Originally Posted by
Si74
Swapped a NOS Quad of 'lightly' used GECs for a very expensive amp stand with someone I trusted. Won't mention who sold him them but although they sounded brilliant, a loan of a valve tester showed them to be anything bar NOS, lost an arm and a leg selling the pair that tested reasonable and binning the other two. Also had a quad of EAT'S, ridiculously overpriced, unreliable and sounded crap.
Really wish I had stocked up on the Sovtek KT 88s as they were really nice sounding, reliable valves, bettering my current EH's,o.i.m.o. of course and cheap as chips in the scheme of things.