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ARC VS110 tubes

I will be changing my tubes on my VS110 in the near future. Unit is 1.5 years old and bought new from an ARC reseller. Should I buy factory tubes from my ARC dealer or the same model from some other tube vendor (such as TheTubeStore.com). I was told that factory tubes are perfectly balanced for my amp... not so with after market vendors. BTW I have no interest in tube rolling at this time.

I noticed that when buying from ARC tubes are more than twice the price than online vendors, why is that so?

Thanks for your reply
redsectora

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elevick
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You should have your tubes tested before replacing. 1.5 years is not that old. You should get 1000+hours out of them.
As far as matching goes, getting matched pairs or quads of tubes will always cost more but not twice as much. Try:
thetubestore.com
upscaleaudio.com
echohifi.com
tubeworld.com pricey
tubeman.com can be pricey
tubesandmore.com inexpensive but still good
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