Tubes for cary preamp Phono Section?


Hi everyone I have recently purchased a New Rega RP8 turntable with a Ortofon Bronze cartridge and i am running it through my cary SLP-98P preamp and Cary Cad120s power amp with great results. Now I had a person suggest.  That I can change the 12AX7 tubes from the stock ones to a different type to get more gain in the phono section of the amp. Has anyone tried this and if so which tubes did you use and any recommendation on brand? Also what where the results?
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Showing 1 response by yogiboy

A 12AX7 is the highest gain tube you can get in the 12 type tubes. All others 12AT7,12AU7,etc. are lower. Here is a chart for the gain! It should help!
http://www.300guitars.com/articles/preamp-tube-gain-factors-and-substitution-chart/