What Are The Best Tubes?
- NOS VS. New Production
The very simple answer here is that NOS (New Old Stock) tubes were made far better than than vacuum tubes produced today. So that mean we should all fork over the money for NOS right? Well, the more complex truth is that for most people new production tubes are the way to go. But first let’s look into why the production of old tubes - for our purposes ones made before 1988, which is when the last western tube manufacturer Sylvania closed their last plant - were made differently and in most cases with better quality than today.