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6/15/2000 7:31 PM
Tom Brown	Preamp tubes Ryan, I lied. I DO have the 12AX7LPS in V1, and it sounds GREAT. No microphonics at all that I have noticed. Of course it's only been in there for a couple of weeks, so we'll see how long it lasts. But like I said, these are from the first batch that Sovtek sent out (I think) so they should be pretty high quality. I've got another 12AX7LPS in the phase inverter position V5, and I've got Tesla ECC83's in V2 and V3. V4 is the FX send/return, and that's still a Mesa branded tube since I don't use the FX loop at this point. May change it if I decide to use the FX loop, may leave it where it is. Regards, -Tom

6/15/2000 7:31 PM

Tom Brown

Preamp tubes

Ryan,

I lied.

I DO have the 12AX7LPS in V1, and it sounds GREAT. No microphonics at all that I have noticed. Of course it's only been in there for a couple of weeks, so we'll see how long it lasts. But like I said, these are from the first batch that Sovtek sent out (I think) so they should be pretty high quality.

I've got another 12AX7LPS in the phase inverter position V5, and I've got Tesla ECC83's in V2 and V3. V4 is the FX send/return, and that's still a Mesa branded tube since I don't use the FX loop at this point. May change it if I decide to use the FX loop, may leave it where it is.

Regards,

-Tom