Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras RCA ALP 1603 June 13 2023

Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras RCA ALP 1603 June 13 2023I just cleaned this album on my VPI 16. 5 record cleaner and then played it on my Rega Planar Three. This pressing has lightly moderate surface noise audible in pianissimo piano passages and barely audible in mezzo forte passages and louder. A very nice, clear recording with sparkling highs and nice bass!. A 7 out of 10. MOST FORMS OF SHIPPING EXCEPT MEDIA MAIL ARE AUTOMATICALLY INSURED UP TO $100. ETSY PURCHASE PROTECTION COVERS ITEMS UP TO $250 IN

It is MM wide from the extreme left to the tip of the winding stem on the right

"Britain" is printed on the tube itself and there appears to be an incomplete Amperex-style code near the base

new in box GE 8BU11 tubes tested to spec on our Paul Hart-calibrated TV7/U

I am playing them in my Bottlehead Crack headphone amplifier as I write

wing-plates

They measured 21

a phi-shaped

Both have 939 date codes

new in box US-made 6CG8A tubes tested to spec on our Paul Hart-calibrated TV7/U

This matched pair of National Union type 76 triodes was tested on our Paul Hart-calibrated TV7/U for shorts

new in box RCA 6AS8 tube tested to spec on our Paul Hart-calibrated TV7/U

medium bottles