Valve rolling is a slippery slope. :-)
Valve rolling is a slippery slope. :-)
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Another Sovtek 12AX7LPS recommendation here as a cheapish new valve.
Keep an eye out for Ei ECC83 /12AX7s too. They have not been made for a few years now, but used Telefunken smooth plate tooling. They were often branded as Marshall, Edicron, RCA as well as Ei. So can still be found at reasonable prices if you know what to look for. They have a 2A1 etched code near the base...
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Thread moved from Analogue Art to Blank Canvas, as it's not really about playing records!
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
...and subsequently moved to where it *actually* belongs, as the thread title is 'Tube Rolling'!
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Seems like even some mods don't READ things properly....Info on tubes and headphones (inc. headphone amps and systems) should also be discussed here.
If the main theme of the discussion had been about music, the place for the thread would've been in Musical Compositions. If the main theme had been cartridges, then it would've gone into Analogue Art (where cartridges, and everything relating to turntables, or other analogue source components, is discussed), and if the main theme is actually about tubes, then, as outlined, it should've been put here.
The main theme of the discussion dictates where threads should go. It's all about the main theme
Blank Canvas is for all hi-fi discussions out with of those covered by the dedicated sections underneath, or anything else that doesn't appear to have an obvious 'home'.
This stuff ain't rocket science, folks!
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Try NOS Mazda ecc83's. They tend to be cheaper than old Mullards but sound much the same. I have 2 which I tried in my phono stage and they sound equally as good as my old shield Mullards.
If you have the valve that came with the Project even a new JJ or Tungsol ecc83 will sound better.
You will end up buying a selection like the rest of us anyway so just dip a toe depending on how much you want to spend.
Thorens TD550, Ortofon 12", Ortofon Jubilee or Koetsu Black; Rothwell MCL SUT, VTL 2.5 pre, XTC POW 1 power; Naim CD5x; KEF Reference 3.2's; Van den Hul interconnects and speaker cables.