6SN7 & 6CA4 Tube Recommendations for Cary AE-3 DJH


Would like to hear from all you tube rollers out their regarding different brand tubes used in Cary's AE-3 DJH preamp. Let me know what you tried, liked, & didn't like. I just got this preamp used and it came with Westinghouse 6SN7GTB & Valvo EZ80. I have a TV-7 tube tester I'll check them on this weekend before I fire up the preamp.
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Showing 1 response by srayle

Hi,

I owned this preamp, and thought it sounded wonderful with most any NOS tubes I tried. It didn't seem to make much audible difference to my ears. What I'm trying to say is that its a terrific pre, but in my experience, not a "tube roller's dream", as it didn't seem that sensitive to tube changes (and I tried a lot!).