Some update about Psvane WE101D replica tubes:
There are two versions of the Psvane WE101D replica tubes - one is called WE101D with shorter / thinner pins just like the original Western Electric 101D tubes do; the other is called WE101D-L (L stands for Long Pin), the pins are longer and 2 pins are thicker than the the other two. The Long pin is like pins for typical 300B tubes.
Most new production tube amps use 300B type of tube socket for 101D tubes, so before you order WE101D Replica tubes, you will need to check your amp socket or current 101D tube you are using for the pin type.
Psvane factory did a very small run WE101D for their annual audio show in Dec 2013. Some of those tubes were sold at Guangzhou audio show. There is no public sale of WE101D Replica tubes even in Chinese market yet. Real commercial production run of WE101D Replica will start this month and it will take at least one month to get the first commercial run of WE101D Replica tubes done, with any potential bugs ironed out. We expect new stock to be available at Grant Fidelity sometime in March 2014 in our Hong Kong warehouse. For those who know Grant Fidelity long enough, we never rush factory on any tube orders. You get what you pay for - this is very true with Chinese suppliers for all types of commodities. If you rush, factory will rush then quality will become questionable. Plus we always give factory a tighter quality criteria for our tube orders, so sometimes it has to take larger quantity of production to get enough tubes meet our requirement and meet our required quantity. That's why we do not have firm date of WE101D available, but hopefully within March 2014 for the best quality we can have.
We will list the WE101D replica on our website in a few days then interested buyers can place their pre-order or join with other forum member for a possible 20-pair group buy.
Rachel @ Grant Fidelity
