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Tubes for ARC VT100

Hi

I am looking to replace the power tubes in my ARC VT 100. I had previously purchased from Upscale but they would not supply ARC owners anymore.

As I am from singapore, there is no company that sells with that kind of testing that Upscale does. I did buy from a shop in Singapore once and had to throw it all away as the tubes were all faulty.

So if anyone that has ARC gear can recommend tubes and where to buy, it would be appreciated
danieljoseph
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racamuti
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Andy at Vintage Tube Services is who you should call. All his tubes are properly tested.Check out his website and you will see what I mean. Good Luck
rodman99999
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Danieljoseph- I know that the Upscale site states that they are no longer retubing the VT-100's(ie: on the SED 6550 and KT88 pages), BUT- has Kevin actually told you that he won't SELL you tubes? Perhaps that statement refers to THEM doing the retubing, rather than the owner? Have you actually called/e-mailed and asked?
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pehare
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Jim McShane - Citation amps & Tubes
danieljoseph OP
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Yes I emailed Kevin and he said he would not sell tubes for ARC. Although I guess one could tell him that it is for another amp as how could he know what brand one has
taters
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Kevin Deal pulled the same crap on me 6 months ago. I called Music Reference in Santa Barbara and told him the story. I brought him my amp and he ran the tubes for half a day to make sure they were ok. He even cleaned and biased the amp for free. Give Roger a called he's a great guy.
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