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Little piccy of the 56 RCA’s i took the plunge on. Anyone tried these?
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Little piccy of the 56 RCA’s i took the plunge on. Anyone tried these?
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Thats good to know. Ive had it on good authority that the 50s RCAs are the best. Can you remember how the raytheon differs? I need to buy one more for my linestage but dont know wether to wait until i hear the RCAs first or take the plunge on something else
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Hhmmm this has got me thinking now. They are definitely three of the characteristics i like. Although i very rarely play digital music unless I stick spotify on for the missus. (She’s forbidden from the turntable , far to clumsy for that haha)
Can you remember what year and lettering it was Steve?
Thanks
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No worries mate, i actually messaged him last night but he doesnt have any 12bh7A at the moment. Theres a couple of 50s and 60s black plate raytheon available in america for 40-50 usd. Not too badly priced. Might be worth a gamble?
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You could also consider a Westinghouse 12BH7. There is actually one for sale on AoS at the moment.
https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...2BH7a-for-sale
Steve
I think you'll be absolutely fine with the very nice NOS valves you've got already.
Looking back on my own experience, the only change I'd consider a priority would be swapping any ECC99's that might have been fitted for NOS 12bh7's.
Apart from that if someone were to sneakily replace my carefully selected NOS valves with others I'd rejected, I reckon I probably wouldn't notice the difference.
You can get really hyper about these things when you're "in the zone" and waste an awful lot of time and money.
That's what I reckon, anyway. :)