Killercrush
Headphoneus Supremus
So would you think that the 7318 is a good candidate ? My pair have D-Getter, 1959 date codes and are build like little tanks, the glass is very thick.
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Originally Posted by Zanth Best 12au7's...tough but NotoriousBIG_PJ and I went through everything the world had to offer a coupla summers ago. We determined that the CBS/Hytron 7730 though ridiculously rare...is only "okay" compared to the CBS/Hytron 7318. The 7318 is pretty well the best tube I have ever come across save for the Bendix Redbanks. This tube is powerful, neutral, detailed, airy etc etc. Sadly they are impossible to find. They used to be pretty cheap before the current craze, then folks went mad over Teles etc. and the 7318s were dumped for a bit, now they can't be found at all. Do a search over at Audio Asylum, there are some phenomenal threads on the 12au7. The RCA Cleartops are nice and I was using them before I went with the CBS Hytrons. The 7318 ssell for about $200/tube now when they can be found, and that was a bit ago too... |