Brand New In Box Electro-Harmonix 6BM8 ECL82 Vacuum Tube - Single

We only sell factory fresh tubes and NOT seconds as we are an authorized dealer for New Sensor (EHX) and JJ

The world's only new production 6BM8. A fairly obscure tube but popular enough that Electro-Harmonix decided to reissue it. I'm glad they did - no other such tube exists aside from the very costly vintage 6BM8s.Truly NOS NIB ones are so hard to find - the supply is almost all used up. EHX really saved the day here. The icing on the cake is that these sound incredible - they rival the vintage ones and were designed to have a more robust plate structure for a better sound and more reliability. The European designation for this tube is ECL82 and both tubes are exactly the same and compatible with each other. You won ’t see many other sellers selling these, especially in matched sets. The reason is because these are odd tubes that have a preamp section and power section. They require vintage tube testers to check them and as such we can only test and match for Gm. Since we started out selling only vintage and NOS tubes we have the proper equipment and knowledge to match them properly.

Testing and/or Matching

We test and/or match our tubes by Gm & Plate Current using a state of the art digital Maxi-Matcher tube tester. The Maxi-Matcher simulates a real circuit and tests tubes in real-world conditions. We also check our tubes for other issues like shorts on calibrated and vintage tube testers. We match our tubes +/- 5% with an overall tolerance of 10%.

While we do screen for noise and microphonics, even the best tube testers are quite bad at finding these faults. The only real test is with your ears. We guarantee that our tubes will be free of noise or microphonics but please be aware that there isn't a whole lot we can do to ensure your tube won't be. To combat this issue, we are quite liberal in accepting returns for these reasons.

Shipping

** INTERNATIONAL shipments typically take 3-6 weeks by our standard USPS First Class Mail but often take up to 3 months for delivery. eBay estimates are NEVER correct for International **

All orders are processed & shipped within 1 business day

Since all of our items ship for free, we cannot combine shipments and will not refund you retroactively

Domestic Orders

USPS First Class Mail: 2-7 business days, tracking

USPS Priority Mail: 1-3 Business Days, tracking

International Orders

USPS First Class Mail International: 3-6 weeks typically but up to 3 MONTHS, limited to no tracking

USPS Priority Mail International: 1-2 weeks, full tracking

Guarantee & Returns

We guarantee our tubes for 90 days upon receipt. If anything goes wrong in that time, we will replace tube once returned to us. We also pay the return shipping or will send you a prepaid shipping label so you will not be out anything. We accept returns if a tube arrives faulty or becomes faulty within the warranty period. Noise and/or microphonic issues are covered. We reserve the right to deny returns for buyer's remorse including the buyer's opinion on "tone".