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In the Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage
Post Subject: It is hard to say.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 1/23/2012
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 steverino wrote:
…. as do amazingly enough the 12AX7 LPS from Sovtek (the only Russian signal tube that sounds at all satisfactory to me as long as they are "picks of the litter").

Yes, this is exactly my finding 12AX7-LPS are surprisingly better sounding tube then the rest of Russian 12AX7 crap.  Russian very much like to substitute the 12AX7 with 6N2P (slightly lower gain and permanently paralleled filaments). I absolutely hate the 6N2P (and 6N1P - western equivalent is ECC88/6BQ7A). They are absolutely dear in sound, even if you get some very early production batches. The 12AX7-LPS is good but the still in my view very much loose to more sophisticated in sound for instance Telefunkens. The 12AX7-LPS are dryer, less colorful and more predictable sort of speaking. The 12AX7-LPS bass is surprisingly rich but it more sounds like dry coughing. I like when coughing is deep with moisture and blood sort of speaking, of cause I am talking about bass….
 steverino wrote:
…. Romy, Have you ever wondered whether the Parisian might have foisted that box off on you knowingly? That seems like a suspiciously low price for 180 Amperex tubes.

I do not know, the tubes faking are very separate subject and I do not want to be involve into thinking about it, partially because I do not have a lot of knowledge about it. I did but the look like Tele with long plate that has all necessary attribute of being original but they sound very bad, Were they very well make fake or it was the bad sounding batch? It is hard to say.

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