Buying Tubes Again; Maddening

I used the Genelex reissue 12ax7 in a preamp and phono preamp, and they worked fine. Good enough. Still better than SS. No, not quite the equal of fine NOS, but better than Sovtek/EI, which sounds strident in my gear. I got tired of obsessing about and paying for NOS tubes. This way, I can also use tube amplification for the tv, with no worries - which sounds great.

Contact member Trelja for Psvane and Shuguang tubes.

I find the 12AX7 to be a terrific value in the context of NOS pricing.

IMO

I would try a different phono stage. If tubes are properly respected by the designer they should last a long time.

Sounds_real_audio, Can you please explain how a tube is properly respected by a designer?

I've recently begun using some of the Psvane 12AX7s, which are about the same price as the Genalex 12ax7, despite the fact that their EL84 is twice the price of a Genalex EL84. Anyway, my initial impressions are quite positive indeed, although I'm still in the first 100 hours of burn-in. About to drop in a pair of Psvane 12AU7s...