The new tubes are here. I now have two pairs each of Gold Lion B759s (not the brighter version; these are the good ones) and of Mullards. These, like everything else bought from TD, are matched pairs. I don't know if the Amperexes are matched.
I have no complaint about the Amperex sound, except that they still seem a bit light in tonality; the low end is a touch thin compared to the JJs and definitely thin compared to my old LS3 preamp, though things still sound good. I hope to decide what I want to do and swap out the Amperexes for either the Mullards or GLs, perhaps this weekend. I did think of mixing it up, GL in the line stge and Mullard in the MM stage. Not sure yet.
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SOTA, Grado, SME, Van den Hul, Gingko turntable setup; Pioneer Elite LD, BDP; Sony OLED TV; Magnum Dynalab tuner, antenna; MIT S-video cable; Pangea HDMI cables; DVDO video processor; McIntosh SACD, preamp, power amps; Telefunken Black Diamond preamp tubes; Kimber IC; Transparent IC, PC, SC; Mirage speakers; PS Audio, Shunyata PC; Audio Additives RCA caps; Furman power conditioning; Sanus: racks
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