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<blockquote data-quote="croak" data-source="post: 784814" data-attributes="member: 361"><p>My late friend Wim, the original Mr Valve had a theory on valves bought from the bigger amplifier manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>He believes they would buy a batch of NOS or new product as close to source (no agents, apparently once you look for electron valves in Russia and China, everyone is an agent) as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Then they buy a few 1000.</p><p> </p><p>Test/trace/run and select the best measuring top 20/30 percent in the batch.</p><p> </p><p>Resell the bottom 80/70 %. These valves then come available to all the valve resellers etc.</p><p> </p><p>It?s the reason why he believes people were often getting noticeably better life from Conrad Johnson and ARC supplied replacement and originally installed valves (at a premium price) vs same brand and codes of valves bought elsewhere.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[Anyone who thinks that wealth is measured in money is blind and narrow minded. Wealth is obviously measured in turntables and records.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="croak, post: 784814, member: 361"] My late friend Wim, the original Mr Valve had a theory on valves bought from the bigger amplifier manufacturers. He believes they would buy a batch of NOS or new product as close to source (no agents, apparently once you look for electron valves in Russia and China, everyone is an agent) as possible. Then they buy a few 1000. Test/trace/run and select the best measuring top 20/30 percent in the batch. Resell the bottom 80/70 %. These valves then come available to all the valve resellers etc. It?s the reason why he believes people were often getting noticeably better life from Conrad Johnson and ARC supplied replacement and originally installed valves (at a premium price) vs same brand and codes of valves bought elsewhere. [Anyone who thinks that wealth is measured in money is blind and narrow minded. Wealth is obviously measured in turntables and records.] [/QUOTE]
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