Nick Dangerous
Mr. Tuberrific
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What a shocker. I arrive at work this evening and my girlfriend says she didn't like the ITT 7025 and put in "the Raytheon".
I FLIPPED OUT because the Raytheon she used had yellow lettering on it. The only Raytheon's I have that fit that description are 12AU7's for my Bottlehead Foreplay preamp. AAAAHHHHH!! UNPLUG!!! UNPLUG!!!
Luckily, nothing melted down. I don't know how the 12au7 differs from the 5751, but inadvertently swapping tubes of the wrong kind can blow up your equipment.
Here's the interesting part:
Donna actually has very good ears. Although she didn't enter the world as a bona-fide audiophile, my habit is rubbing off on her big time.
She told me that the yellow Raytheon 12au7 sounded WONDERFUL in the MG Head OTL, except that it was a little quieter. She reported that the sound quality was practically identical to the Raytheon 5751.
Hmmmmm. Interesting. The Raytheon 12au7 is a cheapie. If 12au7's work in the Head, this would open up a whole new world of tube rolling. I'm assuming a few mods would be necessary to "make it safe"... but I dunno.
Anyone know? Could be a cheap source of great tubes!
I FLIPPED OUT because the Raytheon she used had yellow lettering on it. The only Raytheon's I have that fit that description are 12AU7's for my Bottlehead Foreplay preamp. AAAAHHHHH!! UNPLUG!!! UNPLUG!!!
Luckily, nothing melted down. I don't know how the 12au7 differs from the 5751, but inadvertently swapping tubes of the wrong kind can blow up your equipment.
Here's the interesting part:
Donna actually has very good ears. Although she didn't enter the world as a bona-fide audiophile, my habit is rubbing off on her big time.
She told me that the yellow Raytheon 12au7 sounded WONDERFUL in the MG Head OTL, except that it was a little quieter. She reported that the sound quality was practically identical to the Raytheon 5751.
Hmmmmm. Interesting. The Raytheon 12au7 is a cheapie. If 12au7's work in the Head, this would open up a whole new world of tube rolling. I'm assuming a few mods would be necessary to "make it safe"... but I dunno.
Anyone know? Could be a cheap source of great tubes!