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I use some Golden Dragon tube dampers on the the two 12AX7s on my amp and also the tubes on my Phono stage.
On the amp they definitely reduce ringing and tighten the bass.
Shame you already bought some Jimbo as I could have dropped some in the post for you to try...
I bought some tube rings a week ago and popped them on last night. I was not expecting much and as with all things tweakable results can be negligible or positive or negative. I usually rant on how something has made a difference in detail but I thought that in order to give an idea how much of a difference they made I would rank them against other ancillary tweaks I have done in the past so you can see how much of an effect they had. All I would say is they were a positive effect.
So here they come in terms of effectiveness in the weird world of hifi tweaks.:) I am not including equipment in this list.
Valves
Isolation gizmos and platforms
IC Cables
Valve rings
Mains cables
Unswitched silver plated sockets
Fuses
That's quite a substantial upgrade for very little money James . Do you have a link to the ones you bought please .
Here you go mate, not cheap but worth it. I am that impressed I am ordering more.:)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-DAMPE...-/252090224520
the 396a is a mm wider over the ecc83, so are the rings pliant enough to stretch?
......depends on how big the willie is that you are waving :eyebrows:
Sorry couldn't resist, not that there is any of this on here :)
The effects of the tube rings on the Croft 25R performance were not subtle. I noticed that, with the rings applied: bass was tighter, cleaner, and more dynamic. Transient attacks were more coherent and high frequencies were more crisp and extended, but without a trace of hardness.
There was also improvement in the reproduction of low-level dynamics and tonality in vocals with a fuller 3D image. Some of the midrange muddiness disappeared and there was general cleaning up of detail and imaging.