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New 211/VT4c shootout

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Hi,

I receive the answer but the price is to high for me...but who knows...
I think for so pricey tube, the new brand has to relax the consumer offering for example the warranty of very long life (10 000 hrs mini) with the good bias setting... That would be a serious positive point in face of chinese brand with relative reliability which are not affraid to sell the new 211 WE re edition for about 800 euros/pair... I don't know for 211 but with preamp tube, a lot of people did have issues with their psvane: some died after 3 months... So very pricey for so lilltle time of listening...
But If I buy a pricey tube and I keep it for 10 years...this time I can re-exam the problem of the cost...
 
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Psvane 211 T MK II Valves

I have the new Psvane 211 T MK II Valves installed in my Jolida Music Envoy Mono Blocks - pus/pull 150 watts

In a word they are terrific. No harshness as found with the Shuguang 211A valves.

They have fantastic tone, great bass, midrange that is sweet and detailed and highs to die for. Sound staging is wide and deep. They are great valves for new production.
 
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Hi peter!

Hope your Psvane will be reliable for a long time...I don't know for 211 but a lot of their small tubes did have issues...
Some people emailed me about the shuguang 211b wich would be a good and relaible candidate too!

thanks for sharing!
 
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Reliability of Psvane 211 T MK II

I've had the Psvane's installed for a year and have put 600 hours on them so far without a hiccup. Hopefully they will continue to be good performers. The Shuguang 211-B are supposed to be a very good valve, but are harder to find.

cheers

Peter
 
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Just throwing this out there...
I bought over a hundred of 211 tubes a number of years ago....
They were selling wholesale for around $20 each ....
I built a High Voltage curve tracer and burned in and tested them and selected only the ones that matched the RCA data sheet very closely...
I forgot all about them over the years.... I have about 40 of them at my mom's house that passed all testing.....
My point is that there is a HUGE mark-up on these tubes from the wholesale prices.. Not sure what testing is done...

Chris
 
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I have the Pvane 211T running at 1150v 70w with 400 hour, I have compared with Shuguang 211 and Psvane T are clearly better.

But I broke the glass one Psvane T and I think that inside all are identical, only the Full Music and WE211 Psvane are different, I begin to think that the different is the control quality and the make-up
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My friend have the new WE211 Psvane and Elrog 211, he prefer Elrog but if compare the price/quality ratio WE211 Psvane is the winner IMO. .

I am waiting to have new about the new Shuguang Treasures 211.
 
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