Where to find Shuguang tubes?


Always liked their tubes but no longer seem to able to locate them
thewizard
Well I don't think Ian Grant's talking to anyone now. He passed away in 2014(RIP), his wife Rachel runs the business now. Rachel is Chinese and has been working in the Chinese audio market since 2006. She's great to deal with for tubes and I trust her as well as anyone for that market. She's always been responsive to my few inquiries.

I've bough a few sets of Shuguang & Psvane tubes from GF, and they were exactly within spec as measured on my Amptitrex tube tester. They retest what they get from China. I've had worse luck buying direct. It's very hard to sort out all the variations of models for Chinese products and the tubes are not always reliable.

They're easy to find. Google grant fidelity or psvane....
I hope Shuguang and there KT-88's have gotten better.  Many years ago I purchased 18.  My amps used 16, 8 per amps. I ran out of replacements in the first two weeks, oh and lets not forget those 10 amp fuses.  In my system they sounded much better than the GL-KT-88 I use now.  Yet, the Gold Lion's have longevity which is worth the expense.    I've often wondered what the loss rate is for retailers who perform Testing and Burn-in of new tubes and how much the failures rise the prices of the goods ones.
really? and you found the audiogon forum on the internet?  i am amazed

peace bro