The Mercury II is an incredible preamp. Unfortunately I had a mismatch with the amplifier I was using back then. I wouldn't mind owning the Mercury again.
Yoby, what Sylvanias are you using and how are diffenreces to stock tubes? I got my mercury3 yesterday with raytheon 85´s and tung-sol 5AW4 and GE 6BL7GTA. Let me know your thouhgts on tubes. Thanks in advance!
Hi Ralphww: There are really no "stock" tubes that come with the Mercury preamps. It's my understanding that Kara et al matches tubes in pairs regardless of the brand. I personally have ALL Sylvania tubes running right now that I bought from Andy at Vintage Tube Services. Also, I found that if you replace the 5AW4 rectifier tube with a 5U4GB, it really tightness up your sound. Good listening. Jeff
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