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Tube equipment reviews

After dabbling with tubed components for the first time, it becomes clear the impact of tube rolling is enormous. Therefore, it is interesting to consider reviews of such equipment: if the equipment is of a certain quality, is not the reviewer hearing the tube more than the support equipment? And if so, does that not bias the reviews?

I know my AES DJH preamp is a whole different beast depending on the tubes I've been rolling through it; it can range from respectable to outstanding.
mprime

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nrenter
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How about you kick it off with this thread?

I'd be really interested to hear what tubes you've tried in your (I'm assuming) AES AE-3 DJH. I've got one, but haven't done any seious rollin'.

You don't also happen to have a pair of Sixpacs that you've been rollin'?
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nrenter
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Mprime...

Thanks for the kind words. And I'm glad you're enjoying the pre-amp. Every day I seem to appreciate and enjoy the AES AE-3 DJH even more. I've currently got some EH 6SN7s in mine that shipped stock with a friend's Rogue 99 Magnum pre. While they are better than the stock Chinese, I wouldn't call them "magical". After the 1st of the year I'll be calling Kevin for something new to play with. I was hoping to get some tube suggestions from this thread.
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