Northern Electric Tubes (new)

organ
organ Posts: 4,969
edited May 2012 in 2 Channel Audio
Looks like there is a new brand of tubes again. This one is a Canadian company called Northern Electric. The tubes are not made in Canada.

http://thetubestore.com/northern-electric.html

Would be interesting to see how these compare to the Gold Lion re-issues.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited May 2012
    daffodil1003 wrote: »
    Such a very amazing link!
    Thanks you for the post.
    Seen it already spammer. reported
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2012
    Looks interesting.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited May 2012
    More rebranded Chinese tubes ?
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited May 2012
    decal wrote: »
    More rebranded Chinese tubes ?

    Seems that way. The water is muddy enough, IMO.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited May 2012
    Chumlie,
    Why don't you find something more productive to do? We have mods here. No need for a forum police:rolleyes:.

    Madmax,
    They certainly are. I plan to give them a try next time I use my 300B amp as it uses 12AX7 driver tubes.

    Decal,
    I think the tubes are made in China, but I doubt they're re-branded Sino or Shuguang. There are quite a few companies who design their tubes some place else but commission a plant in China to build them to their specs (Tube Amp Doctor and Groove Tubes Mullard copies comes to mind).

    Anyway, I'll post about them once I get a chance to try them.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2012
    I've been hot on the psvane and black treasure tubes lately. The black treasure 300B's really open up the soundstage and sound more full than the Sophia tubes I had (which are very nice!)
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited May 2012
    Thanks for the heads up on the Treasure tubes. I'd love to try them out in the future. For now, my next 300B will be the Shuguang mesh plates. I can't spend $500 on a pair of 300B yet. I still have an EL84 amp that also needs re-tubing. Gotta go on a lower budget for now.
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