When were the best tube amps made?

@antigrunge2 - Allinic is a South Korean company, did you mean AirTight

When were the best tube amps made?  Last Thursday.

What were they?  Conrad Johnson.

Kondo, Allnic, Airtight, Audio note (uk), WAVAC, all make great sounding tube amps, but they are not necessarily better than vintage models (even the older models of these companies will favorably compare with current manufacture).  I am particularly enamored with modern tube amps from the Italian company Synthesis.  But, my absolute favorites remain quite old Western Electric amps and a custom built OTL from the early 1990s.

Yesterday 

1980's Audio Research need not apply. 

Of course I was deliberately being a bit of a troll here, but I always liked CJ of the era better than ARC, and I like modern ARC a lot more as well.   :-)

All in good fun.