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In Reply to: Yup, but the 5751 can be used in place of a 12AX7 so long as posted by Opus 33 1/3 on December 12, 2015 at 04:33:09:
Don't confuse the tube's Mu with the circuit's gain. You won't change the circuit gain by 30% since with the 12AX7 in the circuit it never achieved a gain of 100 anyway.Look at Randall Aiken's site (link below) and you can get a handle on this widely confused concept.
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Edits: 12/14/15
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- RE: Yup, but the 5751 can be used in place of a 12AX7 so long as - Jim McShane 14:02:24 12/14/15 (4)
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