thousandshirts wrote: Not trying to detract from your experience here, but the only thing I'd take Groove Tubes as an authority on is how to advertise, market, and eventually sell out to a bigger company.

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thousandshirts wrote: Not trying to detract from your experience here, but the only thing I'd take Groove Tubes as an authority on is how to advertise, market, and eventually sell out to a bigger company.
Dude, i am going through the exact same thing...it crushes me. I swear I wish'ed ida never bought that first set of fat boys, the difference to me was as apparant as mule kick. I should a/b them tonight.slashsound wrote:God, what is so hard about making tubes like they did back then, with all the technology they have today is should be a piece of cakeIt just makes me want to cry, literally. Do you guys have any experience with the GT XF2 mullard ressiues?
actually I got my info from this same thread....go back up I think and there was a mention of this company reissuing mullard tubes....thanksdemonufo wrote:Jeezus. Where'd you get that info from.
They never had the original machines for starters.
They were never going to make "mullard" or even mullard style tubes, the plan was to come up with original ideas from the offset, that were compatible with ecc81-83.
And they DID get to produce some before pulling the plug. I have two of their ECC83 equivalents sat in a drawer.
I thought you were Mr Extensive Research?
Don't you get it?
Nobody will ever produce Mullard quality tubes again. The metallurgy will never have the same quality again, since raw materials are no longer of the same quality.
Using original machines and original plans will not get us similar quality tubes. There is sooo much more to it than that.
Then it was completely wrong. There was never anything like that written on the actual Tubetech website. Ever.slashsound wrote:actually I got my info from this same thread....go back up I think and there was a mention of this company reissuing mullard tubes....thanksdemonufo wrote:Jeezus. Where'd you get that info from.
They never had the original machines for starters.
They were never going to make "mullard" or even mullard style tubes, the plan was to come up with original ideas from the offset, that were compatible with ecc81-83.
And they DID get to produce some before pulling the plug. I have two of their ECC83 equivalents sat in a drawer.
I thought you were Mr Extensive Research?
Don't you get it?
Nobody will ever produce Mullard quality tubes again. The metallurgy will never have the same quality again, since raw materials are no longer of the same quality.
Using original machines and original plans will not get us similar quality tubes. There is sooo much more to it than that.