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Do tubes matter beyond gain stage on preamp?

High end preamps such as VAC, CJ, VTL only use a couple tubes on gain stage - impacts harmonics of course.  Vs BAT and ARC who use 8.

Tube dealers confide that tubes beyond gain stage dont meaningfully impact sound, saying its what people want so its done.  









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Everything matters.
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@ebm 

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rocray
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“Everything matters”

True that! 
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dekay
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"Tube dealers confide that tubes beyond gain stage dont meaningfully impact sound, saying its what people want so its done."

Please post details of the "tube dealers" who told you this.

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hilde45
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+1 @dekay

Which tube dealers told you that? They're either manipulating you for some reason, or they don't really know what they're doing.

A list of who said something that incompetent would be a service to all of us.

Waiting to hear.
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