5751 Triple Mica - really that good?

In my experience, the Sylvania Triple Mica 5751 are the best sounding 12AX7 tubes ever produced.

You are right they also cost an exorbitant amount. If you must have the best, you'll pay for them. Outside of that, the current production Shuguang Triple Mica 12AX7B give you most of what the best variants ever provided at about $10/tube. I feel they eclipse many of the vaunted old make 12AX7, and obviously represent off the chart value.

Sylvania 5751 trips are fantastic, used them for years but seldom seen, by me at least, in recent years.

I neglected to say how the Sylvania 5751 black plate trip mica sounded. I agree with the others posting that they sound most excellent.

5751's can sound great. But, don't fall into the trap of assuming that ANY 5751 will sound better than a good 12ax7 simply because it's a 5751. I have tried countless 12ax7 variants and while I really like my GE, Sylvania and Raytheon triple mica 5751's, I always go back to Telefunken 12ax7's. Good luck.

Agreed, and highly system dependent. Tubes, like cables and tweaks are the audiophile's last bastion of tone control(s).