Try mixing up different sets of tubes. I have bugle boys in the front, tesla's in the middle and JAN's in the back. I listened for hiss and microphonics with my headphones each time I changed out a set. This combo sounds much warmer and musical than the stock Sovtek set and is even quieter than the original set. BTW, there is no need to leave the preamp in standby all the time. This just uses the tubes up faster. Just turn the preamp on standby the day you will be listening or on the weekends, etc.
Tubes for Sonic Frontiers Line 1?
I am looking for some suggestions for tubes to try with my Line 1. I have tried the stock Sovtek (too "thin", not warm in the mids) and Amperex white label (bugle boy types) 6dj8 (too week in the bass but good in the mids, clear and more expansive sound than Sovtek or my Classe CP-50). I would like something like the Amperex but with the full bass I get from my CP-50.
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There are a lot of threads on this if you search the archives. This is copy/paste from a post to the same question I gave my opinion on a year ago: A local Line1 guru who spent a year trying every NOS tube out there saved me the effort, I went with his recommendations, though have tweaked the sound depending on which tubes are in which locations. Tungsrams give an almost-startling amount of image dimensionality and sizing, a smoother treble while still retaining the solid-state bass slam of the Line1. Electro-Harmonix are a slightly faster cleaner sounding Sovtek. I use the Tungsrams in the back (V1) and front (V3), with the EH in the center (V2) locations. Depending on your tastes, running the EH in both V2 and V3 may sound better, and be cheaper too (EH are in production at about $12, tungsrams can be $40+ ea). My understanding with Bugle Boys would be to use them in either the front or rear only in combination with 4 EH. I haven't yet heard this combo, or for that matter any of the 100 other combos that others can offer up. But I am quite happy with the sound of the setup I described... |
Try Amperex PQ white label early 60s USA made 6922 or 7308 tubes. Also Siemens early 60s CCa. Here is some reading material, http://www.audioasylum.com/scripts/d.pl?audio/faq/joes-tubes.html#6DJ8 http://www.hktubeaudio.homestead.com/files/6DJ8.html |
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