Two new preamp tubes making me smile!

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Picked up a couple new NOS tubes from the bay. One turned out to be the finest sounding tube in my collection. The other is a pleasant surprise!

The pleasant surprise is a CBS 7025 grey longplate horseshoe getter. Wow. What a sweet, pleasant listenable tube.

The other, or the other two... I scored a matched pair for approx. $75.

They are Hammond organ tubes made by Mullard. I63's with Blackburn codes.

WOW!!!!! Both on the sound, and that I was able to score a couple pristine examples for that price.

The previous best sounding tube in my collection was also a Hammond, this particular one made by Amperex. It is still obviously a super sweet sounding tube, but I guess I must prefer that Mullard sound. Midrange to die for! Not syrupy or dark like I might have imagined. Not at all. But just a beautiful sound. Difficult to describe! You just have to hear it...

Cheers!
Andrew

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Topic - Two new preamp tubes making me smile! - MLGrado 09:38:37 03/30/15 (2)

RE: Two new preamp tubes making me smile! - dadbar 07:43:34 03/31/15 (0)

The RCA 7025 is a great tube, too. - FenderLover 10:36:12 03/30/15 (0)

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