B-7971 - eBay (Not my auction)

[Michail Wilson]

Nice to see (or not) tubes going for $300 each lately.

 

A chance at 7 of them.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/294131943326

 

Michail

 

[gregebert]

Ouch!

[Kevin A.]

At this rate Dalibor ought to think about a new R|B7971 tube! After project H-tube hits the shelves of course ;) 

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[tntmod54321]

I've been thinking a lot about how Dalibor should do that. With the prices they are going at he could likely make them for a cheaper/similar price, which would be good for supply and for his business.

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[J Forbes]

Dalibor makes functional art....the segment displays just are not pretty, in a way the normal Nixie tube is. So I could understand if he didn't pursue this.

[tntmod54321]

I disagree, I think in-23 and b-(5/7)971 have their own beauty with those amazing fonts, a great example of a unique segment display is the in-2/dg-10b

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[gregebert]

As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I decided to make a 7971 clock a few years ago because of the versatility of the tube, and it's enormous size. Other than that, I agree they are butt-ugly, though you can mitigate that somewhat with a nice case and some software to make the tubes do more than just tell the time of day.

I'm also impressed with their reliability; I've had one fail mechanically (shorted segments, and I dont have the mensch to whack it back to health the way Mikhail does..) and someone on this forum (sorry, cant remember who)  has a clock that's been running for 40+ years. 

Whoever paid ~1600 USD for the batch of 7 tubes will likely take good care of them, put them to good use, and undoubtedly appreciate them so I guess that is what really matters.