Hello there, well there have been couple of questions about tubes recently, so i thought of starting a thread to discuss the tubes on the HT venue series. Alot of guys don't like the stock TAD and prefer JJ or Tung Sol. Well, i personally would like to replace my tubes (because thats what i concluded by seeing all the guys with new tubes doing jumping jacks), and i was given two advices: 1- Replace all three tubes in pre amp section (2 ecc83 and 1 ecc82) by JJ or Tung Sol. 2- Replace ecc83 in V2 position by GT 12ax7R.
To me i am a noob, don't know what is V1,2 and 3. so for all of you tube heads out there, please enlighten the mere mortals such as my self.
Thanks
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Hi bud,
My HT60 actually had a SovTek in v2! I replaced that with a JJ last week and OD2 sounds better, a bit smoother than before, which is what I was going for. I`m looking to take some ice-pick of OD1 though, so would be interested in what other people have done there.
My power amp has 2 JJ`s in which I sent back to Blackstar with my amp, they were happy to fit these.
My HT60 actually had a SovTek in v2! I replaced that with a JJ last week and OD2 sounds better, a bit smoother than before, which is what I was going for. I`m looking to take some ice-pick of OD1 though, so would be interested in what other people have done there.
My power amp has 2 JJ`s in which I sent back to Blackstar with my amp, they were happy to fit these.
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Cool, good info.ffooxx wrote:I use EHX 12AT7 in position for clean and Tung-Sol ECC803S for OD channel. For power amp section Tung-Sol EL34B, much better sound to what I got with the original tubes, less harsh more pronounced an certainly more detail.
I`ve just ordered a EHX Gold Pin for V1 (yeah, they`re cheap, but so am I ) will report back on how\if it smoothes OD1 (I`m in a rock\blues style cover band so this is my main channel). Might swap it with the JJ in V2 for comparison. Hopefully it will cure the love\hate relationship I have with this amp!
I have tried both EHX gold and normal and I couldn't tell a difference by my ears.But I am tempted to try one of these
http://www.tubedepot.com/bsct-12ax7-tsg.html
http://www.tubedepot.com/bsct-el34-sed.html
Also looking forward for someone to experiment with KT88 in place of EL34
http://www.tubedepot.com/bsct-12ax7-tsg.html
http://www.tubedepot.com/bsct-el34-sed.html
Also looking forward for someone to experiment with KT88 in place of EL34
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