I am going to fall victim to price gouging. 

Shout out to Tube Depot for super fast shipping 

 Got a new amp coming in a month or two,  I have a total of 8 pairs of premium NOS e180f / 6688 tubes from Mullard and Amperex.    6 JAN CRC 5r4gy ST bottle rectifiers  date coded 5-56 and 10-56....   a Westinghouse (RCA) and a Raytheon 274b.     If my math is correct , I should have enough til I die or longer.   Once I have the amp for a little while  I will most likely buy another pair of WE 300b to have on hand.   

Just adapt circuitry to use tubes outside the classic 12A**, 6S**, ECC**, KT**, EL**, 5R**, 2A3, 45, 300B & Russky milieu and there is still plenty of NOS out there to keep going for decades. Lotsa great TV tubes (including cheap damper diodes) just waiting to be discovered. Only takes a little imagination.

it’s far from the end of the world and might actually spark a little innovation..

Russia may sell to China and they on to the West, at a price.

Meanwhile

As China’s covid outbreak expands, whole cities and provinces are sealed off and key industries closed

Then there is the fact of their committing genocide against the Uighers among other things which is normal to any country run by tyranny