Has anyone ever used a company called vacuum tube values to purchase vacuum tubes?


Hi. I need to purchase 36 Golden Lion kt88 tubes. It looks like the average cost for that would be about $1,600. I ran across a company called "Vacuum Tube Values" where I can get them a couple hundred bucks cheaper. Has anyone had any experience with this company? I have seen discussion to be careful about buying from a non reputable dealer because you can get less than top-quality tubes?
whataboutbob1
I've bought some small signal tubes from Vivatubes and the pair was not matched and test measurements were off. The Gm and Ip of a single 12AX7 did not match the stated values.
I know Viva is a popular dealer, but that's my experience.


I have not bought vacuum tubes from them, but I did just purchase two capacitors to upgrade my speaker crossover. They arrived as described in excellent condition. I am very pleased with the transaction. And the price was excellent.
wpc1896 on eBay is vacuumtubevalue.com…

if that is the case, I would trust him. He lives in my city, in a very nice section/house near the Lake. I’m very familiar. I purchased my Gold Lion 12AX7’s from him. Asked if I could come pick them up, but he went ahead and shipped them literally across town anyway. I can understand his need for privacy, but bottom line, a good guy, fast response, and received what I ordered. I would not hesitate to buy from him again.
Just bought a NOS Mullard  6201/12AT7 from Upscale for a pre I just picked up .   I selected "Kevin's Stash"  and it was worth it. Matched triodes , super quiet and big open sound .   

Bought a few NOS from Brent Jessee in the past and they were the premium tubes described...   

I think its wise to buy power tubes from a place that burns them in and matches.    I did this with the KT88 Gold Lions in my mono amps.  I can't even tell you how old they are.... they were in use a few years, then became the "back up" set .  I had a matched quad of EL 34 where one failed, the KT 88 back in,  eventually got KT 77 quad , one red plated . Then the KT went back in... have been in a few months and still sound great, match pretty tight still.   The 34 and 77 were "matched" at time of mfg.