Is the Shuguang 5AR4 any good?

OP:

Sent you a PM via the A’Gon system with a few personal insights regarding your query.

It can be accessed by clicking on your account, going to "dashboard" and then to "messages".

Considering the current "frenzy" currently going on regarding purchasing tubes I felt it best to keep the advice (good/bad) private and such does not involve selling items (just advice based upon past experience).

PS:

Forgot to mention the (48) vacuum packed 6oz bricks of our favorite espresso coffee I purchased early last year (codes dates good for the end of 2023) and the 21+ pairs of the original Columbia ROC trousers I purchased on closeout in 2011/2012 (still have 6+ new in the original packaging and I'm hard on clothing).

Just took a coffee inventory and we have 19 bricks left.

DeKay

@dekay

thank you and I just shot you a reply thanking you for the advice. If you don’t get it, it is not because I am impolite when someone takes time to educate me, but for some reason it triggered a message warning me "Conversation added to Moderation Queue for Review by Support." Which I completely don’t understand, but so be it, and thank you again for adding to my education on NOS tubes.

And good deal on the coffee!  I can relate to that.  Maybe not on the coffee, but there are other things. . . .

Thanks @bigkidz  !

Here's an old thread on your pre -w- supposed advice from Cary in regard to what/what not rectifier type to use (5R4 is not recommended).

DeKay

Thank you, @dekay !  That was an interesting read.  I did note that @rodman99999  had used a tall bottle, and I actually turned down an offer on a tube that the seller had listed as a "tall bottle" because I wasn't sure if there would be enough clearance to get it into position to insert the pins into the socket.

Anyway, thanks again!