raymondlin
Architect &Musical Fidelity X-Man v2
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I got the X-can v2 a couple months back and since they have been discontiued so I ordered a pair of Jan/Phillips tubes for spare from Muiscal Fidelity and a pair of Mullard tubes from Trode Electronic online so I can upgrade when the ones inside goes.
So, I recieved the Mullard tubes today in the post and got the spare Jan/phillips tubes out of the cupboard for a simple visual comparison.
Just by looking at them, the differences are minimal.
1. The pin itself, the Mullard begin Gold plated and Jan/Phillips aren't.
2. Size the mullard tubes are silghtly smaller in diameter.
3. The "plate" at the top of the tube inside is different shape
But other then that, they are exactly the same. Construction wise they are identical, same parts and everything. So i am asking, are the Mullard tubes really worth that much?
Price.
Mullard $34.95 EACH
Jan/Phillips $15.90 Matched Pair
That's 440% price difference! So, does the gold plated pins, smaller glass tube and different shape plate really worth that much?
So, I recieved the Mullard tubes today in the post and got the spare Jan/phillips tubes out of the cupboard for a simple visual comparison.
Just by looking at them, the differences are minimal.
1. The pin itself, the Mullard begin Gold plated and Jan/Phillips aren't.
2. Size the mullard tubes are silghtly smaller in diameter.
3. The "plate" at the top of the tube inside is different shape
But other then that, they are exactly the same. Construction wise they are identical, same parts and everything. So i am asking, are the Mullard tubes really worth that much?
Price.
Mullard $34.95 EACH
Jan/Phillips $15.90 Matched Pair
That's 440% price difference! So, does the gold plated pins, smaller glass tube and different shape plate really worth that much?