Hi guys,
Just wanted to canvas the views of anybody on this forum who's had experience of swapping the stock tubes/valves of amps. for N.O.S. ones.Particularly those who have used the 12AX7A/ECC83 variants.
I've been considering substituting the stock tubes in my McIntosh C2300 pre-amp. for a matched set of Amperex's,Gold-Lions,Mullards or Telefunkens.In order to help with further reduction of background noise,increasing the resolution of detail & expression of dynamics & also provide a little more air & openness to the presentation.
Any other brands/varieties i should be aware of? Does anyone have experience with any of these valves? And what sonic charateristics would one generally ascribe to each individual variety of tube?
Regards & thanks.
BABUR.
Just wanted to canvas the views of anybody on this forum who's had experience of swapping the stock tubes/valves of amps. for N.O.S. ones.Particularly those who have used the 12AX7A/ECC83 variants.
I've been considering substituting the stock tubes in my McIntosh C2300 pre-amp. for a matched set of Amperex's,Gold-Lions,Mullards or Telefunkens.In order to help with further reduction of background noise,increasing the resolution of detail & expression of dynamics & also provide a little more air & openness to the presentation.
Any other brands/varieties i should be aware of? Does anyone have experience with any of these valves? And what sonic charateristics would one generally ascribe to each individual variety of tube?
Regards & thanks.
BABUR.