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Hickok tube testers3/10/2024 ![]() I personally find that tube testers can be a pita to repair - especially if the sockets are worn and the switches flakey. Perhaps ironic that the 6000 can't even test its own 83 rectifier! On the other hand if you need compactrons it would be a good choice. If you need to test 4 pin tubes (2A3, 45, 300B) you should avoid the 6000. For the tubes you've mentioned any would do - just pick the best condition. They differ primarily in age and what sockets they offer. Most of you guys listen to music right and consider testing tubes an necessary evil taking you away from that music right ?Īll three you mention are essentially the same circuit and tester. So in the end anyone of those testers would be a fine buy for a audiophile. There are methods and tools and experience that gets you close but are not infallible. And even at that its not an exact science. Getting that last 5% can get crazy expensive like with anything else. These are good enough to satisfy 95% of a hobbyist needs. They are fine testers but not at the level of other Hickok testers such as the 539 series or the TV-7.Īnyone would do a excellent job of testing tubes but the testing would be a basic to good level.īut finding or building a tester to do "Real Testing" is that last 5% IMHO. These are later design Hickok's which were introduced to the market to compete with the other lower end testers that were flooding the market in the late 50's into the early 70's.
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