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Headphoneus Supremus: Only one ban in 5000 attempts!
I just purchased a MG head OTL and my head is spinning, can you guys recommend some good quality tubes? I currently have some EL84's, original output tube, Sylvania Black Plate Triple Mica 5751 and Raytheon Windmill Getter. Wondering what else i should look for out there, thanks!
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Originally posted by gloco
I just purchased a MG head OTL and my head is spinning, can you guys recommend some good quality tubes? I currently have some EL84's, original output tube, Sylvania Black Plate Triple Mica 5751 and Raytheon Windmill Getter. Wondering what else i should look for out there, thanks!
There is not much you can get from this point up, you can get a pair of JJ or Ei gold pins EL84 (or even better ones) but IMO those will not make such a great difference, if you are still looking for something better, after those 5751 you got, better begin to think on an upgrade on the amp, to a better and more expensive unit.....RKV, TwinHead, Melos, etc...
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For me, my source was Nick Dangerous. I paid good dollars for his cache but soon bought other gear which I purposely found used 5751s as upgrades. So, although I originally thought I might continue the 5751 tryout, I only have two tubes unused, the lesser, to do it with... just in case you guys wondered........
BTW, Cal Audio dacs and other CD back ends sound wonderfiul with 5781s as well as headhone amps...
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Originally posted by Sovkiller There is not much you can get from this point up, you can get a pair of JJ or Ei gold pins EL84 (or even better ones) but IMO those will not make such a great difference, if you are still looking for something better, after those 5751 you got, better begin to think on an upgrade on the amp, to a better and more expensive unit.....RKV, TwinHead, Melos, etc...
hmm, good point. I also got my hands on some Mullards and quite a selection from a headfier...think i have like 20 tubes!
Time for some tube rolling
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I recommend JJ's on the output tubes, too. I don't have the Head MG (yet...) but my Jolida 102b runs EL84's, too. Sovteks are fine if you like mellow. The JJ's are brighter, with better highs.
BTW, now that you have the tube bug, I highly recommend Jolida as a great make for a wonderful integrated (speaker) amp. Best of all, it is only $580.
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after looking at all the links i noticed that audio nova's site is not listed. this is a Links page to lots of tube data. Found it helpfull while researching parts for a tube head amp. http://audionova.nu/Innehall/tubesite_misc.htm
Steves tube pages has some nice tube projects. This guy is into Old School low cost and strange tube designs. One that brougnt back memories for me is his Push Pull 50C5 based design that uses a power transformer as the output transformer. The 50C5 was intended for use in SE Table radio output stages. These radios operated off the AC mains and thus wer call AC/DC Radios. Steves main page is http://members.aol.com/sbench101/ he also has lots of other tube info like a cascode gain stage calculator in MS excell.
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For high-quality German tubes, I go to Jan Wuesten's site in Germany. Jan is a 1st class vendor, a gentleman, and I do recommend him highly. Here's Jan's site...
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