Bottlehead Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: John Roman on July 13, 2012, 07:05:24 AM
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Just curious what you folks think of these tubes.
http://psvanetube.com/wordpress/store/products/cv181-t-6sn7-pair/ (http://psvanetube.com/wordpress/store/products/cv181-t-6sn7-pair/)
a bit pricey and of course they make them seem special.
Regards,
John
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Well, I shared the same amount skepticism about these tubes, and then I received as a surprise, a pair of 12AX7 tubes. I can, with no doubt, recommend them. Not going into detail, they just sound right to me. I should add, that shortly before I received these tubes, I bought a pair of 'TJ music?' 6SN7 tubes, and was pleased with them as well. Very good detail, which is primarily what I like. The 12AX7 tubes have provided a cleaner bass.
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hello, i have purchased 2 pair of this brand 12au7 tubes. 3 tubes for my foreplay 3. 1 tube for my cd player. very pleased. will continue with them. wish they made 6dn7 tubes for my sex 2.1. don
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and the "t" series seems to be worth the extra bucks. don
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Very interesting gentlemen,
I may grab a couple of the 6SN7's
Thanks,
John
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I have the Shuguang Tresaure version of those tubes in my Extended Foreplay III. I highly recommend them
Deb
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I thought I remembered you having them, 12AT7's ? I have a pair of RFT 12AT7's that have been excellent. Very detailed and clear as I recall.
John
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I took the plunge on a pair of 6SN7's from Psvane. Should be here soon.
John
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I thought I remembered you having them, 12AT7's ? I have a pair of RFT 12AT7's that have been excellent. Very detailed and clear as I recall.
John
I did and changed it to use the 6sn7's.
Deb
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Has anyone tried the 2A3 in a bottlehead amp?
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I tried the 200b in a DRD amp I built. They sounded very nice.
If you are going to spend the money I highly recommend going with the EML tubes
Deb
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Where do you purchase these tubes.
Bernie.
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Are these more or less the same thing as the shuguang treasure black bottle tubes? If so, I can't really recommend the 2a3 -- yes, it is nice and lush, very smooth and rich, but even after 500 hours of break-in the top end never filled in to my liking.
I second Deb's vote for the EMLs -- solid plates a bit more extended on top, mesh plates, an out of this world sound stage and layering. Both are great, just depends on your listening preference (and/or budget).
HTH,
Jim
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I have been much more impressed with the psvane "preamp tubes", than their power tubes
Deb
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Would you say that a pre-amp tube will have more effect than a power tube? Seems that pre-amp tubes give me more bang for the buck, unless, say, I am replacing a quad of power tubes.
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Not sure how to answer that. I should have said small signal tubes not preamp tubes, since I was refering to tubes used as drivers or in premaps.
In my opinion the one tube change that I found most profound was replacing the Sovtek 2a3 with the EML 2a3 mesh.
When I originally switched out the NOS 12au7's with the psvane version i my Foreplay 3 I found them much more to my liking. I have used the psavane 300b in two different amps and did not find much of an improvement over the Goldlion tubes I had
Don't know if this answers your question
Deb
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Would you say that a pre-amp tube will have more effect than a power tube? Seems that pre-amp tubes give me more bang for the buck, unless, say, I am replacing a quad of power tubes.
Power tubes will either let all of the goodness of the driver tube shine or they will detract. Power tubes won't make driver tubes "sound better" unless they mask nasties in the drivers!!
Cheers,
Geary
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I tried the 200b in a DRD amp I built. They sounded very nice.
If you are going to spend the money I highly recommend going with the EML tubes
Deb
Thanks Deb. I haven't tried any of the mesh plate 2A3's but the EML is on my short list.
I'm kind of at a crossroad. Do I A) Buy a pair of quality 2A3's like you suggest. Or B) Make the resistor changes in my Paramour II's to allow me to run 45's. The lower power output of the 45 isn't an issue for me really. I can easily get to comfortable listening levels with my SEX amp. I see that EML has a 45 as well.
Decisions... decisions...
BTW - A friend of mine just ordered a matched quad of psvane EL34's for a PP setup that he runs in his system. They really are a bargain at $99 shipped for the quad. I'll update the group when I find out how he likes them.