Members petejt Posted July 5, 2007 Members Share Posted July 5, 2007 What preamp valves are the most aggressive-sounding? Really high-gain, aggressive, "nasty" razor-sharp gainy distortion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted July 5, 2007 Members Share Posted July 5, 2007 Sovtek LPS Chinese 9th Gen EH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clay_finley Posted July 5, 2007 Members Share Posted July 5, 2007 +1 on the Sovtek LPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheAmazingBlob Posted July 5, 2007 Members Share Posted July 5, 2007 I got that kind aggressive vibe from Tung-Sols, although they may have just seemed like it because I replaced them with JJs (smooth and dark). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oops-A-Paisley Posted July 5, 2007 Members Share Posted July 5, 2007 EH definately but if you want :love:ly distortion RFT all the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted July 5, 2007 Members Share Posted July 5, 2007 I got that kind aggressive vibe from Tung-Sols, although they may have just seemed like it because I replaced them with JJs (smooth and dark). i've found the tung sol's to have lots of gain, but they're very smooth. not really the "razor sharp" tone the OP is talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheAmazingBlob Posted July 5, 2007 Members Share Posted July 5, 2007 i've found the tung sol's to have lots of gain, but they're very smooth. not really the "razor sharp" tone the OP is talking about.Yeah, I haven't compared preamp tubes at all much really, but I found Tung-Sols to be much more agressive than JJs . Not saying they're more aggressive than anything else, because I don't really know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted July 5, 2007 Members Share Posted July 5, 2007 i wouldn't say more agressive, just not as dark. *shrug* i love both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted July 6, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2007 EH definatelybut if you want :love:ly distortion RFT all the way I'll have a look into the RFT preamp valves. Thanks for the tip. Also the EH ones. If Sovteks are cheaper but produce a similar result, I might try them too. Thanks again. Everyone else, please add your positive input, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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