Quote Originally Posted by poppachubby View Post
Hey frenchmon. Yes that's not a bad price for those Genalex, but does that include testing as well? When it comes to tubes, at least in the early going, stick with the more reputable sellers. They generally have competitive pricing and get behind their product. I think Jim McShane is supposed to be one of the more competitve sellers with those Genalex tubes.

A good option is to look at McShane's site and also at Brent Jesse's site (which I have already linkeed you to) for sale tubes. These are usually totally fine but missing a box, or have been returned, etc. Anyhow for rolling it's a good and cheap option.

Did you check out the Psvane tubes at Grant Fidelity? These are what I use and they are an amazing tube. Depending on how much testing you want, the rpice varies but compared to NOS tubes it's a steal.

My Man!

Tell me what the testing thing is all about? Is it just knowledge passed on about the tubes performance? I read where a few guys have said dont buy with out testing. I've been over to GF and looked at the tubes you suggested, the psvane tube My Man, and I like them as well as the reviews about them....even ran across a few of your reviews about them as well.

I also like RGA's suggestion of buying cheap and tube rolling. Yes I've been over to Brents site as well....will check out McShanes site today.

I have no knowledge about tubes sep what you and RGA have schooled me on and what I've read, I opened the SA-T1 and the tubes said "12ax7 China". Thats it.....don't sound bad, but ima wondering now if I can get an even better sound.