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BEST 12AX7 Bas/mids/high FQ's your choice

Mine is 
Telefunken 12AX7.
No nonsense **piched waist,,,D getters, Holy Grails~~~ no snakeoil
Just any old Tele will do.
NOS is OK, tests strong is perfectly fine as well.
Tests average for a poor man's budget.
I'd rather havea  Tele tests weak vs any other 12AX7 NOS on the market.
=a  medium testing  Tele will beat out a  Siemens NOS/Mullard NOS/GE NOS.
AS I say we are only speaking of tiny nuances of sonics, but that miniscle gives Tele the edge over all other 12AX7's.
Ck Ebay prices on Telefunken 12AX7, thats give ~~proof to the pudding~~~.
mozartfan

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mozartfan OP
2,143 posts
 
Ok back from 12AX7 tube shootout. 
Mullard/Siemens/Philips and assume my RCA/GE's as well, all 4 very EXTREMELY close to Telefunken, = Tele by a  thin edge. Now i know why Tele's go for 2X's the price,,folks want that ~~~miniscule nuance edge~~ ,, are they worth the extra $$$ = IMHO , 
No., The Tele's are not worth the 2X's price,,any old NOS 12AX7 will do ~~just fine~~. Now what 12AX7 am i going to keep?
Telefunken will stay. 
= if you do not have a  class A set up, don't waste money getting Tele and thinking you are going to get a  nice  sonic gain.
You are wasting your money.
Just get any NOS 12AX7 as they will sound same in your class B system. = cheap RCA/GE's will work perfect. In a  class B setup,
~~RCA/GE = Siemens/Telefunken/Mullard/Philips. 
~~Snakeoil Buster~~ down here in the Big Easy
mozartfan OP
2,143 posts
 
Thanks
I listen only to CM, 
When I make all my tests, it is with jazz/blues,,,I will try my RCA's with CM vs the Tele's. 
My idea was, the superior tube in blues/jazz dynamics, should also be best in CM. Agree the FQ's in CM is quite dif from jazz/blues. 
Will make a  roll today, and post my comments. 
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