Did Svetlana change hands?


I recently heard that Svetlana fell on hard times and went out of business or was bought out by somebody. In any case the story I heard is that the logo or trade mark was bought and the new firm is now making tubes at a different facility with the old trade mark/logo.
I have heard that the new tubes are not as good as the old tubes and there are also some quality issues.
If anyone has any more info I would apperciate knowing.
Thanks Bob
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Showing 1 response by kevziek

I don't think any of this information is totally correct. It is true that the "winged C" logo is placed on the ones sourced from SED. I believe this was the original logo, but I'm not sure.

The other logo (hard to describe) in used on the ones sourced from New Sensor. Despite all this, the tubes look identical to my eyes. The bases, the inards, etc. To claim they are not the same designs is incorrect, I believe. Sonically, I did not hear any real difference between either tube. I think all of them, regardless of which factory they originate from, have quality control less than ideal.