Back in May, under the guidance of Mark and Nick at Rogue Audio, I swapped out the five small tubes in my Cronus as follows :
an RCA NOS 5814 to replace the EH 12AU7 gain stage tube, a pair of GE NOS Five Star 5751 "goldpins" to replace the Sovtek 12AX7 input tubes, and a pair of GE NOS 12AU7A's to replace the EH 12AU7 driver tubes. Definite improvement !! I'm not sure how to describe it, other than saying the music simply sounds better.
So, when the time arises to replace the EL-34's, I'll obviously seek the guidance of Mark and Nick once again. The purpose of this thread is just to learn what you guys have done and to perhaps stimulate some nice conversation. Thanks to all, and Happy Listening.
an RCA NOS 5814 to replace the EH 12AU7 gain stage tube, a pair of GE NOS Five Star 5751 "goldpins" to replace the Sovtek 12AX7 input tubes, and a pair of GE NOS 12AU7A's to replace the EH 12AU7 driver tubes. Definite improvement !! I'm not sure how to describe it, other than saying the music simply sounds better.
So, when the time arises to replace the EL-34's, I'll obviously seek the guidance of Mark and Nick once again. The purpose of this thread is just to learn what you guys have done and to perhaps stimulate some nice conversation. Thanks to all, and Happy Listening.