"I am now down to about 5000 tubes... I am now down to about 5000 tubes..."
George, those words resonate and I would like to take this opportunity to say that I am trying to get UP to 5,000 tubes! Well, maybe 500.
And you can always tell your wife that you are a recovering addict, since going from 100,000 to 5,000 is a pretty good accomplishment.
But back to the topic, so there is some merit to tube rolling in that one brand and type of tube in one type of amp (triode or ultralinear) does have a noticeable difference. But what if you were someone like me, a person sort of located not too close to other tube enthusiasts and diy audiophiles (so no one to borrow a cup of vacuum tubes from)? Would you try to hunt down modestly priced NOS tubes or take the easy way out and go with new manufactured tubes if you wanted to try this tube rolling thing?
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