As one of the prior poster mentioned the amp is voiced different than the "OLD" tube or valve amps. Where an older valve amp may sound "Bright" or have harsh mids, a newer design takes advantage of that valves characteristics.
NOS is kind of a spoof if you don't know what your looking for. They can cost a lot of money and offer ZERO.
Signal valves are a good investment net the money you spend.. DON'T get sold a bunch of high priced NOS. New reproduction are probably a better overall sound..
An older amp I might spend the money, Mac, Marantz, Fisher, HH Scott, after a rebuild. BUT newer gear, Usually require a very quiet valve more than anything else.
Newer voicing doesn't count near as much as they use too on the actual quality of the valve "SOUND", just NO microphonic.
No matter the amp. A great RCA or Tellie black plate signal valve goes a LONG ways... I don't care who made the amp.. :-)
Regards
NOS is kind of a spoof if you don't know what your looking for. They can cost a lot of money and offer ZERO.
Signal valves are a good investment net the money you spend.. DON'T get sold a bunch of high priced NOS. New reproduction are probably a better overall sound..
An older amp I might spend the money, Mac, Marantz, Fisher, HH Scott, after a rebuild. BUT newer gear, Usually require a very quiet valve more than anything else.
Newer voicing doesn't count near as much as they use too on the actual quality of the valve "SOUND", just NO microphonic.
No matter the amp. A great RCA or Tellie black plate signal valve goes a LONG ways... I don't care who made the amp.. :-)
Regards