12ax7 for ARC SP16

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Hi,
Just wondering if there are some Audio Research SP16 owners out there who have tube rolled on this preamp. I just got this couple days ago locally from a gentleman(I have their VS110 as amp), so far it sounds very good with just factory tubes (it's I think 4-5 yrs old), but I'm sure there are tubes out there that would be better suit with this pre.

Also, I don't know why, but the pre stage is using 3 12ax7, do I need to change all 3?

And what about using other 12au7/12at7 tube instead, the gain to me currently is actually abit too much with my mhdt Havana.

Thanks and good listening!

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Topic - 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - btbluesky 23:34:10 10/03/11 (10)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - kevc 18:13:27 10/24/11 (2)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - btbluesky 22:19:10 10/24/11 (1)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - kevc 05:01:48 10/25/11 (0)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - btbluesky 21:07:06 10/08/11 (0)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - RackCrew 04:39:56 10/05/11 (0)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - DTB300 11:15:40 10/04/11 (0)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - FenderLover 07:08:52 10/04/11 (3)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - JJ Triode 08:59:59 10/04/11 (2)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - Mechans 06:30:27 10/06/11 (1)

RE: 12ax7 for ARC SP16 - Freo-1 07:01:54 10/08/11 (0)

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