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| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? The only thing that can come to mind about making your power tubes last longer would be to set their bias a little under than the recommendation for the amplifier. This will not hurt the amp or the tubes in any way. The manufacturer has a recommen... | |
| Are EL34 based amps more musical than KT series based ? Or it's purely a matter of design? Larryi, I’ve heard a lot of those very low watt tubes you’re referring to and came to conclude that they sounded good when matched with the correct speakers but when not matched correctly, they didn’t sound any better than other really good tubes.... | |
| Are EL34 based amps more musical than KT series based ? Or it's purely a matter of design? I’ve been listening to the EL34 tube for over 35 yrs and have compared it to many power tubes. When it comes down to which tube is more musical, the EL34 tube is simply the better tube in my opinion. I own several very expensive tube amplifiers th... | |
| Should I use Impedance 4 or 8? Many questions posted on this site are things I came across yrs ago so sometimes I wonder why people don’t know this stuff but the again I have to realize some people haven’t been in this hobby as long as others. If someone tells you to match th... | |
| Has anybody heard of the Conrad Johnson Premier 1b Ralpho isn’t someone you want to get information from. Reminds me of all the people that put misinformation online. If people don’t know, why don’t they just not comment? Either way, Conrad Johnson made the Premier 1 amplifi... | |
| 12au7 tube? One point also, we are also in the era of hifi Capacitors as there are so many variety and wonderful and beautiful sounding capacitors being made today from various good companies. | |
| 12au7 tube? Mattw73, great information. I liked your knowledge and experience on various tubes. Sounds like you’ve done a lot of listening to different types as I have. Well I know these things sound crazy but that’s why this is a hobby. I can’t remember all ... | |
| 12au7 tube? I mix match cables and try to use quality cabling. I pretty much don’t use basic cables. I had them in the past, Wireworld, Audio Quest, Cardas, MIT, Tara Labs and so on. I’ve been using newer cables from new companies that sound better to me than... | |
| 12au7 tube? No I do not ever try to match brands of tubes together nor have I ever thought about that neither do I see any benefit to it. Almost all of my equipment is operating with all different brands of tubes. Even though I had Mullard MCI 12ax7’s as inpu... | |
| 12au7 tube? Mullard MCI 12ax7 input tubes. | |
| 12au7 tube? Mullard EL34’s are great and there is opinions about the differences in sound between the single and dual getters. I think I have both but never compared to hear which is better. I did evaluate between single getter 1960’s Mullard and 1970’s brown... | |
| 12au7 tube? Mulveling, good points on the 6SN7’s. Audiojan, reason why I think it’s important for one to hear the tube in ones own system is because what sounds good in someone else system may not sound best in yours and you might have a different preferenc... | |
| 12au7 tube? I never thought the Sylvania GTB was anything special. Very warm midrange and extended top. I liked the Raytheon 6SN7 WGT brown base which is a really nice sounding tube. For 12au7’s, I liked Raytheon’s, RCA black plates, Valvos, Brimars, didn’t l... | |
| 12au7 tube? I like Telefunken very much. Always found them to be very open and musical. They last for yrs. In fact all of my tubes, doesn’t matter what brand last and have never worn out. The only tube I remember having problems was the Sylvania triple mica b... | |
| 12au7 tube? Elrog 300b = $3,500 pair |