Aric Audio Super 2A3 owners - favorite tubes?
Hello all,
I've been enjoying my new set of Aric Audio amps (the Super 6SN7 linestage + Super 2A3 amp) and have been playing around with different tubes. I am curious what tubes anyone who owns either of these prefers.
I swapped from the stock 5U4GB to some NOS RCA 5U4Gs, but not sure if there's anything better out there that owners may prefer rectifier-wise. Asking Aric, he said GB or G works fine, but beyond that didn't offer any other alternatives as far as compatible tube options.
For my 2A3 tubes, I have a set of NOS Svetlana SV-2A3 (2C4C) and EML 2a3-S Meshplates and prefer the EMLs. The Svetlanas sound nice - they are a little more 'warm' sounding to me - but they lack the detail and wide holographic soundstage that the EMLs produce.
For the 6SN7 tubes on both the pre-amp and the amplifier (3 total), I've tried Sylvania JAN 6SN7GT VT-231 2 Hole Bad Boy, Black Plates an d NOS RCA JAN 5692 6SN7 (red base) tubes and prefer the Sylvania's by a mile. Swapping from the Sylvanias to the RCAs, bass thinned out quite a bit. Detail was great, and mid/highs were nice, but the Sylvanias are overall much nicer.
What have you tried and liked / tried and kept?
@jake18aa Thanks! I used to have Tannoys - though not any of the really fancy ones or GR line. I considered upgrading down the line, but didn't feel like I heard what I was looking for until I got up to the Kensington and higher in the range, and they were too expensive and too huge. Enjoy your new amp!! |
I have an Aric Transcend on order and thought I'd bump this for any new 6sn7 comments. My amp probably won't be ready until Sept but I've already started buying some tubes for it. Also, for the Transcend, for those that own it, how much does the middle tube (which I think is the intake tube) influence the sound vs. the two on the outside? Thanks. |
