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Of all the 12A_7 series the 12AU7 is the LEAST worthy - as a design!!

Rolling them is damned close to a waste of time. there are a few which ar good enough but all NoS and already demanded to rare and $$$$. The Brimar 13D5 is the one I've used and NoS 6189s aren't bad. Yes there are others.

I hesitate to say this ;-) but I agree with Mike Samra. There are other noval tubes which are a good swap. The 12AY7 (no rewiring needed and less heater current, and more gain - possibly), the 6DJ8 family, the 5687, ECC99, ....




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Tim Bailey

Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger


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