Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state?

daveyf

... these tubes are what are considered 'pulls'. IOW, they are tubes that have been used for years in some piece of gear and have been removed to now be sold as NOS tubes. Nothing wrong with this IMO ...

There is something very wrong with that. "NOS" means "New Old Stock." If the tube is used, it definitely isn't NOS.

Big mistake going Solid state.
I am in the process of wrapping up a  upgrade on all resistors in my Jadis DPL linestage, 
The stock Jadis metal oxide are quite good actuallly, But the Takman Rey's are far superior, Huge gains on sonic performance. 

I'd say take all res in the quicksilver and swap out to Takman Rey's, start with main res 1st.
Richard swaped out in stages, 
Will post a  YT vid shortly showing off this upgrade.
If you can, go with Tele 12AX7 vs the RCA blackplates.
also upgrade your interconnects to navships. 
Recap with Mundorf EVO SG or Supreme EVO SGO.

tube is used, it definitely isn't NOS.



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True, but NOS are really hard to find and are quite expensive,
I always go with very strong/strong Old Stock. = Near NOS range. 

Any opinions on Tube Depot?

And can I please get educated on what add on options on tubes mean like
balanced triode
high gain
low noise and microphonic?

@aj523
Tube Depot is fine!
Google is your friend! Here ya go!

As tubes wear, some problems can come up. One of the most common symptoms is a ringing sound. This is usually due to the tube becoming microphonic. Like its name suggests, a microphonic tube is picking up sound and amplifying it.

Dual triode preamp tubes like the 12AX7 really have two separate tubes inside one glass envelope. When the plate current draw of each triode is the same (as evaluated by our VTV testers), we refer to that as having balanced triodes. These may or may not also have the same gain on each triode but are still considered balanced.

12AX7 tube is a high gain dual triode tube found in many tube amps. Because of the high gain, the 12AX7 tube is often used in the V1 position of guitar amps, which has a lot of effect on sonics. It is the tube that defines the sound of your amp in a big way.