15 Oct
2005
15 Oct
'05
10:24 a.m.
On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:14:55 +0100
Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
William Donzelli wrote:
Mmm. To the gold-plated speaker cable brigade, perhaps.
Gordon.
No, such things really matter. There is a significant difference in the
quality of tubes from different vendors. The 'gold plated speaker
cable' analogy is badly overused these days.
It _isn't_ simply a matter of buying whatever latest flashy gear has
paid for the proper advertisements and endorsements.
Just as there are better and worse brands of floppy diskettes.
--
Why would
you buy audio tubes, or valves as we call them over here,
from >eBay, when
they're cheap enough in Maplins?
Because a 12AX7 (ECC83) made by ICC and an identical 12AXY (ECC83)
made by Telefunken makes ALL the difference.