What we all don't know is what specifications the client gives to the manufacturer.
It doesn't matter whether it's Ps Vane, New Sensor or JJ.
If I say I buy 3000 tubes from manufacturer X but want it to be below the "5%", I as a manufacturer/seller/marketer/labeller am allowed to advertise this.
If the manufacturer does this but sells 95% of the tubes it produces under its own label or another label, this is just as legal.
Let's not fool ourselves.
Hoges, for example, was a labeller who had bought cheaply from Mullard, Brimar, Gec but the tubes were affected by a higher failure rate than the actual manufacturers.
Ultron also had its tubes manufactured by RFT, as well as in Russia, Asia and America.
They passed as a "German" brand to name just one more.
In the meantime, even Nos tubes have to be categorised, as in the Nos area as well as New Stock.
Westinghouse has a type that only fulfils the purpose, in New Stock it is Tad or JJ and many others.
Take Sylvania for example, they have a huge range of 6SN7's covering all areas from hweck to holy grail or bad boys.
In terms of new stock, it's not as widespread as it was back then, because a lot of things have died with it.
But why spend $1200 on a Brimar CV1988 when a Linlai Elite or Apos Reserve plays at a similar level?
At the end of a labeller's career you also want to earn something, that's also clear, if I were a labeller I would have done all the work that I roughly imagined.
And I have also pre-financed everything, logically enough, and there's no need to mention that I want to get my money back.
And if the review of the tube is very good, you should give it a chance if you can afford it.
On the other hand, I can understand the critical camp, such as those who bought Ps Vane and the like 10 years ago.
The reservations like failures, sound typically Chinese bright and garish far from a Nos tube ect...
The name then quickly became a target in terms of quality and such things.
I find it funny that only the Asian region is directly attacked as soon as something comes from there.
Apart from that, where does your household come from?
Theoretically, you'd have to throw everything out now.
No seriously, what about the Russian tubes running under Tung sol, Mullard were all big names.
Strangely enough, there are no reservations about them, although there would be some from a sonic point of view.
Apart from the fact that the manufacturer was heavily sanctioned for certain reasons and I'm sure there are some who read this forum, you see relatively few new things while the Asian region is braver and tries to be innovative.
Why don't we see any legacy Mullard or Tungsol tubes where they made it big back in the day, even though they had the plans and rights and probably the ability to bring them back to market?
I suspect that in Russia there is also something that severely restricts the manufacturer, be it personnel, material or other things.
In the end, it's up to everyone to decide what they spend their money on.
And having reservations is also okay, as are concerns.
But you should also be open to something new because it is not often that a labeler/seller here offers us something that could actually be very good.
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