I would say so. Most so called audiohiles are addicted to buying equipment and very expensive equipment at that. They would be willing to spend thousands of dollars at a drop of a hat but when you ask them what tubes are you using or have tried, they only have stock tubes and havent even tried vintage tubes because they say it's to expensive but will go out and and just go in a never ending equipment hunt hoping the magic component falls in their lap. In my experience, price has nothing to do with how good your system sounds, but by experience and by not disregarding all the tweeks big and very small. I too had to learn the hard way. Just my opinion.
Is upgrading stock tubes standard proceedure?
I'm just wondering if I'm the last guy to realize just how enormous an improvement can be had by upgrading stock tubes to NOS. Most of my system has been in place for some time now and I've sought to improve it's performance by tweaking. Tube changes have resulted in noticeable but subtle results; most of the time involving trade-offs... until now. I just upgraded the 6922s in my cj Premier 17LS to Amperex 6DJ8s with stunning results. I can't find any trade-offs, everything desirable in audio is improved IMHO. This is the kind of improvement I would have been looking for if I bought a new preamp and spent twice the money. As much as I've read about tube rolling, based on what I'm experiencing now, there isn't enough emphasis, especially by professional reviewers.
So, I guess my purpose in writing this thread is two fold:
1) Why don't tubes receive at least the same attention as the equipment they're in.
2) Just a heads-up in case there is anyone else out there who thinks they can't justify $100 or more for a small tube.
So, I guess my purpose in writing this thread is two fold:
1) Why don't tubes receive at least the same attention as the equipment they're in.
2) Just a heads-up in case there is anyone else out there who thinks they can't justify $100 or more for a small tube.
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