First and foremost, thank you for considering my item and for

viewing my ebay store. We have been selling on ebay collectively over 18

years.

We have been in the vintage amplifier restoration/ service/ repair, custom builds and touring business for 15 years locally. 

We have only recently begun to sell our massive collection online due to space constraints.

Our

local business; vintageblissamplifications, has been recruited as the

"sound guy" for many major musicians/bands and has accompanied as the

lead on many major tours. He is a musician, an "audiophile" and an

honest human being.

We have thousands invested in our testers/tubes and work.

If

you do not know what you are looking for just send a message maybe we

can help with pinpointing which tube will work best for you, in your

specific design, for your specific tone desire.

I love deep bass

and that crisp clear airy sound, VBA on the other hand does not.

Everyone has a preference,what you hear and enjoy, well its as unique as

you are.

Tv7 tested TUBES

Test Results are ALWAYS available upon request if not photographed in the listing or already stated.

90 % of our tubes are Tv7 tested

The tv7 tester has been around a long time and is a trusted DEVICE. 

Military standards were tubes needed to meet 60% (minimum value)to be

considered good. Tubes that do not meet this standard are not listed.

There

isn't a specific percentage or data set anywhere that universally

designates a vacuum tube as "new old stock" when using a tube tester.

Tube testers are all different, no tube testers readings will be the

same. ****The data only specifies that if a tube does not meet the

minimum value it should be replaced.

All our tubes have been tested for

GAS SHORTS TRANSCONDUCTANCE & EMISSIONS

If they are listed they have none of the aforementioned.

Please see my notes on noise tests below

***We

have a few different testers available to ensure the quality of the

tube***** (as some tubes can not be tested on the tv7)

Tv7

testing is tedious and I spend 12-13 hours a day testing tubes and

double testing tubes - if you notice a mistake(like a picture doesn?t

match the title) please be gracious and let me know.

UNLESS

PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX- tube will come in repackaged white

boxes- 50-90 year old cardboard packaging doesn?t hold together well.

***we

have over the last 20 years amassed a huge collection of vintage amps/

parts / tubes and have decided to downsize that collection

Every

tube has been marked for tracking and security purposes - these marks

wipe off easily and without the mark no return will be accepted -

Sound

quality is tremendously SUBJECTIVE. Please let us know what your

intended application is prior to purchase if you have a specific sound

in mind and/or just don?t know what you want.

NOISE TEST. This is a very marginal test, only for

special

checking. This test needs sound amplification; hearing listening to

noise with headphones would indicate a real disaster inside a tube (THE

shorts test WOULD already BE evidence OF THIS)

some

testers do have noise test jacks that connect to either headphones or to

the antenna/ground terminals of an AM radio.  There is nothing wrong

with performing that noise test. 

*****this test is

not going to tell you whether the tube will be silent in your SET

(single ended triode) amp or in anything else. 

*****Ultimately,

the best way of testing a tube for microphonics is in an actual chassis

or amplifier similar to one in which it is intended to be used.?

Since amps have a wide variety of circuit designs and tube placement,

this test is most effective in YOUR AMP or one that is almost

identical. Hence, most people advertising tubes as tested for Noise or

Microphonics are probably NOT testing them in any meaningful way for

you.

?Noise? and ?Microphonics? are often buzzwords for other issues. (Shorts/ leaks)

-there is a small percentage of tubes that have a problem with noise but far less than most people think.  

*****In properly designed circuits objectionable ?tube noise? is seldom found.  *******

In

other words, it is a rare tube that will be noisy when used in most

circuits. Always check the data sheet of the tube you plan to use.

Tube testers and noise testing-

Tube

testers do not test for these problems in the manner in which you

think, except to the extent that a tube tester with sensitive leakage

detection will find far more ?noisy? tubes than a tube tester with only

?fair? leakage sensitivity, to the extent that the noise is due to this

problem. 

Listening through headphones to tube on a tester is half as good as putting in amp and listening for noise.

1.

 RETURNS: I want you completely satisfied with your purchase from me. I

will bend over backwards to make sure that you are a happy customer,

prior to and after purchase.

PLEASE message me BEFORE you open a return.

2.    PLEASE NOTE:  Tube silkscreen (lettering on the tubes) is VERY fragile. It can be wiped off and destroyed VERY easily.

RETURNS ARE NOT ACCEPTED BECAUSE YOUR TESTER SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN MINE. If you don?t like the sound of a tube, so long as it is still in the same condition as arrived message me and I?ll work with you