Revelation tubes
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Nick Holden
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Revelation tubes
Any of you Revelation pre-amp users, what replacement tubes are you using for best overall sound and performance if you have replaced them? Thanks
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Dennis Detweiler
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NOS RCA. I picked up a matching pair from early 1960's and I have a few other single NOS RCA's for the third tube.
1976 Birdseye U-12 MSA with Telonics 427 pickup, 1975 Birdseye U-12 MSA with Telonics X-12 pickup, Boss 59 Fender pedal for preamp, NDR-5 Atlantic Delay & Reverb, two Quilter 201 amps, 2- 12" Eminence EPS-12C speakers, ShoBud Pedal, 1949 Epiphone D-8. Revelation preamp into a Crown XLS 1002 power amp.
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Brad Sarno
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Agreed! RCA's are special with pedal steel, very nice fidelity, super smooth, sweet, rich highs WITHOUT any hard or glassy edge. And the mids are very lush too.Dennis Detweiler wrote:NOS RCA. I picked up a matching pair from early 1960's and I have a few other single NOS RCA's for the third tube.
And while it's nice to get NOS, you can also save money and find "used tests good" tubes that should be good for a lifetime. The key with any tube is to try to source ones that are low in microphonics.
Brad
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