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In Reply to: Billington 845 tubes posted by Suiram on June 3, 2006 at 06:14:54:
...to quote a tagline from a classic radio show. There are several issues here; 1st Billington does not make tubes; they sell and sometime rebrand tubes ONLY. To know if these 845s are "any good" you need a LOT more info--- who made them, when made, etc etc etc. IMHO, the best 845 that won't cost more than the amps you put them in is the Shuguang 845M metal plate. Do an archives search for MANY great things said by highly knowledgable members, ESPECIALLY Ed Sawyer. He's the man for current (or NOS) 845 opinions. There is also a graphite plate Shuguang 845; cheaper but sonically inferior. Also, 845s made in the last 2-3 years are WAY better than earlier production; the main way to tell the older, inferior tubes is that they have a top mica layer over the entire tube structure. The new ones don't. Finally, buy 845s from superTNT.com; they are essentially THE exporter of all the great Chinese tubes out there., at the best prices. Just my opinion, but unless you ARE looking for NOS metal plate 845s (good luck, BTW!) skip rebranders and middlemen and go to superTNT. Also; I'm merely "parroting" advice on sonics of 845s gleaned from guys like Ed Sawyer and others I trust; I don't do the triode thing at all; I'm a strictly push-pull pentode or beam tetrode guy. I DO know for a fact that Billington likely isn't where you will end up buying 845s after a bit more research; Billington is fantastic, but they don't make tubes.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Billington 845 tubes; only the SHADOW knows... - ARC 07:59:14 06/03/06 (1)
- Re: Billington 845 tubes; only the SHADOW knows... - andy evans 15:47:39 06/04/06 (0)
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