Amperex 7316 is not exactly a 12AU7 but can be installed into the same socket with no mods and is close enough electrically that there are no problems. Nice tube, too. I admit I have a bias; I have never liked the 12AU7 in a gain stage. OK for driver or phase splitter. If one must, I liked the Amperex Bugleboy Ecc82/12AU7 best amongst a bunch of others I tried in a gain stage, back about a decade or more ago. Real Bugleboys are scarce now, sadly.
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