buying vacuum tubes and vintage electronic equipment on okay can be a tricky thing . hopefully this may help you out . myself i have been working on vintage electronics off and on for over 25 years , even thou i still see things that still amaze me to this day. not only in repairing vintage equipment , but i also build tube type amps as a hobby mostly . when buying tubes check the feedback first !
does the person selling the tubes mostly deal in tubes andrelated items ? have the tubesbeen tested ? what are the test results ? dont be afraid to ask seller any questions about item tubes or vintage electronic equipment . most seller are more than happy to answer questions . most sellers offer these items `AS IS` ,check feedback from sellers and or buyers who bought`AS IS` items and see what they have to say . `AS IS` is more or less a standard on okay since the mfgwarranty ran out many years ago or mfg is no longer in business also due to fragile nature of vintage electronic tubes anditems .
when buying tubes it would be a good idea to buy a good tube tester . but then again a tube tester itself is a vintage piece of equipment . so i would get two or 3 of them and if 2 give the same or close to the same readings you know you got a good tester.then you could resell the other testers and keep the one you like best.
tube testers gee in all price ranges $10 to $1000 or more and some are harder to use than others . good tester should run about $100 . i would regemend a b
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