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Re: Which means the Tung-Sols are built to have superior cosmetics with similar materials.(nt)

So in other words, it's just your speculation.

I have not heard the Tung-Sol reissue 6SN7, so I can't compare. I can say that I think many (not all, many) of the people who knock the 6SN7 EH have never heard it.

RCA made a lot of different tubes on the same production line using similar materials and even near identical construction - does that inherently make them inferior?

So Mike Matthews bought some names when they came on the market. It's not like the tube business has been run by saints for all these years. Read about the history of the tube makers (Saga of the Vacuum Tube is a terrific book!) and tell me things weren't worse then. I wish he'd used other names too, but that doesn't mean the tubes aren't VERY good.

The New Sensor produced tubes branded Svetlana are not just rebranded Sovtek (not Sovtec).

Over on the Tube DIY board you'll find a lot of posts by Eric Kingsbury (a.k.a. "Poindexter" or "Poinz") who says the Tung-Sol reissue 6V6 is the finest he's ever heard, and that's why he uses them in his all hand built Music Machine amps.

Oh, one last thing - that Matthews fella is the ONLY reliable source of many tubes we'd be hard pressed to do without. Do you know Mike's history? Do you know how he was harassed and even physically beaten up years ago while trying to keep his operation going in the face of let's just say "outside influences"? No he's no saint - but we'd be in BIG trouble without him and his company.

And they turn out some really good stuff too.



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