Hello all;
Can someone tell me what makes a 3CPX800A7 is so much better than a plain
3cx800a7 tube?
The 3cx800a7 tubes were all the amateur amps had in the way of a 3cx800a7
type tube for many many years before the 3cpx800a7 was introduced, and lets
face it, for all that time the plain 3cx800a7 tubes seemed to work just
fine.....Now everyone seems to only want 3cpx800a7 tubes.....I have a pair
of plain 3cx800a7 tubes I ran in an old Commander amp for 15 years, and when
I pulled them out they were only down about 5% from the new set I put
in.....Don't sound like an inferior product to me.
73
Tom
----- Original Message ----- > Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:20:43 -0500
> From: HAROLD B MANDEL <ka1xo@juno.com>
> Subject: [Amps] 3CPX800A7 Not Available
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Gents,
>
> Was about to embark on another hotel room-machine shop
> project here in Greenville, modifying an old Alpha 76a
> with an outboard supply and two 3CPX800A7 triodes
> only to find out from the source that the Eimac factory
> has stopped all new production waiting for the new
> California plant to open, and that the 3CPX800A7
> will not be in their catalogue.
>
> I was told that Pat Stein has 56 pieces on order
> and that D&C has 36 on order; orders that will
> probably not be filled.
>
> Three or four sets of confirmation calls were made
> before this posting. If any of you can offer other,
> better information we would all benefit.
>
> Hal Mandel
> W4HBM
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