TAD vacuum tubes?

What noromance said it's not a bad thing but if you start with a meh tube even the best examples won't sound great. I picked up a pair of 6L6 tubes from them and they were pretty nondescript sounding.

Thank you, @noromance ​​​​​@jond .  

TAD rebrands selected Chinese tubes.  In my experience they are more reliable than buying stock Chinese tubes, but are not as good as Russian-manufactured tubes.  In another thread I mentioned testing a series of 6L6/KT66 family tubes in my Williamson amplifiers.  The Gold Lion KT66s measured much better, producing more power and less distortion before clipping, than TAD KT66s.  The Gold Lions also sound better, more open and textured.  I stick with Russian tubes myself, and that includes rectifiers and small signal tubes.

I bought a TAD Rectifier, 5U4G for my Decware UFO, good price and sounds very good. Would purchase again.

Thanks to all for the input.

I am way good on my over supply of 6922/6DJ8s and 6SN7s and EL84s, but I am thinking ahead about the dozen EL34s for my Cary V-12.  Without any intent whatsoever to start a political discussion, I presently do not want to purchase tubes manufactured in Russia, and I am wondering what the options will be when the time comes.  I probably will not be able to justify the price of a dozen vintage EL34s, so when the day comes, I may have to park that amp and break back out my smaller Cary amp that only uses four 6550s, of which I own three different  serviceable quads.