Here is a customer’s feedback on replacing the EL84’s with Sovtek EL84’s. I have only removed the customer name I promised you an update on the Sovtek EL84 valves and how they handled in my Bugera V22. Well I have been using them for about three months now and I am absolutely delighted with the changes they brought to the Bugera Infinium V22’s tone and even ‘feel’. To be frank I have never considered […]
Matched Balanced Pre-Amp Valves How Are Pre-Amp Valves Matched/Balanced? You might not be aware but no valve manufacturer will test for matched balanced pre-amp valves. So quality valve sellers invest in good quality test and characterisation equipment so that matched balanced pre-amp valves can be identified. This means we have to individually test every pre-amp valve we have in our stock so that we can find the matched ones. This is a slow process as
Here is a short video under 2 minutes on 6L6 output valves and long plate versus short plate valves. This video shows something surprising about different 6L6 valves. A quick look a long plate and short plate ECC83 /12AX7 type valves is included too. Click here to watch on Youtube We started creating our Youtube channel only 2 weeks ago on 16th January 2016. Here is a link to the channel
It is February 2016 and we have added more new products, as part of our commitment to our customers to greater choice and they are all in stock in the UK. This month’s introductions are : Two new suppliers of the 6V6GT which was highly favoured in the Fender Tweeds and amps like the Fender Deluxe Reverb. I have a vested interest here as I have a Fender Deluxe Reverb ! We are stocking the
Why did that valve suddenly stop working? I thought it might be useful to look at what the common failures in valves are as they age. I have had a number of folks ask me why their amp suddenly started blowing fuses. My first recommendation is to replace the fuse , unplug the valve rectifier and see if it still blowing fuses. More often than not, the amp stops blowing fuses when the rectifier is
~EL84 ( 6BQ5) This blog article is about how to get a clean sounding amp and excellent hifi performance. The ideal valve for the hifi amp is one that has low distortion, excellent power handling and a long life. The ideal output valve for the guitar player that likes the ultimate in clean sound also needs the same characteristics. If your amp uses the EL84 ( US number 6BQ5), then please read more……. Hi-Fi amps
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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