Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
I'm coming to the conclusion that a lot of people have paid 3-digit $ for something that is not really "original". So my advice is: if you see a Telefunken ECC82 or 802s on sites like Amazon and Ebay, it is not there out of a sudden, and don't rush a purchase. I'm based in Bulgaria, where old stock of Teslas is still found in someone's closet or old warehouse, prices are still upward of $30 (and I'm not sure if these were not mid 1990s JJ-built stock with Tesla parts, after Tesla factory equipment was sold to JJ or EAT). As a reference modern day EAT ECC803S Cool Valve Diamond is priced at € 180.00 a piece http://www.europeanaudioteam.com/en/eat-ecc803s-cool-valve-000009.html . I tend to believe that modern-day tube valve production process must have gone a step forward.
Here is the article that I read and was amazed of how the NOS market works - http://www.jacmusic.com/nos/images/Fakes/index.htm
In the end I might settle for a newly built JJ ECC802s gold, so that I know I'm not screwed and this is an honest copy of the Tesla / Telefunken design, built with contemporary equipment. What do you think about all this?