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the Sovteks in my Cornet are the 12AX7LPS

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Posted by mark maloof on April 21, 2007 at 00:50:48

In Reply to: Re: Any current production favorite 12AX7s for CAT phonostage? Also NOS posted by Eli Duttman on April 20, 2007 at 16:33:21:

I like them a lot, they were recomended by others who have built Cornets and used current production tubes. After I built the Cornet, I tried EH 12AX7s, which work fine enough in my guitar amps, but were ok (not bad, but not special) in the Cornet. After a little burn-in, I had greater preference for the 12AX7LPS. In fact, I will try them in the revamped CAT, though it just came back, so I'll listen for a bit with the used EI tubes in there right now.

I jumped the gun in saying that all Sovteks were not liked here. I did some searching, and found that others like the LPS quite a bit, and Jim McShane speaks highly of them at his site. So after listening for a few days, I'll pop the LPS tubes from the Cornet into the CAT and make a taste decision. If I like 'em in the CAT, I'll buy another matched pair from Jim.

Thanks for the tip on the TFKs. Well, if the EI tubes are a fair copy, it might make sense to stick with them (and, again, this is the tube that Ken Stevens designed the preamp around), but it can't hurt to experiment with other tubes.

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