domct203 said:
Rampage said:
I believe Mesa/Boogie STR-415s are relabeled Philips/Sylvania 6L6GCs. High quality tubes with great tone and very long life.
That is correct, they are some of the best USA made 6L6GC's.
http://www.kcanostubes.com/content/nos-sylvania-6l6gc-str415-matched-pairquartet
Dom
Andy,
Dom and Rampage are correct. They are Sylvania made 6L6GC's. One of, if not the best, 6L6's ever made.
In fact Mesa designed the Mark series around these power tubes!
As a heads up this tube reseller above (http://www.kcanostubes.com) is very knowledgeable about tubes.
But he's one of the most overpriced tube resellers out there.
To further demonstarte how overpriced he is read the following.
He bought all - about 150 tubes - of these NOS (New Old Stock) Mesa STR-415's about a year ago from another seller.
The other seller had them priced pretty high already but perhaps more fair at $150 a pair ($75/ tube).
This other seller would also sell singles tubes for the same individual price. Btw this included shipping.
And if you were buying more than one pair this other seller he would give you a very decent break on the price (even if it was only two pair!!).
Well this Kcanos reseller found this guy and his stash of NOS Mesa STR-415's and bought them all.
I know this because I had been in contact with the other seller.
And for about two weeks+- was in contact other BB members who I thought would want some of these tubes.
The idea was to put in a larger order so all could benefit from the quantity discount.
When ready to buy two quads (8 tubes) I contacted the original seller.
Much to my surprise he told me he had sold all the tubes and to who he had sold them.
So I contact the Kcanos and was blown away at how much he had marked up the tubes.
This clown had marked them up over 50% than what the other seller had been selling them for!! :shock:
And closer to 75% over what he had paid for them!
And he didn't have to do a **** thing testing wise. All were already matched and spec'd to Mesa standards.
For instance he wants a $450 for a quad plus shipping! That's over $112.50/tube!!
The other guy was selling the exact same Quad for $275 INCLUDING Shipping - which was only $69/ tube)!
If buying two quads from the other seller the price dropped to $250 a quad or only $62.50/ tube!
I asked Kcanos if he would give a quantity discount. He said no.
I mentioned knowing where he got the tubes and how much he paid. He then became arrogant and demeaning.
Needless to say we didn't buy anything from this guy. Just wasn't and still isn't worth it.
In all honesty I truly respect his tube knowledge but,
on the flip side this guy is one of the causes of so much overpricing of vintage tubes on the market these days.
I hope Kcanos goes to his grave with every last one of these Mesa STR-415's still in his possession.