Tung-Sol 12AU7W / 6189 Preamp Vacuum Tube

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SKU: TS-12AU7

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The Tungsol 12AU7W / 6189 is a brand new pre-amp tube that is made in Russia. It is a premium quality 12AU7 vacuum tube built to match the performance of the military/industrial original GE 6189 tube. This tube performs well as a preamp tube or driver tube. The 12AU7 tube type is equivalent to the European ECC82 tube and can be used in any 12AU7 or ECC82 circuit.

The Tung-Sol name and trademark have been acquired by the New Sensor Corporation. This new production Tungsol tube is manufactured at their Xpo-Pul factory (also known as Reflektor) in Saratov, Russia. New Sensor is an American corporation and since taking ownership of this factory has been steadily improving the quality of current production tubes.

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Warranty Information and Return Policy

Warranty Period: 3 months

All our tubes are guaranteed for 3 months from the date of purchase. (Any exceptions will be noted on that tube's Warranty tab)

If you receive a tube that does not perform to the manufacturer's specifications, please do the following:

- contact us to get a return authorization
- return it via regular mail within 90 days from when we shipped it, and we will provide an exchange or refund of the full purchase price of the tube.

Returns not related to warranty or defect will be considered at our discretion, and are subject to a 15% restocking fee.

We can not accept returns that don't have an authorization, are past 3 month, or are returned improperly.

These guidelines may be updated without notice.

Ratings & Reviews

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Heresy?

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My Rogue RP-5 preamp uses four 12AU7 tubes. While I am usually a great believer in NOS tubes and own several types and brands, I get frustrated with many NOS small signal tubes as they seem to get noisier as time goes on. So, with some trepidation I bought some TungSol 12AU7 re-issues to use in the Rogue hoping to rid myself of the noise and the price of NOS tubes as well. Frankly, I was gobsmacked at how good these tubes are! Maybe my ears are starting to fail me after so many years of horribly loud noise from my former employment, but I honestly cannot detect a huge amount of difference between the TS re-issue and the NOS Telefunken smooth plate 12AU7s I was using. I know many will cry heresy at that comment and if you do, so be it. But for the cost and the performance of the TungSol re-issue 12AU7, these are a true bargain and "Cinderella" story for any 12AU7 user.

Использовал в hi-fi в качестве драйвера

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Звучит натурально,без смягчений,хорошо подает вокал и высокие частоты,чисто.Сцена широкая,свободный звук,открытый.Противоположная подача от JJ-82s.Хорошо уравновешивается как раз в связке с JJ,кому не понравится 'крикливость' этой лампы.Если слушать вместе с TAD(12ах7):сцена широкая,глубокая,отличные высокие частоты,свободный и глубоки,структурный бас,сам звук скорее имеет тенденцию к осветлению,без мягкостей и иногда не хватает самых тонких послезвучий.Но общий уровень достаточно высокий!
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It sounds natural, without softening, it gives good vocal and high frequencies, it's clean. The scene is wide, free sound, open. The opposite is the feed from the JJ ECC82. It's well balanced just in conjunction with JJ who does not like the "shouting" of this lamp. together with TAD (12ах7): the stage is wide, deep, excellent high frequencies, free and deep, structural bass, the sound itself tends to lighten, without softness and sometimes lacks the thinnest after-sound. But the overall level is quite high!

Rogue audio sphinx

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This is the tube to get for the Rogue Audio Sphinx. Everything is right about the sound with exceptional vocals.