Tung-Sol 12AX7 (ECC83) Preamp Vacuum Tube

41 Reviews
SKU: TS-12AX7

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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.

From our review of this tube: "There are only so many ways to describe tube tone and most have become cliches. The Tung Sol 12AX7 has the gain and drive of a Chinese 12AX7 and the pure tone of a Mullard or Brimar."

According to the manufacturer, this Tungsol 12AX7 is the Ultimate 12AX7. Big, warm, and musical. High Gain, ultra-low microphonics, and superb linearity with a dynamic 3-D sound.

One other note about the construction of these audio tubes is they have filaments that are almost completely encased in the plate structure. They don't "light up" brightly when working properly.

Note to audiophiles: These tubes are great for linestage preamps, but generally not phono stages where a very low noise floor is required.

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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.

Excellent cleans

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I recently dropped this in my Engl E530 and wow what a difference! My cleans sound so much more rich and full, not too bright, not too muddled. Great investment for a great sound!

great tone

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Replaced my old JJ ECC83-S in the V1 with the Tungsol 12AX7. I could tell the gain wasn't as compressed as the JJ but didn't have as strong of a bottom end as the JJ. Good gain, sweeter top end. A good choice!

It's a winner!

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These are a very good value. Well made, solid sound. These are a good upgrade if you Amp shipped with China tubes. Most everything I've tried these in from amps to pedals responded well.

Tungsol 12AX7 - Smooth not harsh

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These are great tubes. I use them in both my amps now. Great smooth tone, nice shimmer and responsive. Way better than anything else I have tried, especially when you push the amp hard. I have a Tonemaster 214 and a Fender '65 Princeton Reverb, they sound way nicer than the stock tubes. I prefer these to JJs too, not as harsh, a lot smoother. I would recommend them to anyone looking for something better than stock tubes.

Very good

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I replaced a set of Electro Harmonix 12AX7-EH tubes with these. While I did like the EH's (would give them a 3.5 to 4 out of 5 because of the value) I feel the Tung-Sol 12AX7 tubes are just a bit better both in terms of warmth and more musical. With these in the preamp of my DRRI and the Tung-sol 6V6GT tubes in the power amp, my amp can really sing once warmed up. I will give 4.5 stars as I have never tried NOS tubes so can't really compare. Either way this is a rock solid excellent performing tube. Very inspiring.