[Hallicrafters] 5U4 Rectifier Tube

[Rippen]

Consider that after this auction that someone posts for auction some 5U4s. 
If the bidder is naive enough he might bid rather high depending upon the 
present subject auction's bidding.

Gee! Whiz! Am I suggesting there might be nefarious bidding going on?

Gene (the cynic) Rippen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David C. Hallam" <dhallam at rapidsys.com>
To: "jeff" <jeffv at op.net>
Cc: "Hallicrafters at Mailman. Qth. Net" <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 8:17 AM
Subject: RE: [Hallicrafters] 5U4 Rectifier Tube


>I understand that there must be more than one person willing to pay that
> kind of money for the bid price to be that high, but why?  After all a
> rectifier is a rectifier, is a rectifier, is a rectifier.  Or did I cut my
> electronics class on the day the professor explained the difference?
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> I've sold $1 flea market find 12AU7's on eBay for $30-$50 when they are 
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> ones prized for audio.  My Hallicrafters and Johnson rigs certainly don't
> know the difference between them and JAN tubes.
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> David
> KC2JD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeff [mailto:jeffv at op.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 10:56 AM
> To: dhallam at rapidsys.com
> Cc: Hallicrafters at Mailman. Qth. Net
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] 5U4 Rectifier Tube
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> On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 10:41 -0400, David C. Hallam wrote:
>> There is currently on eBay an auction 9731847290 for a pair of NOS 
>> Genalex
>> 5U4 rectifier tubes.  The current bid price for the pair is $327.  Can
>> anyone give me a rational explanation why these tubes should go for that
>> much money?  I understand about the audiophooles and all of that, but,
>> seriously, why should they be worth that much money to anyone?
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> because someone's willing to pay that?
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> I can see paying a few bucks more for something that's actually in the
> audio path - I've done it.  My general electronics (in)experience has
> not yet told me how a Genelex 5U4 sounds $320 better than a Sovtek 5U4,
> but perhaps there's somebody here who can enlighten me.
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> I know the Genelex will be constructed much better and last longer.
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> If you want to watch some *real* fur fly, find a pair of Genelex KT66's
> or KT88's and put them up for auction.
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> I also have a `magic' 12AX7 that GE made in about 1961.  This thing is
> rock solid and has considerably more gain than any other I've tried.
> I'd gladly pay a lot for more of them.  Anything I put it in sounds
> better.
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