Vacuum Tubes

The first electronic amplification of sound was done with Vacuum Tubes. We have pre-amp, power and rectifier vacuum tubes among other types in New Old Stock from the golden era of American & European manufacturing as well as current production tubes from today.
Vacuum Tube - 6HB5, Beam Power Amplifier
Compactron beam-power pentode designed for use as the horizontal deflection amplifier in television receivers.
$19.90
Vacuum Tube - 7C6, Dual Diode, Triode
Duplex-diode high-mu triode designed for use as a combined detector, automatic-volume-control rectifier and audio amplifier in a-c, a-c/d-c, or automobile receivers.
$16.90
Vacuum Tube - 117Z3, Half-wave rectifier, miniature type
Heater, for unipotential cathode. 117 volts AC-DC.
$4.90
Vacuum Tube - 14N7, Dual Triode
Combines two low-mu triodes in the lock-in construction. It is designed for use either as a phase inverter or as a voltage amplifier.
$5.90
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Vacuum Tube - 1LN5, Pentode (VT179)
Sharp-cutoff pentode designed for use as a radio-frequency, intermediate frequency, or audio-frequency amplifier in battery operated receivers.
$6.25
Vacuum Tube - 6189 / 12AU7WA, Triode, Dual, Medium MU
Miniature medium-mu twin triode suitable for a wide variety of general-purpose amplifier, oscillator, and multivibrator applications.
$14.95
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Vacuum Tube - 6AK5 / EF95, Pentode, Sharp Cut-Off
Miniature types used as RF or IF amplifiers especially in high-frequency wide-band applications at frequencies up to 400MHz.
$4.90
Vacuum Tube - 6CG7, Electro-Harmonix
Electro-Harmonix 6CG7 dual triode preamp tube. Made in Russia.
$38.45
Vacuum Tube - 6DA6 / EF89, Pentode
High-slope R.F. pentode particularly suitable for use in F.M. receivers.
$24.95
Vacuum Tube - KT88-STR, Redbase, Tube Amp Doctor
The TAD KT88-STR Redbase® is built in the style of the early British MOV KT88 with the big and heavy glass envelope and beautifully polished metal base. The Redbase® features a gold control grid for outstanding performance and reliable stability. A breath-takingly big and precise tone and great appearance make the new TAD KT88-STR Redbase® the best choice for both, high-end audio applications and powerful bass guitar amps, providing a natural and three dimensional tone with pleasingly full warmth and fine, subtle highs. A very musical response, with great sound and finest details in mids and top-end; a linear and harmonious overall response with a very organic tone, make the TAD KT88-STR Redbase® TAD’s favorite tube in the KT88 and 6550A class.
Starting at $67.50
Vacuum Tube - 12AT7 / B739, Genalex Gold Lion, Gold Pin
Genalex Gold Lion ECC81/B739 (12AT7) dual triode preamp tube with gold pins. Made in Russia. Original Genalex Gold Lion ECC81/B739 tubes are considered the best 12AT7 types ever made. They are also among the rarest types available. They exhibit a large detailed soundstage that is characterized by an expressive midrange, deep tight bass, and a smooth extended high end. The reissue Genalex Gold Lion ECC81/B739 recreates the sound signature of the original. This tube features balanced sections and gold plated pins.
$62.35
Vacuum Tube - 6BN6 / 6KS6, Discriminator, Gated Beam
Heater-cathode type beam tube of miniature construction designed primarily to form the combined operations of the limiter, discriminator, and audio-voltage amplifier in FM and intercarrier television receivers.
$2.45
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Vacuum Tube - 6H30PI, Electro-Harmonix, Gold Pin
Sovtek 6H30PI dual triode preamp tube with gold pins. Made in Russia. The 6H30 is a medium-mu dual triode with a very high-perveance cathode. The low plate resistance, combined with a superior linearity, and a true 4 watt per plate dissipation, make for a high performance voltage amp or driver.
$58.00
Vacuum Tube - EL509, JJ Electronics
The JJ Electronic EL509S is an eight pin octal based version of the EL509 / EL519. This modified version does not have the top plate cap which is instead wired to a pin on the octal base. This tube is rated for 700V and 42 Watts plate dissipation. The JJ EL509 is popularly used in output transformerless OTL amplifiers.
Starting at $58.95
Vacuum Tube - 0C3-A / VR105, Voltage Regulator
The 0C3-A is a two-element gas filled, cold cathode voltage regulator. It is designed to provide a regulated output of approximately 105 volts.
$6.90
Vacuum Tube - 12K5, Tetrode
Miniature space-charge-grid tetrode intended for use as a driver for the transistor power-output stage of automobile radio receivers.
$8.90
Vacuum Tube - 1LB4, Pentode, Power
Low-voltage, low-current drain, battery type power pentode. It is designed for service with 90 volts of "B" battery and a single dry cell "A" battery.
$11.90
Vacuum Tube - 1LE3 / 1LF3, Triode
Low-voltage, low-current drain, battery type triode. It is designed for service as an oscillator, detector, or amplifier in receivers using 90 volts "B" battery and a single dry cell "A" battery.
$7.90
Vacuum Tube - 5V4GA, Rectifier, Full Wave
High vacuum rectifier intended for use in full-wave applications. The tube incorporates an indirectly heated cathode which is internally connected to the heater
$29.90
Vacuum Tube - 6AH6, Pentode, Sharp Cut-Off
Miniature sharp-cutoff pentode. Its high transconductance and low input and output capacitance adapt it to use as a wide-band amplifier or as a reactance tube.
$3.55
Vacuum Tube - 6D10, Triode, Triple
Compactron, containing three high-mu triodes with separate pin connections for all three cathodes, grids, and plates. It is especially designed for use as an oscillator-mixer, grounded-grid amplifier, and automatic frequency control service.
$22.95
Vacuum Tube - 6DR7, Triode, Dissimilar Double
Double triode with dissimilar section in the 9 pin miniature construction. Section #1 has a high mu and is intended for use as a vertical deflection oscillator. Section #2 has a low mu and is designed for use as a vertical deflection amplifier
$6.90
Vacuum Tube - 6EU7, Dual Triode, High MU
Miniature, high-mu, twin triode primarily designed for use in low-level stages of high-gain audio frequency amplifiers.
$34.90
Vacuum Tube - 6V6, Tetrode, Beam Power
Heater-cathode type beam power amplifier tube designed for service in the output stage of a-c or battery-operated equipment.
$17.90