Buying Valves Online things to Watch I like to look at other websites around the world which sell valves/tubes around the world so i can learn what they do well ! I did notice that there are traps around that can cost you money so I thought I would pass on some tips Here are our tips to save your hard earned cash online : Sometimes you see what looks like a low price. […]
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Vox AC30 Overview The Vox AC30™ has been around since 1960. It is one of the classic most recognisable British amps to this day. It sounds absolutely gorgeous and I bitterly regret over and over again selling my 1960’s one. Here is a quick look at the different models and my recommendation on the two best versions to buy. The Vox AC30 users include , The Shadows, The Beatles, Rory Gallagher, Brian May ( Queen)
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I thought I would re-fresh this article because as you do listening tests you learn more and I thought you might like to here the updates .The updates are in bold . On one evening this week, I was at a friend’s house and we had some listening tests preamp valves in the V1 position in an amp. Here is a short summary of what we found. The test amp was a Belcat and this
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Here is more on valve matching. Most valve manufacturers will match output valves in pairs and quads with varying degrees of accuracy. I have written about this previously here. Also you might about to read our thoughts on why do matching in the first place and click here for the article! Valve manufacturers in general do not provide matching of pre-amp valves like the ECC81, ECC82, ECC83 ( 12AT7, 12AU7, 12AX7). You might be asking how
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A number of customers have asked us about new EF86’s. This a famous high gain audio pentode from the 1950’s and 1960’s. There are a lot of used EF86’s on well known auction sites that are unboxed with big prices. My own experience is that many of these original valves are well used and not worth the money. The alternative has been to buy NOS original boxed units but these are vintage and command high