Prima Luna evo300 owners


As you guys know, this integrated has 6 12au7 type tubes in front.

My question: Do you guys use identical brand tubes across the board or do you mix brands up in the same family and in a specific order to get better sound?

thecarpathian

Sorry, Juan.

Didn't mean to give the impression I own the PL.

I am interested in it, and I have a pretty extensive inventory of 12au7's and their variants. Hence my curiosity.

Gotcha - should you have any other questions on it, let me know. I’ve have a lot of experience with them and know their strengths and weaknesses well. 

I use all NOS tubes and mix. On the two center tubes I use some radiotechnique 12AU7 manufactured in 1956, the  other four are General Electric 6189W. BTW, I agree with Bliss comments

@blisshifi,

I like that you don’t try to sell your brands here, unlike Audio Troy. It is refreshing and honest.  Keep up the comments, always a wealth of information. 

@stereo5 Thank you for the kind words. My goal is to keep being an audiophile and serve the community first and hope my business will be successful as a result. It hasn't been easy considering I have limited capital and only a handful of brands that I work with, but the journey has been incredibly rewarding to date especially because I've become a bigger part of the community. It's been good talking with you here and there on threads even before my username changed a few months back (used to be thiefoflight).

Once in a while I may recommend some brands that I carry on the threads, but even then, I make it a point to try to be as objective as I can and point out observations to other gear it has been compared to, and I always want to be empathetic to the needs of the person who is trying to advance beyond where they are. I'd feel horrible pushing something that I didn't think was truly was the right fit. And for the moments that I do recommend those brands, I am 100% honest whether I am a dealer for it or not.

Thanks again for your advocacy and hope we can continue our support for each other!