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Um, when did I knock EH tubes?

Posted by Chris O on April 25, 2007 at 04:49:02

In Reply to: Re: Which means the Tung-Sols are built to have superior cosmetics with similar materials.(nt) posted by Jim McShane on April 24, 2007 at 18:42:27:

I never mentioned the absolute level of build or sound quality in any of these posts. I like the EH tubes and yes the EH 6V6 is a very good tube. I like the EH 6SN7. I am just hard pressed to hear much of a difference between them and the new pretty Tung-Sol equivalent. I did not call your girlfriend ugly, I just said that she was not any prettier than your last girlfriend.

I am very glad you like these tubes. I am sorry that Russia is such an awful place to do business. If you look around the US can be a pretty rough market as well. Tubes are produced in these "third world" countries because we have the EPA and actually pay salaries. Why do you think that Westrex needs to charge as much as they do for the WE Branded 300b.

Personally, I just take offense to purchasing great old brand names and applying them to modern production which shares nothing with the past. Kind of like a two stroke Indian motorcycle or a Fisher home entertainment center. And I am sorry; your argument on how Matthews used the Svetlana brand on the Sovtek (thank you for the correction) tubes did not increase the value of that brand. EH has a respectable brand and I believe that this kind of activity cheapens it.
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