I like to recover old devices, mainly tubes, but I have difficulties in obtaining components, mainly the tubes. Do you have any suggestions?
With the return of vinyl records, not only devices with modern technology that use record players appear on the market as many that are recovered, using old technology with the tubes. In fact, many even say that the sound of the old valve is better than that of modern integrated circuits. However, finding replacement valves is a problem. The internet gives access to some manufacturers who still supply valves abroad. With the shutdown of tube factories in the 1960s, some companies bought the machines and continued to manufacture these components in smaller quantities for the aftermarket. There are also old stores that keep stocks of these components and offer them over the internet. In search of a valve type in the search engine its type as: 35W4, EL84, 6AV6, etc.
