I retubed my C2300 and MR-71 with NOS Telefunkun tubes. All tubes preceded 1970. I even bought one made in November, 1954. All NOS tubes made a great, audible difference in my system. And also quite a hole in my pocketbook!
Best Tubes on Market today?
I'd like to upgrade tubes on my Mastersound Compact 845 SET.
I'm getting a loud buzzing noise from both channels at listening position which I find extremely annoying.
My current tubes are Shuguang 845C (cheap Chinese electron). Pre amp tubes are Tungsram ECC82 and driver tubes 6SN7 EH. Probably all cheap stock tubes. I Love the the sweet sound but noise level is unacceptable. Also very audible transformer noise, but I doubt there is a fix for that. Are there other ways to minimize tube/transformer noise?
What are the most reliable aforementioned tubes out there and what is the best place to get them?
Upscale audio seems to have quite a selection. PSVANE was also recommended by some.
I would prefer not to spend more than $600 on 845 tubes and hoping for reliable clean sounding tubes all around.
I also have C2600 preamp with stock tubes. Any advice on those?
I'm getting a loud buzzing noise from both channels at listening position which I find extremely annoying.
My current tubes are Shuguang 845C (cheap Chinese electron). Pre amp tubes are Tungsram ECC82 and driver tubes 6SN7 EH. Probably all cheap stock tubes. I Love the the sweet sound but noise level is unacceptable. Also very audible transformer noise, but I doubt there is a fix for that. Are there other ways to minimize tube/transformer noise?
What are the most reliable aforementioned tubes out there and what is the best place to get them?
Upscale audio seems to have quite a selection. PSVANE was also recommended by some.
I would prefer not to spend more than $600 on 845 tubes and hoping for reliable clean sounding tubes all around.
I also have C2600 preamp with stock tubes. Any advice on those?