JTC
PFM Villager...
I’ve been ferreting around, looking for a good matched pair of 12AT7 or equivalents (and maybe a similarly good matched pair of 12AX7s for a different amp position). I then realised that maybe I needed to better understand a bit of the ‘NOS’ nomenclature.
In my head, I was thinking NOS stood for ‘New Old Stock’, i.e. something old but unused, such as might be discovered at the back of a dusty storeroom and then sold on as ‘new but dusty’. But on asking around, a lot of sellers treat the NOS label as ‘measures within a certain % of a new valve’, and make no guarantees for the usage history of the item.
Of course, this isn’t just about valves - it could be anything. If it’s sold as new, it bloody ought to be new, no? But maybe, just maybe, I’m kidding myself....??? Anyone care to put me out of my misery?
In my head, I was thinking NOS stood for ‘New Old Stock’, i.e. something old but unused, such as might be discovered at the back of a dusty storeroom and then sold on as ‘new but dusty’. But on asking around, a lot of sellers treat the NOS label as ‘measures within a certain % of a new valve’, and make no guarantees for the usage history of the item.
Of course, this isn’t just about valves - it could be anything. If it’s sold as new, it bloody ought to be new, no? But maybe, just maybe, I’m kidding myself....??? Anyone care to put me out of my misery?