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Telefunken 12au7 Smooth Plates

Posted on February 28, 2008 by tubemaze
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(19 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

“Changed my stock tubes with Telefunken 12AU7. WOW… it smooths up upper freq. and vocal.” Read

“… generally speaking all the Telefunken 12A family tubes I’ve heard (‘X7s, ‘T7s, ‘U7s) are a bit bright, thin and airy sounding. ” Read

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Posted in 12au7/ECC82 | 1 Reply

BEL 12ax7 Short Plates India

Posted on January 28, 2008 by tubemaze
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(11 votes, average: 3.82 out of 5)

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Mullard 12ax7 Sort Plates (Canada)

Posted on December 28, 2007 by tubemaze
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(9 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)

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GE 5751 5 Stars Gray Plates

Posted on November 28, 2007 by tubemaze
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(15 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5)

“…replaced the Tellies with the 5751’s and the screen was removed, I was able to stick my head out of the window and clearly see to the left and right. ” Read

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Posted in 12ax7/ECC83, 5751 | 1 Reply

Amperex 7316 Long Plates Foil Getter

Posted on October 29, 2007 by tubemaze
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(24 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5)

“The long plate tube pretty much sounds like a long plate Amperex 12AU7/ECC82 of the same vintage, which is softer/more lush.” Read

“The Amperex 7316s don’t sound as good as the much more common and real world priced Siemens 12AU7s in my amp” Read

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Siemens 12ax7 Long Plates

Posted on September 29, 2007 by tubemaze
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(29 votes, average: 3.55 out of 5)

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Lorentz EL84/6bq5

Posted on August 31, 2007 by tubemaze
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(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)

“… the earliest genuine Lorenz EL84 from Germany is an amazing tube.” Read

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The three Mullards – 12ax7

Posted on August 3, 2007 by tubemaze
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It is a common myth in the audiophile world that tubes manufactured on the same tooling will sound identical regardless of where they were pressed. After experimenting with EI 12ax7s built on Telefunken equipment—which proved to be a far cry from the originals—I decided to put Mullard’s 12ax7 global production to the test.

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RFT 12au7 Angled Getter

Posted on July 31, 2007 by tubemaze
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(12 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5)

” linear, clean but just a bit clinical and hard sounding. Good transparency and detail.” Read

“Silky sweet high, extremly detailed mid but a litle bass shy. See trough, great soundstage wide and deep without any sign of agression. ” Read

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EIA codes to ID USA vacuum tubes

Posted on June 3, 2007 by tubemaze
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EIA Example - Raytheon Admiral

EIA (Electronic Industries Association) codes you might find on a tube. A great resource to have when the original logo is gone or you have a generic logo (remarketed). See the post for all the codes

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