From tremolu–(at)–ol.com Sun Oct 16 09:36:33 CDT 1994
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From: tremolu–(at)–ol.com (Tremolux)
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Subject: Re: Is telefunken a good tube?
Date: 16 Oct 1994 03:44:01 -0400
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Yes, Telefunkens are great. I have a slightly souped-up 64 Deluxe Reverb,
and I use a Telefunken “flat-plate” ECC-83 (12AX7) as the #2 tube (a
Sovtek 12AX7WXT is in the #1 spot, but I never use that channel). I then
use an Amperex “Premium Quality” 12AT7 in the #3 spot to drive the reverb,
and a Mullard ECC-83 in the #4 spot. The phase inverter is a GE 5-star
6201 (industrial ruggedized 12AT7) that I hand selected for high
transconductance and close section-to-section match, and I’ve re-biased
the output for Sovtek 5881s. I use a solid-state rectifier module so as
to put as much voltage on the Sovteks as I can. The amp sounds killer,
and is quite loud. It’s easily my best sounding amp. In one word, the
tone is “sweet”, and that happened after I put in the Telefunken and
Mullard. I also replaced the wimpy Oxford speaker with a Celestion
Vintage 30.

Regards.