Valves
and the new millennium!!
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WAGNER ELECTRONICS
has been a good source of valves for the repairman
for many years, offering replacement and substitute
valves for the restorer. This includes some
rare and unique valves used in old radio grams
and the like. Today, although valve radio restoring
is still popular to some hobbyists, what is
growing in popularity is valve home audio. We
think this is due to the audiophile wanting
some personality in their listening and to rid
themselves of the almost sterile, so called
"perfect" clinical sound of digital technology.
Valves offer a "warmer"
sound. To this end
we have found available some of the more popular
audio valves being manufactured. The technology
in valves is still improving! Even though the
original specifications have to be honored,
advancements in manufacture and materials have
seen improvements in bandwidth, noise levels,
compression, heat stability, gain, reliability,
etc., etc.
Sovtek and
Electro-Harmonix are Russian made tubes
and are available now, new, in stock. These
valves are elegantly attractive and claim to
supercede old Philips,
RCA and
any new manufactured tubes. "Vacuum
Tube Valley Magazine" describes some reviewed
Sovtek audio tubes as 'approaching the quality
of classics such as the Mullard'
Jimmy Hendrix Lives!
Probably the largest sales in valves would go
to repairing and updating valve guitar amplifiers.
Manufacturers like
VOX
and Marshal,
etc. mostly use the common audio valves, so
check the substitution numbers listed with our
stock for your valve! Improvements to the newer
valves also include the requirement of reliability
during the hard life of musician amplifiers.
This is claimed to be one of the priorities
in Sovtek and Electro-Harmonix valves.
Hard reliability
with sonic perfection!
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