The Failure of No Government Regulation

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by icenine

my 6v6s are from an ebayer who bought them from russia
so there is an expansion effect


It is sort of hard to buy things here....it is more of a first world thing than an American thing....the developing nations relying on cheap labor from the third world, often at a danger to the workers there but alas it lets them eat too....and feed their children.

That underwear factory looks more like a cottage industry that probably employees the owner and a few workers ...nothing wrong with that.

But I do not want to work in an underwear factory.

I hate to say it, but those Russian tubes are damn nice. I have a set of the Russian Gold Lion (N709) 6BQ5s in my Maggie. Now that they've burned in they are amazing. The only thing American I have that comes close are a matched quad of NOS GEs, which were more expensive and at least 40 years old.

Tubes are one of those things, though. If you want something new, forget it. They ALL come from Russia or China, with only a handfull of very expensive brands that come out of Eastern Europe. But, NO newly manufactured American tubes AFAIK.

Dave