PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread

Audioquest4life: Very curious to hear your thoughts on the ART series vs Horizon 12AU7. Please let us know how it works out. 

@hdm,

For sure. I will provide immediate feedback and likewise after roughly 20-30 hours of use. 

I received the Psvane Horizon tubes today. At first, I thought the order was messed up as the boxes they came in are printed with Psvane Classic series tubes, not Horizon. When I opened the boxes, that is when I saw that the tubes had Horizon etched on the glass.

Also, the Psvane web store states within the Amazon portal that these are matched, but there are no measurements scribed on the boxes, nor any indication that these are matched tubes. These are sold as a pair and are advertised as matched. I just don’t see any measurements to validate that they are in fact matched. One other thing is I don’t know if these are tested for low noise like when I purchase from other sellers. My preamp is sensitive to mismatches and noisy tubes. It will be a leap of faith for me to try these tubes in my preamp.

@audioquest4life 

We are very sorry for the unpleasant experience! We take your feedback very seriously and have immediately reported the issues to our internal team for review.
We also want to assure you that our products are fully tested before leaving the factory, including parameter and noise tests.

@alightronics

I just wanted to come back and say that after a lot of stressful “on me” trying to return the faulty Psvane Acme 845 tubes, due to me not knowing with whom I was corresponding with for the return, not being able to communicate directly with GD-Audio Parts who utilize AliExpress to sell their tubes, etc and not fully trusting if I’d actually receive the refund as promised; I’m very happy to say that I have been fully refunded 👍

So, my question for you is this….

Is it safe for me to buy Psavne 845 Acme tubes from any seller via Aliexpress?

There is a selling store by the name of JUEQIZHE
Vacuum tube brand export store that is utilizing Aliexpress that claims they offer a 90 day free return window if I am not happy with the tubes for any reason and a 24 month warranty at a reasonable price.

Should I feel safe purchasing from them????

Will I get refunded if the arrive defected???

I don’t trust Amazon shipping fragile tubes in bags, and their price is much more expensive.

I look forward to your thoughts and response.

Best wishes,

Don