12AU7/ECC82 Tube Ratings

90 rated 12AU7/ECC82 tubes, 1990 reader votes in total. Ranked by average star rating; ties go to the tube with more votes.

Ranked: 3 or more votes

  1. Mullard 12AU7 Long Plates Mitcham5.0 · 4 votes
  2. Brimar 12AU7 Clear Top Gray Plates4.8 · 5 votes
  3. BEL 12AU7 Short Plates India4.8 · 4 votes
  4. Sylvania CHS 5963 Gray Plates4.5 · 8 votes
  5. Mullard 12AU7 Short Gray Plates4.5 · 4 votes
  6. Mazda 12AU7 Gray Plates4.5 · 13 votes
  7. Raytheon CK5814 Black Plates Triple Mica4.4 · 26 votes
  8. Mullard CV4003/12AU7 Box Plates4.4 · 24 votes
  9. RCA 12AU7 Clear Top4.4 · 37 votes
  10. Amperex 12AU7 Sort Plates Large O-getter4.3 · 3 votes
  11. Siemens 12AU7 Chrome Plates4.3 · 27 votes
  12. Amperex 12AU7 Long Plates4.3 · 8 votes
  13. Philips CV491/12AU7 short plates O-getter4.2 · 21 votes
  14. Mullard CV491 Long Plates Cage Getter (Mid 50’s)4.2 · 13 votes
  15. Mullard 12AU7 Long Plates []-getter4.2 · 10 votes
  16. Amperex 7316 Short Plates O-getter4.2 · 5 votes
  17. Amperex 7316 Long Plates Foil Getter4.2 · 24 votes
  18. Westinghouse JAN-CWL 12AU7 Carbon Plates4.2 · 19 votes
  19. RCA 5963 Black Plates4.2 · 19 votes
  20. Brimar 6067/12AU7 Black Plates4.1 · 37 votes
  21. GE JG-5814 Black Flat Plates4.1 · 37 votes
  22. GE 5814 Black Plates Triple Mica4.1 · 21 votes
  23. Valvo/Amperex 12AU7 Hamburg D-getter4.1 · 15 votes
  24. Amperex 7316 Short Plates D-getter4.1 · 15 votes
  25. CBS-Hytron 5814A Black Plates4.1 · 8 votes
  26. Amperex 12AU7 Bugle Boy4.1 · 18 votes
  27. Valvo ECC186/7316/12AU7 Holland4.1 · 49 votes
  28. Ken-Rad (GE) 5814 Carbon Plates4.1 · 10 votes
  29. RCA 5814 Black Plates 3 Mica4.1 · 23 votes
  30. Amperex 12AU7 Orange Globe4.1 · 26 votes
  31. Bottlehead Crack headphone amplifier4.1 · 14 votes
  32. Sylvania Gold Brand 5814 Triple Mica4.0 · 40 votes
  33. Telefunken 12AU7 Smooth Plates4.0 · 19 votes
  34. GE 5814 Gray Plates Triple Mica4.0 · 15 votes
  35. Sylvania JHS 5814 Black Plates Triple Mica4.0 · 10 votes
  36. Sylvania JHS 5814WA High Triple Mica Gray Plates4.0 · 6 votes
  37. Mullard 12AU7 10M Series4.0 · 6 votes
  38. Amperex 12AU7 Long Plates (UK)4.0 · 3 votes
  39. Valvo ECC82/12AU7 Long Plates 45-degree O-getter4.0 · 42 votes
  40. Sylvania Gold Brand GB-5814A/12AU7 Long Gray Plates4.0 · 31 votes
  41. Tung-sol 12AU7 Black Glass4.0 · 23 votes
  42. Siemens 5814 Triple Mica4.0 · 20 votes
  43. Tung-Sol 12AU7 Black Plates Black Glass4.0 · 19 votes
  44. Valvo ECC82/12AU7 Long Plates D-getter3.9 · 29 votes
  45. GE 5963 Black Plates3.9 · 10 votes
  46. Tungsram E80CC3.9 · 16 votes
  47. Valvo ECC82/12AU7 Short Plates 45-degree O-getter3.9 · 37 votes
  48. Ken-Rad (GE) 12AU7 Long Black Plates3.9 · 13 votes
  49. Tesla ECC802S3.8 · 96 votes
  50. Toshiba 12AU73.8 · 31 votes
  51. Sylvania 6189/12au7WA Gray plates Triple Mica3.8 · 40 votes
  52. Westinghouse 12AU7 Carbon Plates3.8 · 24 votes
  53. RFT 12AU7 Angled Getter3.8 · 12 votes
  54. Sylvania JHS 5963 Gray Plates3.8 · 12 votes
  55. Tungsram 12AU7 Hungary3.8 · 48 votes
  56. Philips 12AU7 Welded Plates 19563.8 · 9 votes
  57. Raytheon CK 5814 Windmill Getter3.7 · 26 votes
  58. RCA Victor 12AU7/ECC82 Black Plates D-getter 19493.7 · 24 votes
  59. RCA 12AU7 Long Gray Plates3.7 · 14 votes
  60. Mazda Belvu 6189/12au7WA Triple Mica Gray Plates3.7 · 46 votes
  61. Ken-Rad 12AU7 long black plates3.7 · 23 votes
  62. Sylvania JHS 5814 Gray Plates3.7 · 10 votes
  63. Sylvania JHS 12AU7 Black Plates3.7 · 18 votes
  64. Brimar CV4068/12AU7 Long Black plates3.7 · 20 votes
  65. Raytheon 12AU7 black plates3.6 · 30 votes
  66. RCA 12AU7 Black Plates3.6 · 38 votes
  67. Raytheon CRP 5814 Black Plates D-getter3.6 · 33 votes
  68. GE 6189 Black Plates Triple mica3.6 · 23 votes
  69. Mazda 12AU7 Cifte3.6 · 32 votes
  70. Brimar CV491/12AU7 Long Plates3.6 · 17 votes
  71. Tung-Sol 6189 Long Gray Plates Horse Shoe getter3.6 · 12 votes
  72. EI 12AU7 Smooth Plates3.5 · 4 votes
  73. Brimar 12AU7 Long Gray Plates3.5 · 71 votes
  74. Tung-Sol 12AU7 black plates vertical D-getter3.5 · 27 votes
  75. RCA 5963 Long Gray plates3.5 · 19 votes
  76. Tung-Sol 6189/ECC82/12AU7W tube – Russia3.4 · 18 votes
  77. CBS-Hytron 12AU7 Black Plates3.4 · 21 votes
  78. Mullard M8136/12AU7 Box plates England3.4 · 50 votes
  79. Matsushita 12AU7 Short Plates3.3 · 35 votes
  80. Mullard 12AU7/ECC82 Reissue Russia3.3 · 10 votes
  81. Psvane 12AU7-T3.2 · 86 votes
  82. Electro-Harmonix 12AU73.2 · 86 votes
  83. RCA 5814 Black Plates3.1 · 10 votes
  84. Sylvania 12AU7 Short Black Plates3.0 · 5 votes
  85. Sylvania 12AU7 Gray Plates3.0 · 5 votes
  86. Triad 12AU7/ECC82 Black plates O-getter Taiwan3.0 · 3 votes
  87. 12AU7 gray plates2.8 · 5 votes
  88. ShuGuang/Ruby 12AU7 Gray Plates2.4 · 7 votes

Fewer than 3 votes

  1. Sylvania JHS 6189 Black Plates5.0 · 2 votes
  2. Mullard 12AU7 Sort Plates Mitcham3.5 · 2 votes

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