Musiciseverything
pfm Member
Hello all.
I’m new to tubes in hifi, although it’s my appreciation of them in guitar amps over the years that’s brought me to getting a tube preamp.
I have some GE jan 5670 tubes in there but I’d hope for a wee bit more treble and air etc.
the amp is just a cheap Chinese little bear p8, although there’s a lot of well said things about it. It’ll be made from cheap caps etc, so I intend to upgrade these since apparently if you do, you have yourself a very nice preamp. So obviously the cheap components on the pcb will be contributing to what I’m not hearing, but just for the records sake, I’m wondering what valves people recommend for this and more importantly, where to get them. I’m guessing ebay will be very overpriced? I’ve seen some very expensive matched pairs on there. Would ideally be good to have a source where I know they’ve been listened to, if there’s such a place.
I’m new to tubes in hifi, although it’s my appreciation of them in guitar amps over the years that’s brought me to getting a tube preamp.
I have some GE jan 5670 tubes in there but I’d hope for a wee bit more treble and air etc.
the amp is just a cheap Chinese little bear p8, although there’s a lot of well said things about it. It’ll be made from cheap caps etc, so I intend to upgrade these since apparently if you do, you have yourself a very nice preamp. So obviously the cheap components on the pcb will be contributing to what I’m not hearing, but just for the records sake, I’m wondering what valves people recommend for this and more importantly, where to get them. I’m guessing ebay will be very overpriced? I’ve seen some very expensive matched pairs on there. Would ideally be good to have a source where I know they’ve been listened to, if there’s such a place.