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Yep the AE-3 pre....

The AE-3 pre amp assuming you stayed with the tube types they use for the kit and factory built units. They use 6SN7s in the pre and I must tell you the tube you choose has a very obvious effect on the sound you get. That's good and bad in my case.

The bad, I bought way too many used tubes which when used in the AE-3 expose every fault which for most is some degree of microphony. I agree with what Jim McShane has said about that, which is that if it is not inducing a feedbacvk loop and you don't tap your tubes like a drum set while playing many will be just fine.

The good I also have some really beautiful sounding tubes and this pre shows them off and demonstrates why some are truly special and or precious. I have a lot of Sylvania Ws and they sound really great in this pre. There are several others of course, but for the sake of brevity I will leave it at that.
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