Tubes for VTL 7.5

I agree with Mr A with regards to the Teles. They were also manufactured to satisfy the German Telephone Service's needs(picky in the extreme), and specially selected for "low noise". The Siemens will outperform the Teslas though in realism. The Mullards, Brimars, Ediswan tubes will all impart the "warmth"/colorations that you are trying to avoid. If you don't skimp in this purchase: You'll never regret it! BTW- The Teles and Siemens are 10kHr tubes, so- they will probably outlast your ownership of the pre.

I used Mullards with great success. I also used 5751s which reduced the gain just a touch but also sounded great. I am a big fan of Siemens tubes as well. I am using their ECC801s in my amps. The Teles get too expensive at times. I did try a few of the S teles but I was unlucky. Be careful & use a tube dealer.

Dgad,

Did you find any other tube that reduced the gain a bit. My CD player has very high output voltage so with louder disk I some volume control. It's not a huge issue just asking.

Thanks

12AU7s also reduce the gain a little. I ended up upgrading the the MkII preamp instead. A nice step above the original. The 12AU7s are a little soft in the use in the original 7.5.

Thanks for all the help!
I ended up with a matched pair of Telefunken ECC801S 12AT7 from Brent Jessee. WOW what a difference. I would of never thought that $400 could make this much difference. I have bought $5000 speaker cables that never made this much difference. Everything is just better from the Bass to the Highs. All the glare is gone....

I really can't believe that there is really a preamp better then the VTL 7.5 with the Telefunken tubes in it. I have had preamp costing twice as much and they never had the overall sound quality that the 7.5 has.

BTW Brent Jessee is awesome to deal with and he sells the real deal.