Tubes in the preamp's power supply -how important?


I have EL84 and EF86 tubes used in separated power supply module of the line/phono tube preamplifier.

Stock tubes are Sovtek EL84 and Electro-Harmonix EF86.

I am curious how important is the tubes quality in such application. Is there any reason to change tubes to some NOS – Telefunkens for example?

How important these tubes are in power supply?
If change – what tubes do you recommend?
milimetr

Showing 1 response by albertporter

Depends on the design of the unit. In Audio Research, Aesthetix and Allnic, three that I have experimented with, the effect is huge.