From djacques@csulb.edu Sun Jun 24 15:54:51 2007
Subject:Hugh Banton

OK,



I am wrong! That is a VK 7 or VK8.



http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/pawnhearts/vdgg_wolv100407_ps4867.jpg



So Hugh is playing a complete Roland rig.. Sounds pretty damn convincing to
me. Maybe as said before, in the hands of a master.



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From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Bruce Wahler
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 2:05 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Vintage russian tubes.



Hi,

I'm a big fan of JJ Tubes. You can get them in the US from Eurotubes.com.

Regards,

-BW

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At 03:07 PM 6/24/2007, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Same as it happens with US , JAN (Join Army Navy) or
>UK tubes, I'd give a try to the old russian tubes.
>
>Conversely the 'Winged C' ( SED stands for Svet.
>Electron Devices).
>
>They can be found at major tube stores in the US.
>
>Warning:
>
>Best tubes of that class were manufactured at
>Reflektor plant in St. Petersburg and it's known that
>vintage Svetlanas as long with JJ Tesla (jjelectronic
>.com , WITHOUT 's' at the end) are the most strong
>tubes, at time of suppporting voltages beyond the
>average amp designs.
>
>Other also highly acclaimed (by ratio among
>price/quality) is the Yugoslavian 'Ei' brand.
>
>(Eitubes .com)
>
>The 'Ei' Belgrade plant was bombed by raids in mid
>90's when UN ordered to stop Kosovo ethnic massacres.
>
>Nevertheless vintage Ei 12AX7 (telefunken machined
>grade) still can be found at eBAY.
>
>These tubes are known among audiophiles as the closer
>thing to expensive Telefunken costing almost 100
>bucks.
>
>The original plant used same machinery as their german
>counterpart.
>
>Sorry by referring here dotcoms, I don't endorse them,
>just want to share with you about the legitimate URLs
>as it happens that some websites impersonate the good
>ones.
>
>FIY: it took me a long time to know which were the the
>right URLs .
>
>It's known that advertising in 20% persuasion and 80%
>of confussion.
>
>Just a sample: the Tesla plant , formerly from
>Czechslovakia , splitted after .CZ got separated from
>.SK (Slovakia)
>
>The actual Tesla tubes ( JJ-Tesla) can be found at
>www.jj-electronic. com (without s at the end) or
>www.jj-electronic. sk
>
>The country code let assume that seems it's an
>Slovakia located company.
>
>Usually I don't brands other preamp tubes other than
>US/UK, Tesla (or vintage MiniWatt marketed by Philips
>local factory by the 60's, still rare to find here)
>
>Personally for power tubes prefer Winged'C' (the
>vintage Svetlanas) not those resembling russian names.
>
>Many of them are produced in mass at former USSR
>plants.
>
>Production from those factories are sold by a western
>based corporation that has overflood the market.
>
>Hope the above helps when looking for vintage tube
>stuff.
>
>Raf

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