5AR4s bring $50

[Keith Rowland]

All who need 5AR4s may wish to check with:

Electron Tube Enterprises
Box 8311
Essex, VT  05451
Voice:  (802)879-1844
FAX:    (802)879-7764
The owner's name is Dick Bergeron

73, Keith





Rick Robinson wrote:
>
> Well gang, curiosity got the best of me when I saw AES was also selling
> 5AR4s for $50. I called John, N4BWO, my local audiophile for the lowdown. I
> figured correctly that it was audiophile driven.
>
> Yup, those suckers will fetch $50 in a heartbeat from audiophiles.  It
> seems Mullard designed the filaments to have a very long warmup/turn-on
> time.  As John says, "They kiss your power supply awake rather than
> slapping it" like a 5Y3 or 5U4 does.  Also was told that RCA and GE labeled
> 5AR4s are remarked Mullards per a licensing agreement.  This I haven't
> verified as I have only Mullards myself.  He says you will see "Made in
> England" on all 5AR4/GZ34s regardless of the brand due to their being a
> proprietary design. Anyone know whether this is true?
>
> BTW, check to see if you have any "Diamond" Telefunken 12AX7s lying around
> the shack, another high buck item in the $50+ range for NOS.  My McIntosh
> C-67 pre-amp uses these and I was never aware they were anything special.
>
> Rodrigues cartoon seen in Stereo Review several years ago: (remember him
> from the early issues of National Lampoon?)
>
> Nerdy looking guy is at the gates of Hell standing in front of the Devil
> himself and being held on each arm by demons.  The Devil says, "It's
> another audiooophile.  Take him to the multipath room."
>
> 73,
>
> Rick kf4ar
>
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