[Boatanchors] Got any of these in your basement?

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You might remember, though, that to the majority of the population of the 
planet your or my or anyone else's BC-610 is worth less than junk.  It's 
heavy and would be a lot of trouble to get rid of if you got stuck with one.  
Plus I've never seen 2A3's like the two that started this thread.  I would 
have to see non-audiophool produced performance figures before being convinced 
that they were worth the increased cost of production.  But remember also 
that to any kind of collector, the commonplace is worth less than the rare.  
Even if otherwise more or less equivalent.  Consider for example the 
difference in what you could expect to get for a T-17/ARC-5 versus a T-18/ARC-5.

In a message dated 1/20/2011 4:51:33 PM Central Standard Time, 
rbethman at comcast.net writes: 
> Every BC-610/T-213 has a pair of the 2A3s on the audio deck.  They come 
> into the circuit very shortly after the speech amp input.
> 
> Got a couple pair and a spare or two.
> 
> No ridiculous $$ amount spent here!
> 
> Bob - N0DGN
> 
> On 1/20/2011 5:46 PM, David Stinson wrote:
> >Many of the Asian crowd are buying the tubes
> >as a value investment.  They know the dollar is going to inflate
> >out of existance in the next few years and the smart move is
> >to put the de-valuing bucks into hard assets.
> >
> >When you think about how 211s , 2A3s and 845s
> >could have been bought as late as the 1960s
> >   for a dollar or less, they've grown in value faster than gold.
> 

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