Thanks @cfa88 for your suggestion. I'll look into that!
Tubes Recommendation for McIntosh Preamp
Hi, I recently purchased an used McIntosh 2-chassis C1100 tube preamp. So far I'm pretty happy with it.
I'm thinking about replacing the line level stock tubes. They are 2 12AT7 and 1 12AX7A per channel.
I'm looking for recommendation from fellow members here. I would like something on the warm side (definitely not bright sounding), and good solid and tight bass.
Also I wonder if I need matching. e.g. do I need 2 matched pairs of 12AT7, with each matched pairs for each channel. Or do I need matched quad of 12AT7 for both channels. Same question for the 12X7A. Do I need them to be matched. I don't seem to see any information available in the user manual on tube replacement.
Thanks very much in advance!
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