Preamp tubes for roadster!

[ElectricTurkey4369]

Im thinking of going with-

V1-Tung Sol
V2-undecided
V3-Shuguang
V4-JJ
V5-Shuguang
V6-undecided

Help me with the v2 and v6! Im mostly concerned about the v2 though.

Thanks!

 

[espboogie123]

I would put a balanced sovtek LPS or ruby or mesa in v6. Some will tell you that the phase inverter does not have to be balanced, but I do believe it helps to have both halves equal controlling the power tubes. As for v2, there are quite few choices like another Chinese like penta, or shuguang or another tungsol or another JJ. Ruby HG+'s pretty good too.

 

[gonzald1]

i use these for my roadster with no regrets:

This is a high gain front end kit consisting of three hand picked high gain JJ ECC83S's for V1, V2 and V3, two standard JJ ECC83S's for V4 and V5 along with a balanced JJ ECC83S for the phase inverter in V6.