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RE: 300B SE Amp Design: Some Questions

> > How come you say "no 12AU7's ever"?> >

Do a search here or google.

It is a sucky tube. And since the superior 6SN7/6CG7 has virtually identical characteristics, there's no reason to use the 12AU7, ever.

Of the tubes tested by Morgan Jones in Valve Amplifiers, the 12AU7 had the highest distortion, by far. The 6SN7 had the lowest.


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