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I still have tubes. My stereo is all tubes from the turntable magnetic cartridge amplifier to the power amps, tubes simply sound better and so do albums. I build tube amps and preamps from scratch and need a tube tester.

This little baby not only tests tubes but it allows you to match them, I also use a Tektronix 576 curve tracer to match tubes as well. The only solid state device that comes close is a MOSFET

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I haven’t forgotten the importance of tubes. In the spring of 1964, March, I think, I layed on the living room floor carpet listening to Dad’s new Magnavox stereo as the reports of the Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 rolled-in on KCBS, San Fran . I was mesmerized. There are very few things electronically nowadays that mesmerize me. Lsying on the carpet in July 1969 it was a Moon landing, and at the same time being unsettled my a minor Bay Area earthquake.