Valves Tubes Be Careful What you buy ! There are many vendors of valves and tubes and I thought it might be useful to make a list of my observations in the market.  Of course I cannot be totally un-biased as I sell valves/tubes on this site and we sell  limited selection of what we offer on Ebay too. Now I am not  criticising at any sellers but some clearly are less technically capable than […]
Tung Sol Valves Now In Stock – Made in Russia We are expanding our product line and are introducing  anew premium line of valves/tubes. Tung Sol valves /tubes. We are being supplied directly by the parent company and we are official dealers. We want to offer you a an expanded  our range  valves /tubes  Your amp’ sound is heavily influenced by the valves used in the amp and of course it is everyone’e personal taste.
This blog looks at Supermatch and supplying quality output valves We work to supply our customers with best matched matched output valves. The benefits are that the output is nice and balnced on the amp. This applies to not only matched pair but also to matched quad valves. When we receive a shipment of output valves and lets take the example of a big batch of our mos popular output valve the 6L6GC from JJ
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An ECC83 for Every Application We have been working to offer an expanded  range of ECC83 (12AX7) compatible valves.  we wanted to have an ECC83 for every application  Our range  seems to be increasing every week. You might wonder why.  You might think it is pointless and I used to think the same and I decided to experiment trying different valves in my amp and using the best test equipment available – my ears!
The JJ ECC83S with gold pins is a variant of the standard JJ ECC83S also known as the 12AX7. I wanted to check out if there was any difference to the specification and more importantly the sound of the amp with this valve in my Fender Deluxe Reverb ( 1971). Specification Thoughts We just received these parts into stock so I tested 50 of them. Â I have tested hundreds of the standard JJ ECC83S so
Our Valve Test Equipment Have you ever wondered about how valves are sold as “tested”  and why we test ourselves every valve we sell? We test to make sure that you have a product that is 100% and so you buy in the knowledge that you are receiving a top quality product. We have six valve testers and each has their advantages and challenges. Now you may wonder why we test every valve we sell.
We are expanding our range of valves and we are introducing four interesting JJ valves to our line up. The first three can help shape your amp sound in different ways. EL844 The EL844 is exactly pin compatible to the EL84 ( 6BQ5) and it has an interesting twist. It is highly popular in the USA and it was orginally developed by JJ Electronic based on feedback from the USA. The valve is 9 watts