Buy and use only vintage tubes! Avoid tubes from China and Russia! Sure, they are a lot cheaper but quality and longevity are inferior to Western tubes made in the 60's and earlier!
Best Tubes on Market today?
I'd like to upgrade tubes on my Mastersound Compact 845 SET.
I'm getting a loud buzzing noise from both channels at listening position which I find extremely annoying.
My current tubes are Shuguang 845C (cheap Chinese electron). Pre amp tubes are Tungsram ECC82 and driver tubes 6SN7 EH. Probably all cheap stock tubes. I Love the the sweet sound but noise level is unacceptable. Also very audible transformer noise, but I doubt there is a fix for that. Are there other ways to minimize tube/transformer noise?
What are the most reliable aforementioned tubes out there and what is the best place to get them?
Upscale audio seems to have quite a selection. PSVANE was also recommended by some.
I would prefer not to spend more than $600 on 845 tubes and hoping for reliable clean sounding tubes all around.
I also have C2600 preamp with stock tubes. Any advice on those?
I'm getting a loud buzzing noise from both channels at listening position which I find extremely annoying.
My current tubes are Shuguang 845C (cheap Chinese electron). Pre amp tubes are Tungsram ECC82 and driver tubes 6SN7 EH. Probably all cheap stock tubes. I Love the the sweet sound but noise level is unacceptable. Also very audible transformer noise, but I doubt there is a fix for that. Are there other ways to minimize tube/transformer noise?
What are the most reliable aforementioned tubes out there and what is the best place to get them?
Upscale audio seems to have quite a selection. PSVANE was also recommended by some.
I would prefer not to spend more than $600 on 845 tubes and hoping for reliable clean sounding tubes all around.
I also have C2600 preamp with stock tubes. Any advice on those?
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