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Post by gretsch6120 on Feb 1, 2018 11:36:45 GMT -7
I'm ready to put a little money into some tubes for my RxEs and just wanted some opinions on pre amp tubes. I'll be going with some new JJ's for the el-84's and perhaps try something different for the 12ax7's. Anyone have a suggestion or two Thanks!
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Post by gretsch6120 on Feb 5, 2018 5:54:08 GMT -7
Anyone? No suggestions? You are going to make me work for it
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Post by Mark (Basement Enthusiast) on Feb 5, 2018 7:19:22 GMT -7
I know Doc has happily used JJ 12AX7's for a while, but I like the Tung-Sol 12AX7 "reissues" and Electro-Harmonix, too. Sovtek 12AX7 LPS's are still the reigning king for the phase-inverter spot, too.
Beyond that, I know Doc keeps saying that there's really no great NOS 12AX7's left... they've all been picked over and what's left are just "stems & seeds" (Doc's analogy, not mine).
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Post by pcns on Feb 5, 2018 7:28:13 GMT -7
my experience with tubes has been that once I try a bunch of different tubes I typically like the ones that Dr Z recommends for use in his amps. After all, he is the Doctor . . . .
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Post by daddyelmis (Greg) on Feb 5, 2018 11:47:26 GMT -7
^^^^this.
I’m a fan of Myles Rose and his great work in the tube arena and amazingly generosity with tube info. For a good while I was a “tube junkie” looking for the elusive NOS missile silo vacuum tube smuggled out of Siberia. Then I finally realized that when you have an amp made by someone like Dr Z, you go with what he designs. 👏
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2018 11:51:29 GMT -7
Mullards in preamp stages, Sovteks in the PI.
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Post by gretsch6120 on Feb 5, 2018 12:48:01 GMT -7
Thanks for the input guys! I just got some JJ's in the mail, it had sovtek's in it. I just swapped out the two 12AX7's and the middle tube (I guess its the pi) it has heat shrink on it so I have no idea what type of tube it is, I'm guessing its the EF86?
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Post by daddyelmis (Greg) on Feb 5, 2018 13:01:38 GMT -7
Here’s the tube lineup for each Dr Z amp - I’ve gone to this lots of times because I have a great memory, it’s just really short. 🤓 drzamps.com/support/tube-info/
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Post by gretsch6120 on Feb 6, 2018 5:11:52 GMT -7
Here’s the tube lineup for each Dr Z amp - I’ve gone to this lots of times because I have a great memory, it’s just really short. 🤓 drzamps.com/support/tube-info/Thank you sir!
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