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Anyway, time to get to the point. How valuable is a tube tester for
someone who is only, or mainly, going to be messing with audio gear
and the gear for testing audio gear.


** IME - no use at all.

In 50+ years of working with valve gear, I have never used one and know no-ne here in Sydney who does.

What you NEED is a supply of known good valves to use as substitutes.

The item itself is your "tube tester" and a far better one that anything you can buy - cos it operates the valves under *actual service conditions*.

Others here will say differently, cos they own one of more of the stupid things and *love* them irrationally, like pets.

FYI:

Not long ago, I designed a special power valve tester that, along with a few common bench items, allows operation of audio power valves under realistic and even more severe conditions with *everything* adjustable.

It can both sort out tubes with ANY kind of fault and match sets under conditions as found in commercial amplifiers as well.

Nothing on the market like it exists, anywhere.

Cos me SFA to make too.

https://sound-au.com/project165.htm


..... Phil





...... Phil