[Hallicrafters] 8122's and the SR-2000

[Jim Liles]

Good evening,

If your in the market for 8122’s please read service notes 040A and 042A on the K9AXN web site.

Also, make sure there is a return policy that will allow you the opportunity to test them. Most importantly, are they guaranteed, and for how long.

Buying them with descriptions like; they are matched; only a few hours on them; they were tested two years ago without saying how they were tested; they were in Grandpas closet for 45 years keeping a passel of mice warm, but know he never would have had anything but good tubes; yep, he had a soft spot for mice; they come from the south west or Mideast with barbeque sauce and quani grass baked onto them; etc.etc.etc.

There are good 8122’s available and they are not rare as opinion has it. People have been hording those tubes for years. The notion that you need 4 spare pairs for your SR-2000 or NCL-2000 is goofy. One pair will likely outlast you even if they are moderately abused. By time you need the next pair you probably won’t know where to put them and give them to you wife for Christmas.

A gooday to you Kindest regards Jim K9AXN