Tubes Asylum

Posted by musetap (A) on July 30, 2016 at 10:22:47

In Reply to: RE: THAT is a beautiful picture! METAL...yea, metal... THAT was the ONE!... N/T posted by Michael Samra on July 29, 2016 at 23:13:43

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