TAD vacuum tubes?

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.  

You might consider the new Psvane Horizon series, which are available on Amazon.  The EL34-AT is supposedly a pretty good tube.

Brent Jesse has older and newer Chinese EL34’s for $100 and $80 a pair.

He also has 1970’s production Siemens for $200 a pair.

He sold out of the Japanese/Philips EL34’s since the last time I looked (a month or two ago).

DeKay

PS:

Just read a few places that the TAD EL34 STR Red Base is made in China or Hong Kong and tested in Germany.

A few pics showed "GERMANY" in raised letters molded into the bottom of the base.

So special production (the bases anyway) for TAD?

The first site I looked @ they were on sale for around $37.

DeKay

@dekay I’ve never noticed the raised lettering in the bottom of my TAD Red Base EL34s - I’m now curious.

I can’t say much about the sonic signature of these tubes since I was previously running KT88s in my amp. I will say that these EL34s have been reliable over the course of the past 9 months with long use during the weekends. If I remember correctly I paid just under $200 for a quad from Viva.