RCA 12BH7 12BH7A Vacuum Tube Valve NOS NIB Zenith Octal 7 (New is approximately 17)

7 (New is approximately 17)

new in box US-made 22BH3 tubes tested to spec on our Paul Hart-calibrated TV7/U

excellent flashing and 58-39 188-5 date/factory codes

This lot of seven GE new old stock

I am playing them as I write in my Alan Eaton single-ended triode amplifier with Talking Heads' "Fear Of Music" and they sound outstanding

RCA 12BH7 12BH7A Vacuum Tube Valve NOS NIB Zenith Octal 7 (New is approximately 17)This new old stock testing RCA 12BH7A was tested on our Maxi Preamp II for shorts, gas, noise, transconductance and gain. There were no shorts, noise or gas and it tests as follows: Noise: 84. 3 dB 83. 6 dB ( 92 dB is the Maxi Matcher's noise floor) Transconductance: 2219 2211 (M M has no recommended value. New 12BH7s have averaged 2200 to date) Gain (Mu ()): 17. 1 16. 5 (New nominal is with a standard deviation of 16 16) As I write, I am playing it