Tube selection 12AT7 and 12AX7 - preamp


Sharing results of my internet reading..

This is all based on current production, no NOS or used tubes.

Best 12AX7.    JJ ECC803S Gold pin

Best 12AT7     JJ ECC81 gold pin or Mullard new.

Should I select,  1.  Balanced? $2 per tube 2.  High Gain? $2 per tube 3.  Low Noice/Microphonics $4 per tube?    as offered by Tube Deport?

Any comments?

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Showing 1 response by glennewdick

 

I really do not like the JJ tubes in anything i have tried them in. For new i like the gold lion range better. The first thing i did with my Mac gear was toss the JJ's that come stock in them. With all the rebranding going on it’s getting hard to tell what new production tube is what.  

Other than that, I will stick to NOS tubes even the lower priced ones seem better to me. They are getting harder to find and the resellers are getting rather annoying with the lies, deception of new or not, so it's a crap shoot out there.