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Bottlehead Kits => Legacy Kit Products => Quickie => Topic started by: jbraveman on January 06, 2021, 03:21:05 PM

Title: Telefunken tubes for quickie
Post by: jbraveman on January 06, 2021, 03:21:05 PM

I would like to try the Telefunken DL92 tubes with my quickie. Does anyone know where I might find them for purchase? I have done some googling and checked ebay and they don’t seem to be easily available.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Telefunken tubes for quickie
Post by: mcandmar on January 06, 2021, 04:06:07 PM

They come up on eBay from time to time, but don't pay over the norm for them as they aren't anything special.  There also seems to be a couple of variants of them with grey plates and shiny plates.  My preference are Philips made tubes, which also got sold under a bunch of different brand names, just search for DL92 instead of 3S4.

P.S. Just found these..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/312758641459 (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/312758641459)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352782113453 (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352782113453)

Title: Re: Telefunken tubes for quickie
Post by: jbraveman on January 07, 2021, 04:51:53 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. I live in the US and was hoping to not have to order them from overseas. I was also hoping someone here had a couple extra to sell. I've had the RCAs running for a while and wanted to try something new.

Title: Re: Telefunken tubes for quickie
Post by: Natural Sound on January 07, 2021, 03:54:43 PM

I bought a pair of DL92 Siemens from https://www.tubesandmore.com/search/node/DL92 (https://www.tubesandmore.com/search/node/DL92) that are made in West Germany. They seem to be a little less microphonic and a little more dynamic than my Telefunken's. They are located in Mesa, Arizona (Phoenix metro). You might want to give them a call and see what they have.

Title: Re: Telefunken tubes for quickie
Post by: mcandmar on January 08, 2021, 04:07:24 AM

Sensible money too.  People think anything with Telefunken written on it is a golden egg.