Sophia Electric is not honest

A whole lot of xenophobia in this thread mixed with a fair amount of racism. The complaint about a broken tube made me laugh though. People do know tubes are made of glass? Never pull a tube from the glass envelope. Grab the base.
Sophia Electric is a American company from the beginning that was funded by a Chinese investor. Not sure whether he is an immigrant of not but the products are made in USA in Virginia. Some things are manufactured in China, just like products made by Marantz, and a whole host of other "American" products. They make very good triode tubes. That I can attest to. Good luck starting a vacuum tube manufacturing business on US soil.

Personally  I have bought from them four times. Everything  Everything has come quickly. Each time has been sets of tubes. Personally  I wish they made  more tubes as I have found them musicality  satisfying.  I like the fact that I can order from on brand new tubes that sound very good. I cannot say that about other companies  products.  I have bought s pair of 274 rectifier  tubes from them a quad of kt88s a pair of 6sn7 and a pair of 6sl7  tubes been very pleased with each purchase.  I need to buy two octets  of EL34's  from them at some point.  

I understand that some of us choose not to purchase Chinese-made products for political reasons. Fine. But the baiting and xenophobia is completely unnecessary, IMO.

AFAIK, all Sophia amps are made in the U.S.A. except for the Baby amp line, which they disclaim on the website that this is a made-in-China product. I'm sure that "made" means assembled and tested in the U.S., which is about all anyone can claim these days.

I had a Sophia Baby amp once upon a time in my office, maybe 2006 or so. It was a great little amp, especially for the price. Honestly, it was much better than the McIntosh receiver it replaced.