Tube Amp Archive

When I first fired up my dlite I had the JJ in V1 and there was no sound at all. I just swapped with the Sovtek to the PI and it worked. I tried several tubes and did not have that problem, but the JJ refused to play in v1. I think I just quit trying to figure it out. Lately I've been making the cha...

I've always liked the SED winged C. I admit that I haven't tried many. Guess I read the reviews on tubestore.com, tried the tubes and never had a desire to try something different. I did try various el34s and found their reviews to be fairly accurate. Do yourself a favor and get the tungsol 12ax7 wh...

The one and only time I bought groove tubes 6v6 I plugged it in, turned it on ant the plate glowed red. I picked up the tube 100 miles away when I was on business so I figured I'd just call GT. The guy argued with me over the specs of the replacement OT that I put in the amp and finally conceded whe...

I've been running into this one often.