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Re: Been there!

I have three pairs of the Chinese 211's. One is "unbranded" which I purchased a few years ago. The last two pairs are branded Penta, quite inexpensive thru Ebay. All seem identical, although the Penta's appear to be screened and have engraved serial #'s in the base as well as nicer packing and logo's.

I've lived with them for several weeks now, and swapped them with GE and United NOS 211's. Honestly the differences are very small, and I'm still not convinced that NOS is worth the substantially higher price. The Chinese 211's are quiet, hold a stable bias and sound spectacular. I'm running them at 800vdc, between 55 and 60ma. Can't speak to any long term reliability but they show no signs of any getter wear or darkening.




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