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I need to replace some unfortunate, house-brand 12AX7s I purchased 20 years ago or so, as part of rejuvenating my old preamp. I've read the AES 12AX7 comparison about 20 times and am leaning towards the JJ 12AX7S. The Paragon is a bass-happy unit anyway. The original tubes that came with System Es were Amperex Holland (long gone from mine) and at one time I also had British Mullards that sounded too dark to my ear.
The Paragon uses 6 12AX7s, 4 in the phono section, 2 more in the line stage, so I sadly cannot afford to go shopping for NOS anything. I'd appreciate any input regarding the current production crop.
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Topic - New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - tigerdog 23:50:39 02/04/17 (16)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - Thermionic27609 21:48:35 04/04/17 (0)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - tubular.well 08:30:40 02/05/17 (1)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - Eli Duttman 12:12:48 02/05/17 (0)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - Sondek 08:17:22 02/05/17 (2)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - tigerdog 10:47:00 02/05/17 (1)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - Sondek 13:10:10 02/05/17 (0)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - Eli Duttman 01:23:31 02/05/17 (9)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - airtime 07:26:30 02/05/17 (3)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - Eli Duttman 12:08:09 02/05/17 (2)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - airtime 13:50:54 02/05/17 (1)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - Steve. 20:28:19 04/04/17 (0)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - tigerdog 06:57:27 02/05/17 (3)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - Mechans 12:22:25 02/05/17 (0)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - tigerdog 07:06:48 02/05/17 (1)
- RE: New production 12AX7 for Paragon System E phono preamp - Eli Duttman 12:00:50 02/05/17 (0)
- Eli was reading my mind - Uncle Mike 03:25:59 02/05/17 (0)