Mullard 12AX7 Gold Grade / No Cryo Reviews

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HOWARD Maimonis

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Posted 2 years ago

“I bought a pair of Prima Luna ProLogue six amps 9-10 years ago just staying with the stock tubes. Although I took Kevin's advice and replaced the Sovtek tubes for National 7DJ8's in my sonic frontiers line 1se with additional upgrades done at Parts Connexion. After a couple years I changed out the tubes with GL KT-77's and Mullard 12AU7's and 12AX7's all cryo treated. Earlier this year it seemed time for replacement so replaced all tubes as before save swapped the Tung-Sol in for the 12AX7 Mullards. I listened to them as long as my ears would allow and finally decided to go back to the Mullard 12AX7. Even after less than 10 hours they are a dramatic improvement. I know they will break in as did the previous pair to that wonderfully smooth mid and still sweet high. Very pleased with the sound. I had also read in Get Better Sound that keeping the cables off the floor was a good idea so just as a test cut up leftover redwood 2x4's about 4' long and cut 3 V notches in the top of each. I placed them about a foot apart and was amazed that the system was instantly quieter and all with scrap that I would have tossed out anyway. My ears salute you Kevin and team!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Even out of the box, these are nice sounding tubes. Very happy…s”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Replaced the stock tubes (with the EL34s) in an old Jolida JD302BRC integrated amp and the Mullards really gave the amp a new life - great bass and overall outstanding performance.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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John Zawacki

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Posted 2 years ago

“I've put about 65 hours on the Mullard 12ax7 reissue pair so far on my PL Evo 100. It's a great sounding tube, and has what sounds to me like a fat-round sound. It seems to be a tube that has what you would expect from a tube, softer sound. I've also got a set of Gold Lions reissue tubes for the front 4 slots, 2-12au7's, and 2-12ax7's, and the GL tubes are more lively and a bit brighter, but fun to listen too. My favorite setup so far is 2 Mullard 12au7's and 2 Gold Lion 12ax7's. I get a little more liveliness with the GL's in the 12ax7 slots.I'm getting a set of 4 Mullard EL34 power tubes, and looking forward to listening to those.”