“The Brimar CV4004″s in my Marshall 50watt master volume are to say the least,sweet”

“The Brimar CV4004 is a classic British sounding valve. Refined and well balanced and does every thing it should very well. ” Read

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“Of the current 12AX7s the Genalex Gold Lion seem to test and sound better than most IMO” Read

“They have excellent stage and dimensionality. They bring depth, breath and width to the music, especially with the mid range.” Read

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“I couldn’t believe the tone that I got. The amp really came alive. Tons of nice smooth gain.” Read

“The Tesla E83CC is an excellent performing tube. It is probably best suited for a high gain phono stage or mic input where its low noise attributes are most needed. ” Read Continue reading →

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“The Amperex’s are very rich and thick, smooth and more refined but still very detailed.” Read

“he typically vibrant yet rich and transparent Amperex sound with less of the typical 12AX7 softness and lack of focus.” Read

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A great write up about various tubes for home audio and guitar amps.

http://www.watfordvalves.com/cgi-bin/documents/testreport_2.pdf