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"Andy Evans" wrote in message
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We had an amp shootout in the London Audiocircle tonight and had a
chance to hear 5 chinese amps.

A pair of Bez T3B 300b SETs sounded the best of the lot, and by some
margin.

Two 845 amps were admired for their top to bottom "authority". I
thought they were a bit bland compared to the life in the 300b amp.

A Push Pull EL34 amp with feedback was very forgettable. On the other
hand a KT88 amp with feedback switched off was not bad at all, though
inferior to the 845s and of course the 300b.

The Bez amps did have some good 300bs fitted, plus some nice 6J5gt
variants (including the 2C22).

This all made me very curious about what others have found in Chinese
amp shootouts. Keith, for example, must have a rank order of the best
by now!!

So - what's your experience of Chinese valve amps? Andy

Can you give us some idea of the retail prices?



What few UK Chinese valve amp sellers there are do ramp up the prices
somewhat and are costly compared to eBay (search both 'valve amp' and
'tube amp') - but bear in mind if you do buy an amp direct from China,
you are much more 'on your own' if summat goes tits-up and there may
well be a long delivery time and the likelihood of some Import Duty!

In fact, eBay seems to be getting into it in quite a big way these
days - here's an example:

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Valves-Tub...AT:-1:SEARCH:1