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jefrs · March 28th, 2009, 07:59 AM

I don't know the ART and the link appears broken... Some of these preamps use the valve in starved plate mode to emulate a proper valve amp, my AD30VT does this and does it quite well. But changing the tube for a better one serves little benefit as it is not being used as a true amplifier. If it is a true analogue preamplifier then it pays to experiment with different tubes to find the one that suits you, it may well not be the finest NOS that money can buy.

March 28th, 2009, 07:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
jefrs Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Newbury, England Age: 54 Posts: 2,136	I don't know the ART and the link appears broken... Some of these preamps use the valve in starved plate mode to emulate a proper valve amp, my AD30VT does this and does it quite well. But changing the tube for a better one serves little benefit as it is not being used as a true amplifier. If it is a true analogue preamplifier then it pays to experiment with different tubes to find the one that suits you, it may well not be the finest NOS that money can buy. __________________ There's two kinds of people, those that hear the music and those that don't.