RE: I agree with Pats findings........

Posted by romandoc on March 10, 2012 at 08:21:50

In Reply to: RE: I agree with Pats findings........ posted by Pat S. on March 7, 2012 at 10:16:08:

Agree with the posters above, but the E80CC has to be OK'd by the manufacturer, it's not always a drop in, as far as I know.
The best 12AU7 examples I know of are:
- Hivac - long, smooth plates, square getter (lucid, warm, extended, sweet)
- Mullard - the long plates square getter is supremely superior to the later, short plates round getter (warm, fat sounding, liquid, slightly rolled off in the extreme highs)
- Amperex Holland long plates square getter, much, much better than the later short plate round getter (just like the Mullards above but without rolled off highs)
- Siemens silver plates (the best for everything, except don't do warmth, liquidity and fatness like the Mullards)
- I personally like Telefunkens, I don't find them thin sounding, and I like fat sounding Mullards, too. They give you a different perspective, that's all, I find them very extended up and down with a very liquid, not warm, but deliciously liquid midrange.
- CBS/Hytron 5814A black plates square getters. You can't go wrong with any American made 12au7 that has black, long plates and square or horseshoe getter, like Raytheon, GE, RCA.
- Cleartops RCA are a must try just to realize how much they lack the refinement of all the tubes mentioned above. But I prefer them to the short, grey plates round getters.
Of course, there are others.

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Topic - What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - cids 17:21:05 03/04/12 (29)

RE: What is the LEAST bad sounding? - Timbo in Oz 21:05:03 03/09/12 (0)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - mulveling 07:33:33 03/08/12 (0)

RE: Tung-Sol Square Getter - reb 16:37:47 03/07/12 (0)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - Neff 20:42:14 03/05/12 (2)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - jseverino50 07:37:00 03/07/12 (1)

RE: Brimar 4034 - Neff 17:46:25 03/07/12 (0)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - twystd 20:39:45 03/04/12 (18)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - Tubeham 07:20:24 03/05/12 (17)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - twystd 19:20:07 03/05/12 (13)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - R Browne 19:54:53 03/06/12 (9)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - twystd 20:54:03 03/06/12 (8)

I fully agree... - R Browne 21:33:46 03/06/12 (7)

RE: I fully agree... - Pat S. 22:29:49 03/06/12 (6)

RE: I agree with Pats findings........ - Neff 04:48:26 03/07/12 (5)

RE: I agree with Pats findings........ - ksk 07:01:02 03/07/12 (4)

RE: I agree with Pats findings........ - Pat S. 10:16:08 03/07/12 (3)

RE: I agree with Pats findings........ - romandoc 08:21:50 03/10/12 (0)

Yes, and you know what? - XLR8OR 04:59:59 03/08/12 (1)

RE: E80CC - Neff 06:31:33 03/10/12 (0)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - Daverz 18:29:34 03/06/12 (0)

Agree RCA clear top are junk...........nt - Neff 06:54:41 03/06/12 (0)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - Laudanum 06:50:44 03/06/12 (0)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - cids 10:51:15 03/05/12 (2)

Amperex ECC82 - FenderLover 07:23:43 03/06/12 (1)

It is Funny how certain 12au7's by a certain maker of really - Minussss3db 10:53:29 03/07/12 (0)

RE: What is the best sounding 12AU7 ???? - FenderLover 17:59:41 03/04/12 (3)

You mean 5814??? /nt\ - Opus 104 18:19:52 03/04/12 (2)

Yes! - FenderLover 20:08:23 03/04/12 (1)

Reminds me of the dyslexic agnostic with insomnia. - Opus 104 20:23:09 03/04/12 (0)

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