T.H.E. Show Newport 2013

Upscale Audio's Kevin Deal Displays NOS "Valve Porn"

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 1, 2013

Tube freaks got a dose of "valve porn" in Kevin Deal's Upscale Audio room. Deal has been roaming the world in search of NOS tubes and he put on display some of his treasures: musty old boxes filled with NOS (new old stock) tubes unearthed in former Soviet bloc country warehouses as well as a huge trove he discovered by chance recently in Paris.

I figured you'd enjoy seeing the tubes and the old packaging—even if you're a solid state type.

COMMENTS
Paul Boudreau's picture
Submitted by Paul Boudreau on Sat, 2013-06-01 14:32

Having just spent $250 this afternoon with Mike Kropotkin of KCA NOS Tubes on a pair of NOS 6V6s (Pope, Philips Europe) and a pair of GE JAN 12AX7WAs to retube a new Fender Excelsior amp, I kin dig it!

detroitvinylrob's picture
Submitted by detroitvinylrob on Sat, 2013-07-13 08:22

Yum!

Happy Histening! ;^)>

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