Fearless1
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Heya,
I have a Bellari 540 that I have been messing around with lately (great little budget tube amp BTW). I have tried many of the 12ax7 tubes that I researched from almost all of the newer made tubes to a couple of vintage tubes a Mullard and an RCA. The best sound stage was the Mullard, but the low and high end seem to be not strong at all. The RCA was well rounded but lacked in bass. The only tube that seemed to please my ears in the high and low output was the stock Ruby tube this unit came with ($10 tube lol).
Can someone please suggest to me a tube that would have the have the tone of the Mullard but the output of the Ruby. I have found that there are long plate and smooth plate versions of some of these vintage tubes that are spoke so highly of, what are the tonal aspects of the different plates?
Thank you in advance for any help.
I have a Bellari 540 that I have been messing around with lately (great little budget tube amp BTW). I have tried many of the 12ax7 tubes that I researched from almost all of the newer made tubes to a couple of vintage tubes a Mullard and an RCA. The best sound stage was the Mullard, but the low and high end seem to be not strong at all. The RCA was well rounded but lacked in bass. The only tube that seemed to please my ears in the high and low output was the stock Ruby tube this unit came with ($10 tube lol).
Can someone please suggest to me a tube that would have the have the tone of the Mullard but the output of the Ruby. I have found that there are long plate and smooth plate versions of some of these vintage tubes that are spoke so highly of, what are the tonal aspects of the different plates?
Thank you in advance for any help.