Best quality octal sockets for 71 superlead?

[Gtr_tech]

Time to replace pwr tube sockets on a buddy's cherished 1970 Superlead 100. I'd use the Beltons, but they won't fit the hole (cutout is 27mm, beltons are 30mm). I'd prefer the Omron relay socket type where theres the 2 contacts per pin (like the Belton) instead of the "folded" type. Recommendations?

[Enzo]

Nothing specific, but the low end cheap socket that Leo installed has lasted 40 years for you.


They all work, so I think it is academic, but I always prefered the old cylinder pins - rolled into a C shape looking down into them - over the flat pins with the slit down the middle (which I think is what you are looking for). To me that wrap around means larger contact surface. Those split pin contacts always make me think "fork ball." As in a baseball pitcher shoving the ball between his fingers to throw it.