[Amps] 833A/GU-48 x4 Amp support

[Carl]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian White GM3SEK" <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] 833A/GU-48 x4 Amp support


> Carl wrote:
>>Sockets that cost 2X the tube are ridiculous, especially Russian
>>surplus.
>
>
> American surplus too!
>
> But it's only to be expected, because far fewer sockets have ever been
> manufactured compared with the numbers of tubes. A commercial amplifier
> may use several replacement tubes during its long lifetime, all in the
> same socket.
>
> Amateurs are about the only users who require sockets and tubes in
> numbers much closer to 1:1.
>
>
> -- 
>
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
> http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek


Agree Ian but there do seem to be dealers in Eastern EU with large 
quantities of GU-81M sockets, new and used. Maybe its become an audiophool 
tube.

It certainly hasnt reached the extremes of some Eimac sockets however.

Carl
KM1H