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RE: New To Me Rogue Amp On The Way

Posted by classfolkphile (A) on August 24, 2014 at 22:47:55

In Reply to: New To Me Rogue Amp On The Way posted by stereo5 on August 23, 2014 at 19:46:53:

I've had a Cronus Magnum for a good while and have tried a lot of different tubes in it: JJ, Sovtek, Shuguang, EH, and Genalex, Mullard and Tung Sol reissues. I still prefer NOS in all of the positions.

For the drivers Mullard (CV4003) are my favorite but they're now expensive. Raytheon black plates are a good substitute and still reasonable.

For the phase splitters (12AX7), I prefer Raytheon/RCA black-plates which are, unfortunately, becoming expensive). I find the Genalex a good alternative.

The pre-amp slot requires some care as the tube here seems to be driven hard and can become very noisy. I've found the Radiotechnique to sound best here, with the Raytheon/RCA black plates and Genalex again being good alternatives.

The Shuguang, Sovtek and Mullard (short plate) re-issue are quiet but I didn't care for the sound of them so much. Too "tight" and forward for the most part.

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