Good luck with this endeavor. Awaiting the re-opening!
Brent Jessee of Audiotubes.com retired, Audiotubes to reopen soon under new ownership
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cfinchrist
God bless America.
Agreed.
me too
@jon185 whered you go??
please tell us a little something.
where and what have you been doing in the tube business?
how did you come to purchase brent's business?
Maybe before he starts promoting his business and ringing the bells as a business and posting here on AK isn't the mode of operation that business have a special tag to put under their avatar showing they are a business. I think there is a fee, but it is small, like us members becoming subscriber's, I think it is sponsor badge. I remember member 427 had one and I know another member here the gentleman that manufactures phono amps in Europe. He is a great asset as well he always seems to have accurate info regarding phono loading and SUT's. Anyhow just didn't want him to met the wrath of a moderator.
a quick google search shows that he owns: Vacuum Tubes, Electron Tubes, Tubes, Tube Testers and Electronic Parts
but that site appears it may have been bought out at as well.
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oh, interesting... then weve spoken over the phone a coupla times. vacuumtubes.com long time owner sold off his stock at least a year or two ago.
I think its around 2,000 a year reading this
I would do it for my business but mine is kinda small at this time. Maybe 300 a month in sales so hard to justify 2,000
Frannie
FYI
This forum is pretty dead at the moment
Not saying its a bad deal. But its not doable for my business. Which is a shame.
Frannie
This forum is pretty dead at the moment
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Not saying its a bad deal. But its not doable for my business. Which is a shame.
Frannie
Well they can't expect any one to just jump on board, probably a good many buisness don't even know about a thread like this. I requires a bit of boot kicking and sales teams to not only expose it to vendors, promote it and then in the various threads have some kind of header or something reminding the members here about it. And it takes the right person to read their crowd, you don't want to over burden people with sales pitches, but once and a while a informative nudge about oh I saw that product, or there are a number of products that might apply over in the vendor thread. Seems like barter town is popular, and I personally am constantly looking for sources for parts and member here let me know where to look.
LOL, you should have seen how much tube gear was at AXPONA.
st caf too
I bought $$$($? don't want to look) of tubes from Brent over the past few years and he was always super helpful and fast. Congratulations Brent on your retirement and welcome Jon.
No kidding. It seemed like every third room had a tube something in it.
We did our part- VAC Statement preamps, the new (as of mid 2025) VAC Master 300 Mk II amps, VAC Essence preamp and amps, and the brand-new VAC Sigma 172i iQ integrated amp. Plus the brand new Lampizator Aphrodite tube/hybrid DAC as well.
Regards,
Gordon.
Thanks for all the kind comments regarding the transition of AudioTubes.com.
We’ve now started getting inventory and operations organized and are beginning to take orders again.
My goal is to continue the same kind of careful testing, honest recommendations, and customer support that people valued from Brent over the years.
Feel free to reach out if you’re looking for tube recommendations or trying to match tubes with a particular system.