Cary Audio SLP-5 Preamp Tube Replacement.


Hello Guys,

I have stock tubes in my Cary SLP-05 and want to replace them with Psvane CV181-T MKII (6SN7) or you have any other recommendations? I am hoping you can help me if I need to buy all eight tubes or I can do with less tubes. I hope they fit in Cary and which slots I should replace them in? I only use RCA cables and not balanced cables. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks.

 

couger4u

Showing 1 response by xcool

Hi @couger4u,  the Lineal experiences that I posted as mentioned by @immatthewj are in this long thread started by another member.  A big part of the discussion was about where to purchase them, and whether the ones sold by non authorized dealers at a cheaper price are actually legitimate, and same as the ones sold by their one and only authorized dealer for the US market.

I ended up buying one pair from their "authorized" Linai dealer, and paid the extra money for my own peace of mind.   I used them for the balanced output, i.e. slot 3 and 6 on the SLP-05, and I do like them better than the stock EH tubes from Cary.  

As for slots 1,2,4,5,  I bought some NOS RCA black plate tubes from a dealer named Brent Jesse whose highly regarded in this forum.  I also like the RCA's better than the stock tubes.

Anyway, hope this helps, and good luck with finding the tubes that you like.  It's a time consuming process.