McIntosh C22 III Tubes

[FreddieFerric]

Originally Posted by Fbgbill

I ordered 4 of the CV4004 from the The Tube Store yesterday. I had the same question but just went ahead and ordered the CV4004. Today it appears the prices have gone up. Mine yesterday were $53.95 and this morning they are $79.95 unless I am going nuts....! If that is correct, you better order as soon as you can. Its like going to the gas pump.

That's a significant price hike if true.

[Fbgbill]

Originally Posted by FreddieFerric

That's a significant price hike if true.

I was shocked as well and went back and checked my order again. They shipped them yesterday. I am guessing that they anticipate not getting any new stock for some time. FWIW

[FreddieFerric]

Originally Posted by Fbgbill

I was shocked as well and went back and checked my order again. They shipped them yesterday. I am guessing that they anticipate not getting any new stock for some time. FWIW

The price of the Telefunken Black Diamond 12AX7's is still a reasonable $54 direct from them. FWIW.

[Stahle]

I went ahead and ordered six of the Gold Lion CV4004 short plate tubes. I did this because I am currently using the ECC83 long plate tubes in my C22 and though that I might as well try something different this time around. Plus, I still have two NIB spare Gold Lion ECC83 tubes in case I need those to go with the tubes I already have.

[FreddieFerric]

Originally Posted by Stahle

I went ahead and ordered six of the Gold Lion CV4004 short plate tubes. I did this because I am currently using the ECC83 long plate tubes in my C22 and though that I might as well try something different this time around. Plus, I still have two NIB spare Gold Lion ECC83 tubes in case I need those to go with the tubes I already have.

I hope you get them. There's bad news on the Russian tube front.

I copied this from a thread in the Tubes sub-forum. It's not good.
Credit to W9TR

I got this e-mail from Electro-Harmonix yesterday.
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Attention All EHX Tube Customers

Yesterday, Russia imposed a ban on the export of some 200 goods in response to the sanctions imposed on it over the current conflict in Ukraine.
We have confirmed that the ban applies to our seven brands of Russian tubes. Currently, the ban is set to remain in effect until the end of the calendar year.
Given this export ban, we will not be receiving any further tube inventory for these brands.
A myriad of pressures — including continued strains on the supply chain, escalating internal expenses, mounting inflation, and an ever-evolving legal landscape (particularly in light of the Ukraine conflict) — have created a very fluid and ambiguous environment.
Until we can properly assess the impact of these factors, we will not honor any new orders or ship any more Russian tubes on back order.

[Stahle]

The tubes I ordered were in stock here in the states so it shouldn’t be an issue.

[Formerly YB-2]

Will guess that any new orders by the resellers from EH/New Sensor/JJ/etc. are carrying a heavy increase that is being passed along.

Just sold my tube-gear last week. As a tube-roller had 7-sets of tubes for the amp and 5-sets for the preamp. I should have ask more.

[Indytown]

Looks like Tube Store has shut down their website due to order flow. I see a major price increase coming.

[FreddieFerric]

Originally Posted by Indytown

Looks like Tube Store has shut down their website due to order flow. I see a major price increase coming.

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict the bottleneck will be temporary.

[PeterMusic]

Originally Posted by FreddieFerric

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict the bottleneck will be temporary.

I hope you're right, but I'm going to go the other way. If Putin stays in power, economic isolation of most(?) tube production is very likely to continue for years. Tubes are a sliver of a once great market, so nobody's going to build new capacity.