I'm planning to buy some new tubes.
These tubes will mainly be small-signal and driver tubes.
But I hoped that somebody here could help me and recommend some tubes which I should consider to buy.
These tubes are already in stock:
6C45
6922
ECC82
12AX7WA
12BH7
Not very many, so I think i will need some more.
especially I need some tubes which i can use as input tube in my current amp project. It's an amp which uses 12BH7 as drivertube and KT88.
I'm going to order the tubes from:
http://www.demostenes.no/
These tubes will mainly be small-signal and driver tubes.
But I hoped that somebody here could help me and recommend some tubes which I should consider to buy.
These tubes are already in stock:
6C45
6922
ECC82
12AX7WA
12BH7
Not very many, so I think i will need some more.
especially I need some tubes which i can use as input tube in my current amp project. It's an amp which uses 12BH7 as drivertube and KT88.
I'm going to order the tubes from:
http://www.demostenes.no/
For ECC82 & ECC83 ( and possibly 12BH7) , I like RCA cleartops. They sound very good, and they also look really cool! I wish I had more. A bit different from the rest of the tubes out there.
I am not too impressed with Philips Miniwatt/ Amperex BB, they sound a bit ho-hum in my opinion. Too "lush" for me.
I am not too impressed with Philips Miniwatt/ Amperex BB, they sound a bit ho-hum in my opinion. Too "lush" for me.
Gunderz said:I'm planning to buy some new tubes.
Whoa...just had a funny thought... A guy walks by a dark alley; a guy wearing a heavy, black trenchcoat appears from the shadows...he cracks his coat, revealing shiny tubes...he wispers "yea, whaddya want"... etc.
Tim
ShiFtY said:...I am not too impressed with Philips Miniwatt/ Amperex BB, they sound a bit ho-hum in my opinion. Too lush for me.
Perhaps it's the paint they use?
hi,
amperex Bb had three type.
Long plate square getter, short plate & short plate with miusic
label also good.
Miniwatt that was not expensive but quite good & real NOS.
for example Cv181/6sn7. many people say good. also many people say not good.
Depend their taste.
If U love them U will find one million excuse that they were good.If U not like them U can find one billion excuse that they were bad.
thanks
Thomas
amperex Bb had three type.
Long plate square getter, short plate & short plate with miusic
label also good.
Miniwatt that was not expensive but quite good & real NOS.
for example Cv181/6sn7. many people say good. also many people say not good.
Depend their taste.
If U love them U will find one million excuse that they were good.If U not like them U can find one billion excuse that they were bad.
thanks
Thomas
For goodness Sake !
I do hope you're not going down the '6SN7/CV181' route ! 6SN7 is a completely different valve to the ECC32/CV181 , only sharing the same pinout and filament voltage . Everything else is different , including the shape , the cost of Cv181 is atromonical and hardly good value for money compared to a 6SN7 . This is 'tuberolling' at it's very worst , ensue the valve used is the one the circuit was designed for or at the very least within 20% tolerance of the parameters . 6SN7 and Cv181 hardly fall into this category at all . I don't know about everyone else but I found the ECC32/CV181 to give a very uninspiring sound , Brimar 13D3 is to be preferred . It shares exactly the same characteristics but is on a B9a base at about $10 each . 7N7 has tested some of these for distortion and it appears to be an overlooked gem
316a
I do hope you're not going down the '6SN7/CV181' route ! 6SN7 is a completely different valve to the ECC32/CV181 , only sharing the same pinout and filament voltage . Everything else is different , including the shape , the cost of Cv181 is atromonical and hardly good value for money compared to a 6SN7 . This is 'tuberolling' at it's very worst , ensue the valve used is the one the circuit was designed for or at the very least within 20% tolerance of the parameters . 6SN7 and Cv181 hardly fall into this category at all . I don't know about everyone else but I found the ECC32/CV181 to give a very uninspiring sound , Brimar 13D3 is to be preferred . It shares exactly the same characteristics but is on a B9a base at about $10 each . 7N7 has tested some of these for distortion and it appears to be an overlooked gem
316a
tubes I like:
ECC99 / 5687 / E182CC / 7119 / -> Great driver for a KT88 amp
6BX7GT -> nice driver or even output tube in small PP amp
6072-A -> a "better" 12AX7? lower mu and rp and more linear in my opinion. (look for GE)
EF86 -> a nice pre-amp pentode pretty linear in both pentode and triode mode
D3a, E810F -> high transconductanse pentodes. Quite interesiting in triode mode.
C3m -> Pentode. Not so widely used, but good linearity both in pentode and triode, runs at nice current levels, not too low, and not too high = flexible.
6CJ3, 6CG3, 6BE3, 6AX4GT, 6D22s -> rectifier diodes. Need two for full wave, these have gotten more and more attention lately. In my opinion a better alternative to most normal rectifiers. Less voltage drop and better current capability.
ECC99 / 5687 / E182CC / 7119 / -> Great driver for a KT88 amp
6BX7GT -> nice driver or even output tube in small PP amp
6072-A -> a "better" 12AX7? lower mu and rp and more linear in my opinion. (look for GE)
EF86 -> a nice pre-amp pentode pretty linear in both pentode and triode mode
D3a, E810F -> high transconductanse pentodes. Quite interesiting in triode mode.
C3m -> Pentode. Not so widely used, but good linearity both in pentode and triode, runs at nice current levels, not too low, and not too high = flexible.
6CJ3, 6CG3, 6BE3, 6AX4GT, 6D22s -> rectifier diodes. Need two for full wave, these have gotten more and more attention lately. In my opinion a better alternative to most normal rectifiers. Less voltage drop and better current capability.
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Stigla has suggested some useful types. However I do not like E182CC/7119, nasty-sounding things. 6463 is much better (mu = 20). 13D3 as 316A mentioned is excellent (mu=32) and I recommend it although you wouldn't want to drive anything much with it ( ra = 14k).
If you are happy to use Loctal sockets, then 7N7 is still excellent value and as a 6SL7 alternative there is 7F7.
As an alternative to 6BX7, there is 6BL7 (mu=15) which is a very good driver.
7N7
Joel said:
Perhaps it's the paint they use?
Stigla has suggested some useful types. However I do not like E182CC/7119, nasty-sounding things. 6463 is much better (mu = 20). 13D3 as 316A mentioned is excellent (mu=32) and I recommend it although you wouldn't want to drive anything much with it ( ra = 14k).
If you are happy to use Loctal sockets, then 7N7 is still excellent value and as a 6SL7 alternative there is 7F7.
As an alternative to 6BX7, there is 6BL7 (mu=15) which is a very good driver.
7N7
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