Philippe.......When I had two MC275 power amps and a C1000T preamp my cabinet was full of tubes. I had over 20 - KT88's, 24 - 12AT7's, and 32 - 12AX7's, all from various manufacturers including many NOS Mullard, Philips, and Telefunken tubes. It is fun to roll different tubes into amps and preamps, but if your not careful you'll wind up with about four or six tube types from every manufacturer you can get your hands on. I finally got control of myself, settled on keeping some of the 12AX7 Gold Lions and NOS Telefunken tubes, then sold the rest along with the two MC275's. Now, I just have to keep 12AX7's around for my C2300 and my Musical Fidelity X-Can headphone amp.
Tube rolling is fun, entertaining, enlightening, and satisfying when you find the right combinations, but it can also drive you crazy if you let it.
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Dan
STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario
LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113
VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A
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