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In Reply to: Has anyone tried these 12au7's yet? posted by earnie3 on June 10, 2012 at 10:35:40:
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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- Of all the 12A_7 series the 12AU7 is the LEAST worthy - as a design!! - Timbo in Oz 20:55:22 06/10/12 (4)
- RE: Of all the 12A_7 series the 12AU7 is the LEAST worthy - as a design!! - Cleantimestream 06:09:39 06/23/12 (0)
- RE: Of all the 12A_7 series the 12AU7 is the LEAST worthy - as a design!! - Michael Samra 15:32:32 06/11/12 (2)
- RE: Of all the 12A_7 series the 12AU7 is the LEAST worthy - as a design!! - marvda1 10:24:49 06/24/12 (1)
- RE: Big name designers use 12AU7 - Neff 16:28:47 06/24/12 (0)