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In Reply to: RE: There are ppl that claim tube sound is all hype. posted by FenderLover on July 27, 2016 at 00:18:00
Nice Mullards. Yes I have some. Watching the price go up. I also have some Valvo that are in nice boxes from the same guy that are Mullards. Not too long after that he offered me some and doubled the price.
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Except for the one I found. Not one complaint. Great deal.8^)
Edits: 07/28/16
Found these in my stash....
"I can't compete with the dead" (Buck W. 2010)
"It would take me forever. I don't think I have forever" (Byrd 2015)
" Most are in the amps and I have about 14 new in box Amperex/Mullard but Labeled GE and RCA and one metal base that says Philips miniwatt.It's funny because when I started evaluating GZ34s,it puzzled me why metal base ones sounded better in many amps than the fat based XF1 Mullards or the Amperex.So I started taking voltage measurements to see if I could see some reasons why. It turns out that metal based GZ34s were putting out 12vdc to 19vdc more than their Amperex/Mullard counterparts. This got me thinking so I tried GE copper plates which are one of my favorites,but it put similar voltage to the Mullards.. I kept trying more rect tubes until I came across this 5AU4 Raytheon tube which is essentially a 5V3.It's in the lower right part of the picture.I put the 5AU4 in the Leak ST-50 and the B+ voltage off the 5AU4 rect was identical to the metal base GZ34.I listened to the amp,and it sounded identical in every single way from top to bottom.
Here it where it gets complicated.These tubes draw 3.5amps of filament current where the GZ34 draws 2 amps and when I measured the filament voltage on the 5AU4,it was identical to the GZ34.The Leak amps have a huge power trafo being they can power two mono preamps as well as the amp,I let it run for 7 hours straight and would you believe it ran cooler with the 5AU4 than the GZ34? I told a friend in California with another Leak and he said I'm way ahead of you.I've been running the 5AU4 in mine for 3 years.He also said his ran cooler as well.It makes no sense but before you put this wonderful tube in that you can buy NOS/NIB for 8 to 12 dollars,you need to make sure your power trafo can handle the extra filament current.. All you have to do is measure the filament voltage with the 5AU4 installed and if it stays at the same voltage as your GZ34, you are good to go.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Edits: 07/29/16
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"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Marty
The metal based ones come out of old Sherwood mono integrated amps..I got two of those you see in my picture.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
moved over to a vintage Mullard, then a fat based vintage Mullard, then the apex, a metal based Mullard.
Remember it being a major improvement in the first two steps and a slightly less (but still quite noticeable) audio improvement from the FB to the Metal. Took this journey from reading reports here at AA about similar journeys. Always felt that with these vintage tubes IF I didn't hear
any improvement I could sell the tube for what I paid for it, maybe 10% less. That's one of the pluses buying used anything.
Anyway, was never a tech guy, so reading your report add credence to my subjective experences.
That Will Vincent ST70 (my first tube amp) LOVED the metal based Mullard GZ34!!!!!!!
I paid VERY close attention to all the tube changes done over the years to garner as much
listening experience as possible in getting to where I wanted to be.
The rectifier tube was easily as important as ANY of the power or driver tubes.
BTW Mike, my name isn't Marty.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
But it isn't Mike either!
Hope the situation with those cursed stones is improving.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
I was so tired that night I thought I was addressing Viridian.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
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