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| 12au7 tube? One point also, we are also in the era of hifi Capacitors as there are so many variety and wonderful and beautiful sounding capacitors being made today from various good companies. | |
| 12au7 tube? Mattw73, great information. I liked your knowledge and experience on various tubes. Sounds like you’ve done a lot of listening to different types as I have. Well I know these things sound crazy but that’s why this is a hobby. I can’t remember all ... | |
| 12au7 tube? I mix match cables and try to use quality cabling. I pretty much don’t use basic cables. I had them in the past, Wireworld, Audio Quest, Cardas, MIT, Tara Labs and so on. I’ve been using newer cables from new companies that sound better to me than... | |
| 12au7 tube? No I do not ever try to match brands of tubes together nor have I ever thought about that neither do I see any benefit to it. Almost all of my equipment is operating with all different brands of tubes. Even though I had Mullard MCI 12ax7’s as inpu... | |
| 12au7 tube? Mullard MCI 12ax7 input tubes. | |
| 12au7 tube? Mullard EL34’s are great and there is opinions about the differences in sound between the single and dual getters. I think I have both but never compared to hear which is better. I did evaluate between single getter 1960’s Mullard and 1970’s brown... | |
| 12au7 tube? Mulveling, good points on the 6SN7’s. Audiojan, reason why I think it’s important for one to hear the tube in ones own system is because what sounds good in someone else system may not sound best in yours and you might have a different preferenc... | |
| 12au7 tube? I never thought the Sylvania GTB was anything special. Very warm midrange and extended top. I liked the Raytheon 6SN7 WGT brown base which is a really nice sounding tube. For 12au7’s, I liked Raytheon’s, RCA black plates, Valvos, Brimars, didn’t l... | |
| 12au7 tube? I like Telefunken very much. Always found them to be very open and musical. They last for yrs. In fact all of my tubes, doesn’t matter what brand last and have never worn out. The only tube I remember having problems was the Sylvania triple mica b... | |
| 12au7 tube? Elrog 300b = $3,500 pair | |
| 12au7 tube? I know that a lot of the older 12au7’s can sound very different. Some I’ve found to be very bright, other thin sounding. Others too soft, others lacking in the highs, other with too much highs or lacking in deep bass etc. So I’ve heard many diffe... | |
| 12au7 tube? Most of my audio friends have collected way more stuff than what they need. I think this is something pandemic to this hobby and it happens over time the longer someone stays in it. My close friend has more than 15 of the best and sought after tub... | |
| 12au7 tube? I don’t recommend people buying a lot of tubes as I e done but I think it’s fine to pick up 2 or 3 different pairs of well respected vintage tubes and hear which they prefer. But if someone is already happy with the tubes they’re using, then I don... | |
| 12au7 tube? Hello Marco1, I haven’t listened to my 12au7’s in a long time and I really didn’t get very interested in where they were made and for what purpose. But off the top of my head, some things I do remember, for instance the very popular and extremely ... | |
| 12au7 tube? Hello AudioJan, came across your topic from the list that is sent to me weekly by audiogon. Saw an interest in your question about 12au7. I’ve rolled that tube for years and have a huge inventory of the finest and best 12au7’s ever made. I didn’t... |