Telefunken GE JAN 6072a Replacement Vacuum Tube for ELA M 251E and C12 Microphones

Telefunken Elektroakustik has acquired the last large stock of vintage NOS (New Old Stock) 6072A General Electric tubes, manufactured to strict military/industrial standards and tested to a higher standard at their Connecticut facility. The 6072A is the premiere tube used in Telefunken Elektroakustik's line of new microphones which faithfully recreate the legendary vintage "Telefunken sound."

"After exhaustive searching they were able to purchase several thousand of the 6072A tubes, of which about 10-15% have noise and microphonic levels that are acceptable for their produts" explained Toni Fishman, CEO of Telefunken Elektroakustik. This tube is the same one which was used by AKG Acoustics GmbH in the 50's and 60's and is basically the heart of their new Telefunken Elektroakustik microphones.

The Models employing this tube are their popular ELA M 251 E, C-12 and their recently introduced R-F-T M-16 mkII. There is a supply of new tubes coming out of Eastern Europe and Asia, but they don't feel they come close to the performance of the vintage 6072A and they don't last as long either. They are very fortunate to have found this precious stockpile, so that they can continue to build new microphones with that classic Telefunken sound." Telefunken Elektroakustik is proud to offer these GE JAN 6072a tubes as single, matched pairs and matched quads.