New to me, are they Russian? I just got an email from Viva Tubes(no affiliation beyond having been a customer), and they’re featuring them in the flyer, but when you get to the site, some are supposedly unavailable. VIVA TUBES | Thousands of vacuum tubes always tested, matched, and guaranteed Linlai as well, they’re Chinese?
$114 FOR 2 12AX7'S ???? WAIT UNTIL the market corrects BUT they have these at least LMAO Matched Pair of Tube Socks
They are Chinese. For a little more you can go Mullard or Tungsten but I hear they are worth checking out….
Chinese. They’ve made hifi tubes for years, only recently expanded to making more of the MI tube types for retail sale. The company was founded in 2011 by people who left Shuguang. Some of the same people also left Psvane to start Linlai, not sure if they’ll start making MI tubes any time soon though. A number of vendors are carrying them now, I got a similar email from antique electronic supply a few weeks ago. They’re pricey for sure. TAD has been boasting new production (their red base series I think they’re called) from a new Chinese tube manufacturer for a whine now, I wonder if this is the manufacturer.
I got these KT88-STR TAD Premium Matched from CTech on ebay, but they won't answer my notes or phone, so I went with Eurotubes. They are Shuguang to spec. They sounded very good.
Yeah gold pin matched pairs are definitely marketed toward a different crowd. A standard single 12AX7 is $24 New Psvane Hifi 12AX7 / ECC83 Vacuum Tube