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| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? "vintage" also may imply that something became a classic and has a historical value. So I will call only excellent old tubes vintage not all of them. Yeah, signal tubes from 50s or even late 40s. | |
| Integrated Amp Pairing for Harbeth 30.2 I always suggest Gryphon Diablo 300 unless there is a reason not to. I see no reason here, except that I have never heard Harbeth/Gryphon pair. Should be great, but it's my guess. Gryphon Dac and phono stage are excellent. | |
| Big problem / bottleneck in my chain It's most likely cables or Mac or both. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Larry, I see, so I won't play with step down transformers, I guess, though it could be interesting. mulveling, Kevin does like certain vintage Mullards and Sylvanias. | |
| Vinyl Care Yeah, I bought Last directly from them, and even talked to the owner - he was a big tape fan. I didn't try his Stylus cleaner, I use Lyra with seemingly excellent results. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? I see, complicated subject regarding amp designs and how gentle or not the amps are on tubes. I won't bother the VAC designer with these questions, especially considering that his answers won't change anything for me. I will continue with the best... | |
| NOS EL34 becoming extinct Before switching to Mullard EL34 XF2 a few months ago I was using SED Svetlana Winged C's in my VAC Avatar SE integrated. They were alright but nothing more, the Mullards are far better in every respect. Besides, one SED failed after 700 hours, I ... | |
| Vinyl Care I also use Last record preservative after cleaning. In fact, treated records even sound a touch better, I did compare a few, And I use Last tape head preservative with my Nakamichi deck. This is a great stuff, but you have to apply it frequently. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? ghdprentice, it is always a good idea to have a back up set. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? How can I know if my amp is hard on tubes or not ? And what about 12AX7 and 12AU7 signal tubes, can the amp be hard on them too ? I use PS Audio regenerator that puts out 120 volts. Well, I could, I suppose, put a step down transformer between th... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Is this true that some Western Electric tubes can last one hundred thousand hours ? | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Yeah, Brent from Audio Tubes might be able to deliver it for you if you place a custom order, but the cost..probably at least $150 each for used test NOS, more likely $200 each. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? 15 years without replacing a single tube. That's incredible. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Bill, I use them for sound too but vintage tubes make me feel more, well, vintage ! And I like that. It's tradition and connection to the roots. Like tape and vinyl. As for the cost, I made very approximate calculations that in the case of my amp... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Vintage used could be $100 each, but if you wanted to match dozen EL34 tubes..that would be a problem. And, yes, you couldn't be sure in advance of significant improvement. Well, vintage tubes were not created equal. |