C2200 12AT7 Recommendation

[Robmag]

A friend of mine today asked me to recommend NOS tubes for his C2200. He said he wanted to try some vintage tubes. For the 12AX7's I recommended the Telefunken smooth plates, that one was easy. I told him they were great tubes and they were very quiet. I have used them in my Scott 299B and 296 and they never let you down! For the 12AT7's I have no experience with them and could not make a recommendation. So I am interested to hear what you guys recommend to go with the Telefunken 12AX7's in a C2200?

Regards,
Rob

 

[quartersaw]

So I am interested to hear what you guys recommend to go with the Telefunken 12AX7's in a C2200?
Regards,
Rob

You can get RCA's for a magnitude less than the Tele's. Can't go wrong with them, in my opinion.

 

[Rick58]

I don't know if they 'work the same' in a preamp application, but when I got some NOS Siemens & Halske 12AT7s as drivers for my 300B amps, they added a bit of sparkle and resolution that I was looking for. If that's what you're looking for, maybe try some ...

I see Tubemonger has a couple varieties now:
http://www.tubemonger.com/Siemens_Halske_1960s_3_MICA_E81CC_Munich_ECC81_p/629m.htm

(and some others too) he's a great seller IMO, stands behind his tubes.

 

[PatrickE]

I too am interested to hear some more current opinions on this. I imagine that surely someone here has a "magic recipe" for a 2200 that has direct experience rolling tubes in this unit recently.....

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sh...highlight=upgrade+from+c2200+to+c2300+dilemma

great thread here form "Lenny" in 2008 you should check out Robmag......great advice/information on tube rolling in the C2200.