what's a good replacement tube for my TubePre?

adclark · 20th August 2005

I know this is a cheap piece of gear, but what kind of replacement tube would I see a difference with. I use tubepre for acoustic guitars and Bass.

AnalogUniverse · 20th August 2005

I'm not familiar with this piece, nor do i know what tube is already in it.. but, check out www.thetubestore.com. They have nice little blurbs about each of the tubes they sell that give you an idea about how they sound. I picked up a couple tubes from them a little while ago for a distortion pedal and i found the descriptions to be pretty accurate.

VO-Guy · 23rd August 2005

Also check with Brent at audiotubes.com . He'll steer ya in the right direction.

TAVD · 24th August 2005

I tried different NOS tubes in a Bluetube preamp several years ago and there was very little if any difference. If you set the drive high, like past 12:00, and listen real hard for a difference, well maybe. But a different tube won't have any real world night and day improvement. It's basically a transistor preamp with a vanity valve. But let me stop you from trying. Your results might be different.

Albert · 24th August 2005

I like that phrase: "vanity valve". But who is the one being vain, the preamp or the owner?

20th August 2005	#1
adclark Gear nut Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 108 Thread Starter	what's a good replacement tube for my TubePre? I know this is a cheap piece of gear, but what kind of replacement tube would I see a difference with. I use tubepre for acoustic guitars and Bass.

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Albert Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,489	I like that phrase: "vanity valve". But who is the one being vain, the preamp or the owner? __________________ http://www.misterpotts.com [URL=http://www.facebook.com/alby.potts[/URL]

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20th August 2005	#2
AnalogUniverse Gear nut Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Northeast U.S. Posts: 138	I'm not familiar with this piece, nor do i know what tube is already in it.. but, check out www.thetubestore.com. They have nice little blurbs about each of the tubes they sell that give you an idea about how they sound. I picked up a couple tubes from them a little while ago for a distortion pedal and i found the descriptions to be pretty accurate.

24th August 2005	#4
TAVD Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,389	I tried different NOS tubes in a Bluetube preamp several years ago and there was very little if any difference. If you set the drive high, like past 12:00, and listen real hard for a difference, well maybe. But a different tube won't have any real world night and day improvement. It's basically a transistor preamp with a vanity valve. But let me stop you from trying. Your results might be different.