Question about valve value

[crashhot]

Cheers people, question answered

 

[meninblack]

They look like re-badged Shuguang 845A. New ones sell for about £170 for a matched pair.

 

[AmDismal]

Yeah but they're ANQOS - Almost New, Quite Old Stock...

 

[crashhot]

Yeah but they're ANQOS - Almost New, Quite Old Stock...

Exactly… (Does that make a difference?)

Personally, I thought they may be a bit better than your standard Chinese just because they are audio note but maybe I've got that all wrong?

Not that standard Chinese is all that bad, its currently what I'm running and it sounds good, in fact I think the Chinese are the only people making 845s at the moment so I'm not going to be sneering at them about it

 

[meninblack]

They might be specially selected, but they will be standard Chinese at heart. As you say, no-one else makes them. An eBay auction will find their market value, but buying used valves is a BIG gamble, so don't expect miracles.

 

[Maro73]

yeps .. go for eBay

 

[crashhot]

thank you gentlemen

Charges on eBay make it ridiculous now, you need to put So much on the price to make up for what they charge you these days I'm not sure it's good.

I would much rather sell to somebody direct than use them I think.

But I get the point, cheers

 

[AmDismal]

I'd shove them on here for £100-ish and see if there are any takers - there are a few 845 users who might want a spare set.

 

[pmac]

If the only 845's are made in China, does that mean that KR make theirs there too?

http://www.kraudio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46%3A845&catid=4&Itemid=7〈=en

 

[meninblack]

No, but be careful with the KR 845s - they don't strictly follow the 845 specification and really only work in KR amps.

 

[pmac]

No, but be careful with the KR 845s - they don't strictly follow the 845 specification and really only work in KR amps.

Like most of their range

 

[enbee23]

No, but be careful with the KR 845s - they don't strictly follow the 845 specification and really only work in KR amps.

KR don't make any amps that use the 845, baffling that they would do that.

 

[meninblack]

They certainly used to. Stick KR's in a typical Chinese 845 amp = expensive bang. Been there. :x

this was it:

 

[enbee23]

They certainly used to. Stick KR's in a typical Chinese 845 amp = expensive bang. Been there. :x

Ouch! An expensive way to find out :shock:

 

[awkwardbydesign]

They certainly used to. Stick KR's in a typical Chinese 845 amp = expensive bang. Been there. :x this was it:

They really don't want those valves to escape, do they?

 

[enbee23]

They certainly used to. Stick KR's in a typical Chinese 845 amp = expensive bang. Been there. :x this was it:

That is a VA350i which uses T100 valves. The nearly identical VA340 uses 300B XLS. All their other amps, old and new, look quite different and none seem to use the 845.

KR 845 info

KR T100 info

and yes... I can't sleep

 

[meninblack]

Hmm, you are right! Lord knows what KR 845s are for then. The thoriated filaments are very sensitive to overvoltage - KR say not more than 10.5V, but when Coco was brave enough to dive into my switched-on Chinese 845 amp with a multimeter :shock: it was running at over 12V ...

 

[AmDismal]

I hope you bought him a pair of these...

 

[crashhot]

ooo… Didn't know about these, how much do they cost And have you ever heard any?

If the only 845's are made in China, does that mean that KR make theirs there too?http://www.kraudio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46%3A845&catid=4&Itemid=7〈=en

*Edited to say no thank you thanks to the other guys posts about blowing up things!