+1 Atma-sphere
My first talk with Andy Bowman of VTS pretty much echoed those exact sentiments.
Materials, quality control and clean procedure. Something he feels is missing in todays Chinese and Russian tube manufacturers.
So ofcourse I purchases a matched Octet of Blackburn factory Mullard EL34's and havent had a hiccup since.
So much better sounding the Primaluna/Shuguangs that came in my amp. (Warmer, more meat on the bone sounding)
Andy has kept a list of what tubes he sold me
and how they measured just incase I need a replacement in the future.
Brent Jesse is another wealth of knowledge on the subject.
He also has a large selection of NOS 6dj8 variants. My favorite ones of the many I bought from him are the Mazda 7308 French Military tube.
Labeled Phillip Mini Watt E188CC.
My first talk with Andy Bowman of VTS pretty much echoed those exact sentiments.
Materials, quality control and clean procedure. Something he feels is missing in todays Chinese and Russian tube manufacturers.
So ofcourse I purchases a matched Octet of Blackburn factory Mullard EL34's and havent had a hiccup since.
So much better sounding the Primaluna/Shuguangs that came in my amp. (Warmer, more meat on the bone sounding)
Andy has kept a list of what tubes he sold me
and how they measured just incase I need a replacement in the future.
Brent Jesse is another wealth of knowledge on the subject.
He also has a large selection of NOS 6dj8 variants. My favorite ones of the many I bought from him are the Mazda 7308 French Military tube.
Labeled Phillip Mini Watt E188CC.