VIVA News & Blog

As time goes on, some areas are improving while others are worsening. We expect things to stay the same for the foreseeable future. As it stands now, there is typically enough supply to keep the world's amplifiers humming. Choices amongst brands and sub-types will remain touch-and-go but there is no reason to panic. Scarce as of March 2023: KT88, KT66, KT77, 6550, 6L6GC, KT120, KT50, KT170, 300B, 2A3, 6L6G, 12AY7, 12DW7 & certain brands of 12AX7.You may notice that many of these are una …

For our Canadian customers:On March 3rd, 2022, Canada placed Russia on their General Tariff list which applies a tax on all Russian goods imported into Canada of at least 35% (service and Customs fees may also be included in the tax). This includes Russian-made vacuum tubes. We are beginning to see the application of this tax on orders. Please be aware when placing an order from Canada that this general Russian-goods tax may apply to your order. There is nothing that we can do at this time to re …

Hi everyone!We're excited to announce the addition of two new TAD vacuum tubes from their Redbase line; the TAD 6L6GCM-STR and the TAD EL34-STR!Check out the rest of our new arrivals for 2022 here. …

While no one seems to want to comment on the industry we think it's important to be transparent and set expectations.As many of you already know, New Sensor / Electro-Harmonix recently announced that their Russian made tubes can no longer be exported. As the largest manufacturer of tubes in the world it means times are a changing. There is a strong demand for tubes and we expect to see new factories popping up and hope that New Sensor will eventually resume operations. In the meantime we are lef …

Hi everyone,We hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving! Here is some information on the USPS tracking number situation;We are seeing large numbers of recycled tracking numbers being given that are still carrying their previous tracking data - if you are someone who has received such a number please know that your package is still being shipped to the address you have provided regardless of what the tracking currently says. Unfortunately the tracking may not update before the package gets delivered …