| soupking, you're getting hammered here man... but I'm with ya bud.
Seriously, somebody try and sell a Valvo EF-12 and a Telefunken EF-14 on eBay and see which one fetches more interest and money. They are NOT the same thing, even if the only technical difference is the lettering. One says Valvo, the other says Telefunken and that's all anybody needs to know. Both tubes might make that microphone work, and both might sound great. However, if they *advertised* a very expensive and rare Telefunken EF-14 then that's what you should have gotten. You were served the cheaper tube under false pretenses and given a sales pitch after the fact. If that is accurate (and you didn't mis-read something) that's horrible. It was probably an honest mistake on someone's part, but it still sucks.
Sounds like they tried to take care of you, but that's still a bait & switch. That's either very amateur or there is a major disconnect between manufacturer and dealer. I would have dumped it out of principle as well. |