So I thought I'd experiment with some 807's w/ adaptors in my Rachael amplifiers .... well mostly because all those pics on the website look so cool with the spark plug wire and cap and all. I was hoping for some sonic magic as well if it happened.

I bought 2 NOS matched? quartets and adaptors . Brimar Military cv124/807's. I first tried them in my .5 Rachael and I thought they sounded stiff? edgy?? I kind of give up ( or hate ) trying to describe sound with words these days. They just didnt sound that good but I figure break in time could be the popular savior. Idk but then I popped them in my .6 Rachael w/ level 2 mods and I heard what I can only describe as preamp type noise ( rushing? ) . I cant remember ever hearing that type of noise coming from a power tube but who knows my memory is tricky these days.

PT 2 coming as I l know reading long posts can be tiring

So since my EL34's and other tube types sound so good in these amps I'll just either give up completely on 807's  ( the Brimars will never see action in my amps again ) or possibly do some more research and find what's considered a better sounding 807 tube to give it another shot at a later date.

I think I read these Brimar 807's are a 1970's production tube ?? I'm not sure as date codes are not my strong point.

I briefly popped these into an Elekit amp I have and were noisy in it as well so Im pretty sure it's the tubes themselves.

I only have 4 adapters so trying a bunch of different adaptors was not a further test for me but my hunch is the adaptors are fine.

I believe that to be true Rivi. The reason I'll never re sell them. I'd like to think that I can help the case of culls and rejects being dumped back out into the audio community. I'll keep them for looks or display candy or destroy them.

"It may take a while to place an order; back when I ordered he preferred a phone call rather than email inquiries"


Ahhh like the old days when Angela Instruments mailed out a list and you had to call and drop your Visa # and wait to see if you got the tubes you wanted. LOL

RCA's from a solid dealer is probably the path I should have chosen and that price compared to all of the new "high end" Chinese tubes seems like a bargain.