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In Reply to: RE: Confusion at MX110 12AX7 tube results posted by Paul Kehayas on December 29, 2016 at 07:58:14
All of the Russian reissues have the same house sound, IME. There is a shading of bright to dark among them however. The TS reissues tended to have the brightest sound, and the GL's the darkest sound. With the Mullards being in the middle. To my ear there is only a small difference among them from top to bottom, and again, they all have the same basic house-sound. In the end I much preferred the sound of the JJ's in my CAT SL1 Renaissance. Using their 6922's and their ECC803s in the CAT and could not be happier with them.
Best of luck finding a combo that does it for you. The hunt can be fun if you'll let it be.
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How did the JJ sound in comparison to the house sound of the New Swnsor stuff? Particularly the 803s?
Paul
In general, smoother, more natural sounding than the Ruskies. More holographic in their presentation. The JJ's may have more midrange emphasis, which is not to say they lack anything at frequency extremes, but I feel it gives them a more lifelike presentation. I went through a period where I tried nearly every one of the New Sensor reissues including the TS 803s. In the end none of them satisfied. They all left me wanting. To say they disappointed would not be fair at all, as they are all competent performers. They just didn't scratch my itch the way the JJ's do. I read someplace that much of the tooling JJ uses came from Telefunken. Comparing the sound of the JJ 6922's to my coveted stash of Tele 6922's I have no problem believing that story about the tooling. They are VERY close. I've also read comments of others likening the sound of the JJ 803 to the Tele. However I have no Tele 12AX or 803 examples in my collection from which I can pass on any personal experience on that. At roughly $25 a piece for the JJ 803s, it's not much to venture to find out.
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