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Tube Data

New: More Russian tube data here:

http://cityradio.narod.ru/spr/tubes/russian/all.html

Russian Tube Data

1. "A Western/Russian Tube Chart" by Andreas Schubert*

*Reprinted, with permission by Audio Amateur Press, from Glass Audio, Volume 8, Issue 4, 1996, by Andreas Schubert, p. 44. © Copyright 1996, Audio Amateur Corporation, P.O. Box 876, Peterborough, NH 03458, USA. All rights reserved.

Glass Audio is no longer published. It has been combined with Speaker Builder and The Audio Amateur into AudioXpress Magazine, please see the AudioXpress web site for details.

2. GS Tubes Russian Tube Data:

Tube Data for Popular Russian Tube Types

3. Please visit the following site for an excellent explanation of Russian vacuum tube (valve) coding in the Cyrillic alphabet and tube/valve transcription to the Latin alphabet:

Soviet Tube Coding and Transcription to Latin Alphabet

Note: sometimes the .gif image on this site takes a few moments to load even with a DSL/broadband connection, please be patient.

4. Here is another excellent site explaining Russian/Western vacuum tube (valve) equivalents:

Russian/Western Equivalents

5. This site sells Russian tubes and has data for them:

Receive-Amplify Tubes from russiantubes.com

Note: I have no affiliation with this company, nor have I purchased any tubes from them. The link is provided purely for information purposes and does not constitute an endorsement of their company or their tubes.

6. This site illustrates Soviet/Russian tube/valve factory logos:

Russian/Soviet tube factories and their logos - 1998

7. Duncan's Amp Site has a search function:

Search for tubes on Duncan's Amp Site

Instructions for entering Cyrillic characters to look for Russian tube/valve data

8. Frank's Electron Tube Pages:

Russian Numbering System

Frank's page also includes information on Western European numbering systems:

European system after 1934
Philips system before 1934
Mazda numbering system
Brimar type designation code

These are a few sites that I've come across dealing with Russian tube data. If you know of any other sites I may have overlooked that should be added here, please email me the URL at the email address below and I will evaluate them for inclusion.

Suppliers

Many online vendor sell Russian tubes. This listing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement of any particular vendor or service.

KWtubes, eBay store based in Lithuania but doesn't always have stock for sale.

Comprehensive List of Tube Vendors at World Tube Audio Portal