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A brief history of 12ax7 tubes
The 12ax7 tube is arguably the most popular audio vacuum tube that has ever been created. It’s popularity is driven by use in many Hi-Fi tube amplifiers and especially guitar amplifiers, where it’s pushed really hard and burns out fairly quickly. Introduced in May of 1947, the tube gained almost immediate popularity due to its very high gain – mu: 100, so it amplifies voltage 100x! Although I’ve seen JJ and Sovtek 12ax7 tubes go as high as 115, but that’s not up to spec.
Mullard 10M 12ax7 Short Plates
The Best 12ax7 tubes
Which 12ax7/5751 tube won the right to be called the best and the worst?
Updated August 5th, 2020
Continue readingSovtek 12ax7LPS Russia
“12AX7LP Sovtek tubes…very linear, has great looking curves…large full sound stage, very musical with great detail…smooth and involving” — Charles Kittleson, Editor, Vacuum Tube Valley
Continue readingGenalex B759/12ax7 Box Art
I recently came across a few boxes of Genalex B759 tubes. Unfortunately the boxes are empty, but I still wanted to share with everybody the amount of effort that went into creating these boxes and what goes inside of them including test report sheet.
Continue readingMullard – NOS vs Reissue
A great article with in-depth breakdown of internal structure of Mullard tubes NOS vs Reissue
Electro-Harmonix 7025/12ax7 tube
Mullard 12ax7/CV4004 Short Plates Russia
Telefunken ECC803S Germany
“ecc803s was not magical at all, it sound like great solid state without and sign of 50s euro tubes typical bloom” Read
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