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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage
Post Subject: Amperex "Bugle Boy".Posted by Romy the Cat on: 11/22/2011
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 AlexBerger wrote:
I tried Amperex ECC83 "Bugle Boy". They sounded bad in the EAR RIAA. I like more modern Amperex ECC83, Holland made with orange-red prints.
Yes, the Amperex "Bugle Boy" are horrible tubes. They have huge publicity among audio people (surprise?) but in really they are very bad. I remember around 10 years back, what I use Lamm ML2 with 12AX7 in input I bought in Paris a box of 180 Amperex "Bugle Boy" from the guy who did not exactly knew the price. I think I paid $500 or something like this. They were the meanest sounding 12AX7 I ever heard and they were new. Thankfully I was able to get rid of them under the new-matched BS and to my surprised the guy who bought them where extremely happy. It is true that one person waste is another person treasury…. For Amperex I never even look at anything with Bugle Boy. The Non Bugle Boy Amperex are MUCH better tubes.

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