Best new production 12AX7?

[pstar]

gold lions have been good to me as of late

 

[fek]

the ruby hg+ are rebranded JJ's right?

I believe that they are Chinese actually.

 

[killertone]

the ruby hg+ are rebranded JJ's right?

I believe that they are Chinese actually.

Yup.

 

[duesentrieb]

Only thing to be careful of, is that the TungSol and EH don't work nicely in Cathode Follower positions. So i tend to use Chinese or JJ 12AX7 tubes in the Cathode Follower since they can handle the Heater to Cathode voltage fine.

--> Use elevated heaters. Dan.

 

[nitro]

The Ruby 12AX7ACZ HG is a JJ Tube.

 

[rockify]

EHX Gold Pin

 

[Giga]

Tonewise you'll have to decide for yourself but reliabilitywise nothing beats the Chinese tubes ime

Giga

 

[D-Rock]

JJ ECC83S

 

[MrDan666]

Only thing to be careful of, is that the TungSol and EH don't work nicely in Cathode Follower positions. So i tend to use Chinese or JJ 12AX7 tubes in the Cathode Follower since they can handle the Heater to Cathode voltage fine.

--> Use elevated heaters. Dan.

Yup that's a solution to it, which i have used a bunch of times Just thought i'd mention the CF issues for those who have production amps without elevated heaters though