Description: This NOS TELEFUNKEN EF86 is the most treasured and best made of the EF806 family : with painted green special SCREENED NO NOISE NON MICROPHONIC tip professional GRADE / vibration resistant ! Bottom Diamond Ultra rare silver folded plate Telefunken diamond Sonotone label - Sonotone made some of the best hifi high fidelity amplifiers for the time in Berlin. Very low noise clear, accurate, detailed, long life EF86 Perfect for your professional microphones to Include the Neumann u67 Many other applications for tone you will simply crave. This rare NOS 1958 EF86 was made for so not one and is one of the finest Professional triode-pentode tubes Telefunken or any manufacturer ever made! BEST SOUNDING, BEST MADE and MOST VALUABLE and RARE out of ALL the EF86 Amp and Audio tubes. You won't find other Extremely RARE Telefunken EF86 of this quality and rarity (silver folded plate) Tested tube WITH SPECIAL DIPPED TIPS ULTRA LOW NOISE - nearly extinct - because they are kept and treasured by those who know which the BEST EF86 tubes are. We have treasured and kept this safe in our collection (glass case for the awe) long enough. It has been waiting for decades to show you why it is the best. βBurned inβ professionally in Nashville TN this sweet tube is ready to deliver years of tone and sonic clarity hauntingly beautiful and crystal clear. Tubes test NOS Tv7 tested TUBES All our tubes have been tested for GAS SHORTS TRANSCONDUCTANCE & EMISSIONS If they are listed they have none of the aforementioned and have tested at NOS Test Results are ALWAYS available upon request! Looking for something else and want to save on shipping ? Send me a message! I might have what you need! Tubes will be packaged in white boxes - if the original boxes are not photographed in the listing or stated as βwith original boxβ they are not included. 90 % of our tubes are Tv7 tested, our tv7 is Calibrated and our go to tester. The tv7 tester has been around a long time and is a trusted tester for military, who had high standards for reliable tubes that would not fail in critical conditions. Military standards were tubes needed to meet 60% (minimum value) There isn't a βspecificβ indicator or result or data set anywhere that universally designates a vacuum tube as "new old stock" when using a tester nor for what test result is given. The best way is to calculate the GM - and check the data sheet for each tube - a nos tube should typically measure between the average and maximum micromhos(GM) Tubes do not give the same reading across testsrs - even the same model tester will give a different reading sometimes. RETURNS ARE NOT ACCEPTED BECAUSE YOUR TESTER SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN MINE. If you donβt like the sound of a tube, so long as it is still in the same condition as arrived message me and Iβll work with you A common misconception of tube testing is that every unused tube, new or vintage, should test at 100% of the meter scale of the tester. A tube was considered acceptable/new/ passed standards if it tested between the specified minimum and maximum on a tube data sheet or the minimum value specified on the tester (tv7 is minimum is 65%) Please see my notes on noise tests below ***We have a few different testers available to ensure the quality of the tube***** (as some tubes can not be tested on the tv7) Tv7 testing is tedious and I spend 12-13 hours a day testing tubes and double testing tubes - if you notice a mistake(like a picture doesnβt match the title) please be gracious and let me know. UNLESS PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX- tube will come in repackaged white boxes- 50-90 year old cardboard packaging doesnβt hold together well, not in my hands anyways. ***we have over the last 20 years amassed a huge collection of vintage amps/ parts / tubes and have decided to downsize that collection. Every tube has been marked for tracking and security purposes - these marks wipe off easily and without the mark no return will be accepted - Sound quality is tremendously SUBJECTIVE. Please let us know what your intended application is prior to purchase if you have a specific sound in mind and/or just donβt know what you want. NOISE TEST. This is a very marginal test, only for special checking. This test needs sound amplification; hearing listening to noise with headphones would indicate a real disaster inside a tube (THE shorts test WOULD already BE evidence OF THIS) some testers do have noise test jacks that connect to either headphones or to the antenna/ground terminals of an AM radio.Β There is nothing wrong with performing that noise test.Β *****this test is not going to tell you whether the tube will be silent in your SET (single ended triode) amp or in anything else.Β *****Ultimately, the best way of testing a tube for microphonics is in an actual chassis or amplifier similar to one in which it is intended to be used.β Β Since amps have a wide variety of circuit designs and tube placement, this test is most effective in YOUR AMP or one that is almost identical.Β Hence, most people advertising tubes as tested for Noise or Microphonics are probably NOT testing them in any meaningful way for you. βNoiseβ and βMicrophonicsβ are often buzzwords for other issues.Β (Shorts/ leaks) -there is a small percentage of tubes that have a problem with noise but far less than most people think. Β *****In properly designed circuits objectionable βtube noiseβ is seldom found.Β ******* In other words, it is a rare tube that will be noisy when used in most circuits. Always check the data sheet of the tube you plan to use. 1. Β RETURNS: I want you completely satisfied with your purchase from me. I will bend over backwards to make sure that you are a happy customer, prior to and after purchase. PLEASE message me BEFORE you open a return. Additionally please not that you can not return a tube for reasons against eBay policy- saying defective or not as described because your different tester reads the tube different is unacceptable. 2.Β Β Β PLEASE NOTE: Β Tube silkscreen (lettering on the tubes) is VERY fragile. It can be wiped off and destroyed VERY easily.RETURNS ARE NOT ACCEPTED BECAUSE YOUR TESTER SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN MINE. If you don?t like the sound of a tube, so long as it is still in the same condition as arrived message me and I?ll work with you
Price: 243 USD
Location: Columbia, Tennessee
End Time: 2024-11-17T19:01:06.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: TELEFUNKEN
Type: NOS Tube
Model: EF86 EF806S
Unit Quantity: 1