Recommendations for a vacum tube tester

Any suggestions for something under $150?

scottya11803-27-2023 8:10pm

dill Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,533 posts 03-27-2023 at 10:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete What do you plan on using it for? Test for yourself or to test tubes for resale?
oddiofyl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,893 posts 03-27-2023 at 10:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My tester was $159 in 1959….
oddiofyl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,893 posts 03-27-2023 at 10:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That was like spending $1600 in todays’s dollars
tksteingraber Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 629 posts 03-27-2023 at 10:22pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @fuzztone here’s an example of an old tester in good working order and recently calibrated per the seller? $699 plus shipping.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394531823919?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=6qQJLq77Twi&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=2lFcSwP8SgS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=EMAIL
oddiofyl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,893 posts 03-27-2023 at 10:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That’s a good tester for preventing your gear from becoming a “tube tester”. Mine saved me from putting a bad rectifier in a new amp. It was worth the money to me. Mine is similar to that, it’s an 800. It is super easy to use and does everything I need it to. All of my gear is tubed so it does get regular use.