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I like this tube in the non cryo state I was wondering if cryo treating sounds better???
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Thanks very much for the info...I placed an order yesterday for the following:
5 x JJ Tesla ECC802S / 12AU7 Cryo Gold Pin
3 x Tung Sol 12AX7 / ECC803S Cryo Gold Pin
I have owned the Gold Lions and shared my opinion of them here on the Asylum, but basically I found them too heavy on the bottom end. Otherwise they were a nice tube.
I'll provide my feedback on the above tubes after I've had a good chance to run them in.
Rick.
Where would you purchase these tubes cryo'd?
cryoset
My source as well. Cryoset. No affiliation, just satisfied customer.
If you like the sound of a tube, you'll like the sound of it cryo'ed more. How much of a difference there is depends on the tube and your system. If the price difference isn't that big, I say go for it.
Jack
Well, make of this what you want ...
I, as does Joe, own a preamp that uses 12AU7 as the line input. I have not tried the GL 12AX7, but have tried both cryo'd and non-cryo'd GL 12AU's. This particular preamp has a reputation of driving that 12AU7 quite hard. Although I enjoyed the tone of the non-cryo'd GL's right out of the box, one of the pair threw a hissy-fit after two or three weeks and became unusable. On Joe's recco, I bought a pair of the same tubes, but this time cryo'd. Now, after five months of use the cryo'd ones are just as quiet as can be (like as in stone-quiet). I cannot tell you that cryo made the difference or that the whole thing is not a coincidence - only what I witnessed. I think I can say that the cryo'd tubes do exhibit a lower noise floor, and of course I am talking about before the non-cryo'd one went south.
I have the cryoed version, but haven't compared them to stock.
In my pre, I found them to sound a bit thick in the bottom (vs. the new TS/cryoed), too warm for my taste.
(vs. the new TS/cryoed)...Tung-Sols?
Yes, in MY system I prefer the croyed TS vs the croyed GL .
I just got a super-croyed version of the TS to hear/see if it offers anything better over the regular croyed tube.
YMWV
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