Replasment for Mullard Long Plates?

Ryriken...an unabashed attempt at a sale instead of opining on Gold Lions is simply tawdry. How much are they anyway?

I am sorry, i have many 12ax7, but older ones not the new ones. I want 60.00 shipping included if your interested. I don't even own a Russian or Chinese tube, i use NOS or 1960 or 70 stuff from USA, British or German tubes. Thats for 3 tubes.

Wolf
The AA threads can be displayed in two formats. I prefer the one they call Classical. You will get many more specific answers regarding the Russian GL. Make sure to you look in the "Tube Asylum". It isn't all that painful honest.
The old Philips tubes from Holland are essentially European Amperex 12AX7s. They have a devoted fan base and are desirable if in good condition. I don't have any Philips Holland, so I can't comment specifically on their sonics sorry.
I see your curiosity has been piqued regarding Old Stock, roll with it. Sorry again about the pun.

I'm boycotting and protesting the AA Tube Asylum for archaic formatting! Also, I prefer this brain trust anyway.

I had a conversation about 12ax7s with a dude at "thetubestore" and he thinks the Lions are a nice but more classic sounding tube (i.e. "mellower"), and the "preferred" 7025s they sell (they sell both so there's no incentive to sell me cheaper tubes) are cleaner. I am not in the market for old tubes at the moment since it seems that there are some great new tubes that unlike the "vintage tube" market, haven't been passed around by collectors, or tested on sketchy machines by sketchy testors after being yanked out of some hapless dusty old radio to be sold for big bucks with no warranty with bent rusty pins and smeared printing. I just read a review of the new ARC Reference 150 using KT120s and I have yet to hear anybody dislike that tube in any meaningful way, and it's about as new as it gets. Also, the ARC Ref is about 9 times the cost of my Jolida so I feel thrifty.

Wolf,
Don't worry about archaic formatting at AudioAsylum, there are people there that have vast knowledge of tubes, new and old. You mat be right about some vintage tubes being tested on sketchy tube testers, but i can assure you my tubes are tested on a calibrated B@K 700 from an Electrical Engineer friend who rebuilds tube amps and amplifiers.In fact he will be doing some work on my VTL ST85 tube amp later this summer. Just to replace some power supply caps.