Sophia Electric is not honest

Will not get Chinese made gear NEVER!!

Sofia Electric  the most unbelievable crap ever....lie cheat steal...trust me !!!

I hate headlines as the Op posted.  Why not just say....thoughts on Sophia Electric.  In essence, you are pronouncing them guilty without stating specific dishonest actions.  People love to pounce on Audiogon.  

Back about fourteen or fifteen years ago I bought a used Sophia Baby Electric from an executive of Sophia who told me he was selling it because he had it in his office system, and he had received a promotion within the company which necessitated him moving back to China. That made it pretty clear this was a Chinese company. I still have the amp and it works well in a secondary basement system.

The decorative metal plate came off my early Sophia EL 34 A/B amplifier.

The excellent tech at Pro-Tech Services, Bob, recommended I not put it back on, even with Gorilla glue. If the conductive decoration has slipped even a little lots of pins would be shorted.

Bad design. It sounds quite good, though.