Tube takeover

In earlier discussions on tubes some people wrote that not only were all those WWII factories and equipment long gone, but the knowledge and artistry that went into making them also went extinct. Sad indeed. My hunt for WWII era VT-231s must continue.

Lessee here,

Sovtech, Sveltana, Ei, (the Chineese), Tesla-JJ, Western Electric, KR Enterprises, Philips, and the list goes on.

It would be as loss but this will not justify and attempt by toob theives, er salesmen to ramp the price up again. Toobs are already at the critical price point.

As SS catches the sound of toobs without the hassle of bias and burn-out the justification for toob usage is starting to wane. And yes I still use toobs.

loon

Here is a link to a July 15th interview of Mike Matthews discussing the current status of his tube manufacturing plant. Looks like things are now under control.

http://www.gearwire.com/matthews-russia-tube-story.html

Jebe1,

That's great news! Very interesting video. Mike Matthews seems to be making far more headway with President Putin than is President Bush. :-)

Did you catch at the end where he mentioned "Tung-sol" and "6SN7" almost in the same breath? Can't wait to see what comes of that...

FWIW, we had enough go-arounds in the past with New Sensor that we started sourcing our own tubes (right now none of our tubes are made in Russia). The writing was on the wall about this 2 years ago- if I were him I'd pull all the tooling and move the operation to a different country.