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Philippe, I can't be confident of the reliability as I only have about 200 -250 hrs on mine but so far it is dead quiet and sounds wonderful I am assuming in the 2000 hr range. I know they said the EAT tube was rated at 10000 hrs when I bought it and it sounds very good maybe a little sterile for my tastes.
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Joe.......Tube rolling can get addictive, and expensive.
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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Unfortunately I am finding out the hard way. But, it's fun to pick different flavors.
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Thank you Dan ....for reminding us this principle
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But sometimes it is necessary to make its own experiment $$$$ before reaching the wisdom
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Philippe l LP12SE,urika phonostage,radikal power supply, dynavector XV-1s,conrad-johnson GAT and LP275M, Sonus Faber Elipsa,yter/naim/Linn cables, vibex, finite elemente |
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Philippe.......When I had two MC275 power amps and a C1000T preamp my cabinet was full of tubes. I had over 20 - KT88's, 24 - 12AT7's, and 32 - 12AX7's, all from various manufacturers including many NOS Mullard, Philips, and Telefunken tubes. It is fun to roll different tubes into amps and preamps, but if your not careful you'll wind up with about four or six tube types from every manufacturer you can get your hands on. I finally got control of myself, settled on keeping some of the 12AX7 Gold Lions and NOS Telefunken tubes, then sold the rest along with the two MC275's. Now, I just have to keep 12AX7's around for my C2300 and my Musical Fidelity X-Can headphone amp.
Tube rolling is fun, entertaining, enlightening, and satisfying when you find the right combinations, but it can also drive you crazy if you let it.
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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I completely agree...Dan... it is for it that I stopped introducing too many variables into the equation....
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Kinda like women .....
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in the "old" days I had to roll 2 or with my old GG preamp, 3 tubes at a time.... now that the future is here, it's down to 1 tube with ET5. Why then would I be spending as much $$ on 1 tube now as I did on 2 or 3 in the past? .. yea, I guess I know the answer.
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they have always used Electro Harmonix in the past. Is the Electro now hard to get, as it is better sounding than the Sovtek. |
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