Rate of production, American, German, British manufacturers (old tubes)
Modern tubes are just Eastern factory tubes of respective countries but widened production, modern tubes made in former Soviet Bloc and China (because they were behind the curve, and still HAD factories making tubes left.)
The old tubes were made in 'Western countries' and a LOT were made. The vast majority of 'wanted' old tubes were made in England, America, Germany, Holland.
The Soviet bloc was making tubes then too, no one wanted those tubes.
The 'old factories' that made tubes in Western countries are all gone, the machinery is gone.
The factories that made tubes in the Soviet bloc countries is still there. So are Chinas tube making facilities.
That is the ONLY reason tubes are all made in those countries today for sale in the West.
Of any place, I would say China is the most likely to be capable of producing tubes equal or better than the 'old' tubes of the West. But then you have to sort through the junk to find the gold.
The current tube makers may be trying to improve thier tubes, but they are not the same as those old tubes, which hold nostalgia as well as a signal.
Modern tubes are just Eastern factory tubes of respective countries but widened production, modern tubes made in former Soviet Bloc and China (because they were behind the curve, and still HAD factories making tubes left.)
The old tubes were made in 'Western countries' and a LOT were made. The vast majority of 'wanted' old tubes were made in England, America, Germany, Holland.
The Soviet bloc was making tubes then too, no one wanted those tubes.
The 'old factories' that made tubes in Western countries are all gone, the machinery is gone.
The factories that made tubes in the Soviet bloc countries is still there. So are Chinas tube making facilities.
That is the ONLY reason tubes are all made in those countries today for sale in the West.
Of any place, I would say China is the most likely to be capable of producing tubes equal or better than the 'old' tubes of the West. But then you have to sort through the junk to find the gold.
The current tube makers may be trying to improve thier tubes, but they are not the same as those old tubes, which hold nostalgia as well as a signal.