Chinese tube power/pre-amps, tube buffers

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How 'bout 1000 too many words comparing a tube buffer to a Darkvoice?

Cheap Tube Buffer vs Darkvoice 336SE

Introduction I’m still new-ish to the tube world, but bought one of those cheap Chinese tube buffers back in August 2019 along with upgraded tubes and was really impressed with the results. After hearing from a variety of sources, including @ZeosPantera, that the Darkvoice 336SE was the budget-ish standard bearer for what tube amplification should sound like (which is not saying it’s the BEST tube amp, just a good example of tubey-ness), I started getting really curious if this little tube buff…