If we pollute too much the earth will take care of the people part. It will eliminate the organism producing the problem.
Oh yes, as I said in another post, tube supply (among a lot of other goods) has already been an issue, so I don’t even know if we’d be able to point to this situation as a cause going forward. And, again, I agree there are likely to be much larger concerns that will impact more people in more essential ways. And there is of course a major humanitarian atrocity taking place. Still, if I need vacuum tubes for something that is important to me, I need those tubes, and anything that might make getting them difficult is still a concern.
I run them on all the time. I want more global warming so that I can play tennis here year round. I have 2 sets of spares for my pre amp and mid monos.
Just ordered a spare quad of Tung-Sol KT120. The installed quad is new. Hopefully I’ll be good for a “little” while.
Yep, that's because and all of those unrepairable use-once and then throw-away products are so much more environmentally friendly than is a tube amp which was build 60+ years ago and which is still running strong to this day. In the mean time one could have owned dozens of environmentally-friendly back plastic crap components which presently now occupy landfills.
This has really hurt the hobby of restoring vintage radios and TVs, because if it happens to need a tube that is coveted by audiophiles, the cost to repair instantly exceeds its value.
That weird little shrimp running Russia is planning on the West caving when we all have to revert to solid state amps. Fiendishly clever but we can always downgrade our speakers.
We must preserve democracy and human rights and stop buying russian tubes. China makes very good ones at an affordable price.
That is a hobby which I find difficult to understand. Analog TV isn't broadcast anymore. And analog radio is dying fast, including ham radio (unfortunately). So what can one do with a beautifully restored Tube TV today other than to let it collect dust or watch static?
There are lots of convertors and also you can plug plenty of other collectables like a Commodore64, the first VHS recorder, a 1970's Atari and so on
I knew you were kidding. A previous poster go it right, worse case another country buys the Russian power tubes, marks them up, relabels them and sells them to us. Plenty of old signal tubes floating around and they generally sound better, too.
I bought a spare set of K120s because of this thread. Not something I really wanted to do. But prudence is warranted, in this case.
In the last couple of years (pre pandemic) prices of NOS tubes have been increasing. The tubes you use may still be available but will also be affected by price increases. I was keeping in touch with Brent Jessee last year due to the fact that many of the NOS 6SN7's I use were often out of stock. Eventually I was able to purchase a good supply of premium tubes. A great thing about Brent is that he hasn't raised his prices since tube availability has been diminishing. Unscrupulous Ebay dealers are asking outrageous prices for in-demand tubes (of questionable quality). Even prices at Vintage Tube Services have increased. I recently paid $450 for a pair of Ken Rads which previously cost much less 2 years ago. The tubes I use are in the $350 to $400/pair range (6SN7 & 7308) and I consider myself lucky to have a good supply now. I see prices for these tubes have increased since I made my purchases.
I agree. Look at car prices, and the new kitchen appliances I purchased were higher than not very long ago.
That's a dam$ pertinent question. It hadn't occurred to me and my old carbonized brain until you posted it. If nothing else, I'm fairly sure this mess will drive the price of reissued tubes through the roof.