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In Reply to: Careful with NOS and Mesh Plate 45s posted by SomeJoe on April 12, 2010 at 16:55:32:
Most NOS tubes are pretty robust. Meshplate tubes are another matter. A friend of mine experienced very short life with EML meshplates even though he biased the amp for quite low dissipation. This was a while ago, so reliability might have improved.
I run EML meshplate 2A3s. In my amp, they have lasted quite long, but, when I loaned them to a friend, we saw the tube flash and begin to make noises after a short period of usage, so we had to shut the amp down. Again, the bias on his amp was set for fairly low dissipation. Again, I would say that meshplates are not rugged. But, they sound REALLY good.
I would recommend that you talk to George Lenz at Tubes USA. He sells these tubes in this country and is quite conservative in his advice. He delivers fantastic service. After buying tubes from him, he will give you a phone call to find out how things are working out. His website is at the following:
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