There are some NIB/NOS vendors I purchase 60+ year old tubes that have a 1 year warranty... sure, it's better than 3 months but 12mo warranty seems like it should have never been a question for the price point.
Also, with Apos completely ignoring and disregarding questions in regards to the manufacturing shows about zero confidence in their own product. Why else would you literally give the cold shoulder to such questions? They've literally acted like those questions posed to them didn't even exist - oh well - that tells me all I need to know and will keep my money in my wallet concerning the Reserves, and any others they sell under their brand.
Lastly, I don't know if you are responding to me or someone else - I never spoke specifically towards rebranding let alone saying anything negative about it - straw men everywhere it seems. The major problem with you responding to me and not
@Apos Audio is that everything you just said in regards to Apos is pure speculation. I think for the price point the Reserves are selling at, pure speculation in regards to any of the questions I asked is unacceptable.
For example, you stated,
"At least re-branders will screen out garbage quality tubes and give you somewhat good quality tubes under their banner like what I think Apos is trying to do here." and then went on to say in your last line,
"I have no experience if these Apos' are quality..." - these two speculative statements obviously don't belong in the same response to my questions, not only because they are contradictory, but because never did I say anything in regards to rebranding at all. You know, if Apos is somehow screening out the garbage as you say, and is providing a very solid product that sounds great and will last 5,000 hours+ then that'd be great! But again, how are we supposed to know when they completely ignore any inquiries into this?
Oh, and btw, not choosing to spend premium priced monies when all someone has is speculation to go off of in regards to its actual quality is not "cheaping out for tubes".