Quicksilver Preamps?

@oddiofyl fortunately some of the builders like mike at QS and a few others realized a while back the supply of good 12AX7s was drying up and others such as 12AT7, 12AU7 are more plentiful both NOS and new-manufacture too.

I popped out my 60s Blackburn Mullards and tried a pair of the new PSVANEs and they sound pretty good for new tubes, much better than than the stock EI Yugo and JJs that came in my QS amps stock. Fun to run the PSVANE for a while to mothball some of the more rare Mullards as a backup option. As you noted better tubes can make a nice difference.

@decooney Thanks to your suggestion, I'm running PSVANEs in my amp and really enjoy them. Great clarity, smooth, and very reasonable price. These are under the radar at the moment, but anyone with expensive tubes should consider them for swap in/out experiments.

@oddiofyl Where did you find your Mullard NOS 6201s? I can’t find them stocked anywhere.

I just got a QS Line Stage (non remote) in yesterday. I currently run Odyssey Candela -> Odyssey Kismet -> Tekton Moabs. I love the Odyssey combo, but I had a QS LS in the past and really liked it, and I think it might be a great match with my Moabs. Others have said they pair great with Odyssey amps as well.

I got it from Upscale about six months ago