Reasons not to freak out about tube supplies


I found this fairly persuasive. Of course, freaking out is not really a good plan about anything.

 

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Grant fidelity don’t have the phone number to call them?Email them no response?

Grant Fidelity responded to my email promptly! I just emailed them this week on Monday 3/14, asking if Linlai was going to start producing KT88/6550/EL34. I received a response from Grant Fidelity (Rachael) the next day in regards to my question informing me that Linlai was currently working on a KT88 for production that would hopefully be available soon. I was very excited to hear this!!!

I have purchased tubes from upscale Audio in the past, and I have been very happy with both their service and tubes. What I took from the video was that he was just warning his customers to not get taken advantage of, and be patient which I think is excellent advice! 

@kennyc Thanks. I have refrained from asking the question, "Well, it seems Russian tubes will not be running short, but should perhaps they be boycotted for ethical reasons?" because that would likely start a food fight/hissy fit/barroom brawl. (Such brawls are all the more inevitable when the answer is easy and the inconvenience is acute.)