About a month ago, I purchased a pair of NOS Phillips Miniwatt Dario GZ32 (5V4) rectifier tubes (see http://www.upscaleaudio.com/Philips-Miniwatt-GZ325V4_p_80.html (http://www.upscaleaudio.com/Philips-Miniwatt-GZ325V4_p_80.html) for my SET amps from Upscale Audio in California. They were competively priced with a 90 day warranty.
After a few hours (10 or so), one of the tubes started to act up, became noisy & appeared to be brightly lit (possible internal short). After contacting Upscale Audio & being advised by them via email, I sent back the tube & a new replacement one arrived in perfect order about a week later.
The packing, communication & service provided by Upscale Audio was a very pleasant experience.
Thought I'd share a good tube buying experience since there's a lot a nightmarish ones out there...
Pete
I have bought tubes and used gear from Upscale Audio and i would not hesitate to do so in the future. i worked directly with the owner Kevin Deal and found him to be very helpful and imformative
:thumb:Great to know Pete, thanks.
charles
I've had nothing but good experiences with Upscale. They deliver a good tube as promised.
I get the impression Kevin's probably tired of people calling and asking for recommendations on sound quality of tube a vs. tube b, though. ;) I know I would be! ha.
-C
I've never been able to get through when I called. My messages are never returned. Oh well...
That sucks.. my experience is mainly from 2-4 years ago when I was 'high rollin'. ;)
Email is the way to go with upscale audio.
TomM