I believe his experience was limited only to GE.Anyone watch the most recent Mike Moffat video? Right at the beginning he says the 12A_ _ family of tubes are garbage. I am guessing he has never heard the tubes we are using.A statement like that is just ridiculous!
The GE tubes in general actually sound better when they obtain clear top getter status.
From their website. Call them.
I find those tubes are between very good to excellent status. If I had a SS amp with that sound I would be very happy with it.Keeping it real, I just rolled in a new tube and damn this is another killer one! @TK16 I see you have this tube at the number 9 spot, and it ranks quite a bit higher for me. The Copenhagen ECC81 Angled D Getter 51' with bottom code TKB, has a freaking killer midrange. The tone, texture, timbre, and inner detail in the mids is stunningly lifelike, and the delicate touch of the notes is magic. I am hearing guitars and vocals as if they were in the room with me, and this tube has the "Thereness" factor in full affect. For acoustic music this tube is insanely good. Still burning it in, but so far it's all about the very involving mids with this tube and I am loving how it pairs with my ZMF's and their very involving mids. I have had this tube for a while now just sitting in storage, and after loosing my Lorenz ECC81 Foil D yesterday, I decided it was time to give it a go, as I like to have 3 driver tubes in rotation to keep things fresh. I have to say with what I am hearing so far, it has easily made the cut and will be put into rotation.This tube is more of a specialist in that it is all about the very unique and involving midrange that is clear and natural sounding, and for acoustic music (especially guitar and vocals) this tube is fantastic and has some tube magic that only the older "top tier" tubes can produce.
Happy Friday my friends!
How many days emails did it take to get a response? I emailed about 12 hours ago with no response yet.
Is this a ménage a quatre porno filming?…
Remember that Schiit is ‘straight outta Valencia’…
The bias dial was invented by tube sellers whereby *every* tube can test like NOS.Was thinking about lowering the bias dial lower than 14 until I get the numbers I want.
From a logical perspective, since a GE in NOS condition is bad it can only go worse. From a philosophical perspective, when it gets the most worse (and dies), it's actually good.
Depends on how much you want to spend. Currently made testers like the Amplitrex and Maxi-Matchers are expensive, but have greatly improved accuracy, longevity, and a warranty (if you buy new). Vintage testers are much less expensive but will need work (unless you can get a refurbished/restored one for a decent price), are less accurate, and if you break something you could end up with a boat anchor.
They answered my questions thru ebay overnight. How long was taked delivery? I have schedule delivery adapters for next monday
,but not received tubes yet.
