I know I'm nuts but so are you. I haven't even recieved the pre yet but am planning on having fun. So, have any of you tube rolled this pre? If so, what did you try for tubes?
Ha ha, great intro! It's funny, I've been thinking about doing some tube rolling myself. What I've done is look at reviews of my equipment (phono amp and power amp) to see what some of the reviewers have rolled. That gave me some ideas on where to start. Another thing is to contact the manufacturer and find out what they suggest. The main thing is to have fun with it and learn a little bit about tubes in the process.
I have an idea but it will be $600 for all the tubes. Ouch!!!
I called Upscale Audio but he will NOT sell me those tubes. "I'm saving those for my customers who buy there preamps from me."
Wow. I ordered and received some Groove Tubes Gold series 12AX7s from Upscale Audio. I was never asked if I purchased anything from them, which I haven't. I didn't talk to anyone there, just used their website.
For a lot of their tubes, Upscale has 2 prices, one price if you bought the equipment from them, and another if you did not. I am astounded that you pay twice the price if you did not buy the equipment from them. Imagine the markup !!!Wow. I ordered and received some Groove Tubes Gold series 12AX7s from Upscale Audio. I was never asked if I purchased anything from them, which I haven't. I didn't talk to anyone there, just used their website.
Yes, I got the unit coming. I got it in black. Should be here Monday. WooHoo!! I'm going to get it in the system break it in and spend some time with it first. I've got a line on some tubes that are supposed to be pretty good. We'll see and of course I will let you all know what they are and how they did.
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Here is the pic of my SLP-05 with the Pope Holland 6SN7s installed. Yes, with Herbies tube dampers. You cannot see the Mullard rectifier tube which is in the power supply.
So did you upgrade the rectifier tube also?
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