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06-23-10
Rate of production, american, german, british manufacturers ... Elizabeth
06-23-10
I think the tide is turning a little. the genelex/gold lion ... Dopogue
06-23-10
I also believe the tide has turned in favor of the new tubes ... Breuninger
06-23-10
The secret is inside. quality of wire, cathodes, plates, dur ... Syntax
06-23-10
The best answer i have ever heard is that some of the coatin ... Mgreene
06-23-10
Disagree, kind of. while today's output tubes are really qui ... Viridian
06-23-10: Dougdeacon
My experience and that of many Doshi Alaap (preamp) owners is diametrically opposite to Viridian's, which leads me to believe that the design of the component is a critical factor in which tubes work best.
If a component is designed and executed from the ground up with a modern tube in the circuit, as Nick's designs are, then that tube may provide the best performance. I've done plenty of NOS tube rolling and Nick and other owners have done more. I've found one vintage line stage tube that slightly outperforms its current production equivalant in some sonic areas, though not all. But in both phono stage tube positions no NOS tube compares with readily available, fairly inexpensive new tubes from the likes of JJ.
In a vintage component, or a modern component designed around vintage tubes, the opposite may apply. I doubt there's any other hard and fast rule about old vs. new that we'd get much agreement on.
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06-23-10
Thanks for the responses, all - this was quite informative. ... Srosenberg
06-23-10
why do old tubes sound better? they have more experience. ... Blindjim
06-23-10
Doug brings up a great point and i defer to his broader expe ... Viridian
06-23-10
We use tube curves based on the old tubes to design gear. m ... Richardr49
06-23-10
I picked up a few of the new genalex 12ax7gengp tubes from n ... Ontjesr
06-23-10
I picked up a few of the new genalex 12ax7gengp tubes from n ... Ontjesr
06-23-10
Search the archives, this question seems to come up once a m ... Jmcgrogan2
06-24-10
There is much more to say about tubes than would fit into a ... Dertonarm
06-26-10
One of the chinese tubes, the suguang 12ax7 is as good as no ... Orpheus10
06-30-10
Because the people who sell nos tubes cant make money on new ... Chrissain
07-01-10
I've only heard one new production input tube that sounds an ... Tvad
07-01-10
Hi all, i do believe that the overall voicing of the system ... Gakman
08-20-10
When folks are making $$$$ finding pulled tubes from old tv ... Phillyb
08-20-10
Vacuum tubes require, as should be obvious in their name, va ... Bpoletti
08-20-10
Bpoletti, bong or vaporizer vacuum? well done! Bjesien
08-21-10
In this context, bongs suck. (sorry about yet another bad v ... Bpoletti
08-21-10
It amazes me that some find the fact that people are making ... Viridian
08-21-10
Viridian, we found something we can agree on; i think. new ... Orpheus10
08-21-10
We agree on lots, and i always enjoy your posts.....even tho ... Viridian
08-22-10
I have a rather large collection of nos and "pulled&quo ... Tjnif
08-22-10
Viridian, opheus10, tjnif, others... regarding some of the ... Dean_man
08-22-10
Nostalgia? Mapman
08-22-10
Huuuhh??? Tjnif
08-22-10
You know. that old time sound. tubey. Gadfly
08-23-10
Does flo rida or the black eyed peas sound better with nos t ... Mapman
08-23-10
Certainly, particular designs, system synergy and personal t ... Larryi
08-23-10
I've got some of those expensive, nos el 34s. maybe i should ... Dan_ed
08-23-10
" i've bought tubes that are claimed to be nos from sup ... Mapman
08-23-10
Tube are often represented as nos that are probably old pull ... Larryi
08-23-10
i think the very lable of 'nos' is misleading. unless my p ... Blindjim
08-23-10
Blindjim, never thought about it but you are right. new ol ... Mapman
08-23-10
Yes, "new old stock" not only sounds like marketin ... Viridian
08-23-10
I claim to have golden ears in regard to nos tubes. i bough ... Orpheus10
08-23-10
I found this and thought it interesting: nos Mapman
08-24-10
Some old tubes sound great, some sound like crap, some new t ... Chrissain
08-25-10
"some old tubes sound great, some sound like crap, some ... Mapman
08-25-10
I suspect that the aging process may have something to do wi ... Teres
08-25-10
Imho the blanket pronouncement "nos tubes always sound ... Newbee
08-25-10
i'm certain you've mentioned them specifically in the past, ... Tvad
08-25-10
I still think nostalgia is part of it. old tube gear had a ... Mapman
08-25-10
Tvad, forgive me for not writing a book about my stuff and t ... Newbee
08-25-10
Newbee, i think you have read more into my question than was ... Tvad
08-25-10
Tvad, you are right. i did read too much into it i think. n ... Newbee
08-25-10
A question for the assembled experts here with respect to sm ... Almarg
08-25-10
Newbee and almarg, thanks for the lists. Tvad
08-26-10
Tung sol 12ax7 gold pins, very musical, sovtec lps 12x7 , ve ... Chrissain
08-26-10
Almarg, if you will open nos, on mapmans post dated 08-23-10 ... Orpheus10
08-26-10
Orpheus10, yes brent jessee's article is certainly an intere ... Almarg
08-26-10
Hi al, it of course depends on how the tube is being used in ... Kirkus
08-26-10
Kirk, thanks very much for your informative and characterist ... Almarg
08-26-10
Almarg, a 5963 is equivilant to a 12au7. would a pair of 12 ... Orpheus10
08-26-10
Orpheus, yes, what i am looking to establish is a feel for h ... Almarg
08-26-10
Al, i have tested a lot of pulls from tek scopes, which tend ... Viridian
08-28-10
Thanks, viridian. anyone else? best regards, -- al Almarg
09-02-10
I have great things about the new gold lion 12ax7 also, i am ... Chrissain
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