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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.
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unclejeff
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It is interesting that many really great amps come with poor tubes. My McIntosh 2102 came with some cheap Chinese tubes, and yes it also came with some excellant Svetlana KT88 tubes; and my Audio Capitole amp came with JJs and Sovtec tubes..

I changed out the JJs with Svetlana, the Sovtec tubes with with electro harmonix on the audio Aero and I replaced the Chinese stuff with NOS Mullards and Sylvania tubes. My wife came home and asked me what I did to make the music sound so good......

Yes, there is Audio-wedded bliss,,,,,,,
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