Valve Itch phono

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Its a reliable contact tube socket that brand. Not always the case with fancy expensive sockets. Loose gold pins ceramic happen a lot. Especially with tube rolling.
Gripping clean contacts matter more than exotic materials in audio frequencies.

By the way how do you like your Valve Itch now? Can you detect the tilt from light 15.5nF you had to 15.9nF heavy? Light/heavy vs 15.75nF C3 in schematic I mean.
 
One day I had an itch to try some other tubes for my Itch. Read some good reviews for the Linlai 6SN7 and decided to order a pair.
I left them to burn a couple of days and did a lot of listening the last couple of weeks. However they did not live up to my expectations. Compared to my Tungsol reissues they were a little thin, less resolution and not so good on the bass. So the Tungsols are back into service.
 

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