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Roar-duh
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So I got the Tube MP yesterday, and my NOS Sylvania valve today. I just swapped the tube in after the kid went to bed, and did a softer read as a test. I still have to put it through its paces, but this seems to have a little more warmth than a similar read with my iTrack Solo.
I wasn't expecting a 737, but for being out of pocket $30 for the Tube MP and $15 for the new tube, I'm very pleased. Definitely warrants further exploration.
This is with a 416, completely unprocessed except for normalization.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rsq6ayjdl3i39pf/416%20tube%20MP.wav?dl=0
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Lance Blair
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I like that. A bit of hiss, but you had the gain up high because this was a quiet read, right?
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Roar-duh
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| Lance Blair wrote: | | I like that. A bit of hiss, but you had the gain up high because this was a quiet read, right? |
Correct... I still need to play with it and see if hitting the +20db switch and dialing the gain back has any impact on the hiss. I'm traveling for my day job right now, so I'll experiment more when I return.
In audacity it looked like a lot of the hiss was at 10k and above, so easy to filter if nothing else.
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Lance Blair
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FWIW, I like the new production Tung Sols for voice over.
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Roar-duh
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I'll definitely add that plug-in to my list to play with when I get home... thanks for the info, I guess I wrongfully assumed that Chinese tubes would be garbage.
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Lance Blair
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The Tung Sols are made in Russia. They do sound Chinese! 
Tung Sol were originally from NJ "Tungsten" + "Sol/Light"
Now Sovtek are using the brand name to make new tubes in Russia as part of the Electro-Harmonix group.
The 'gold pin' ones were my fave. Didn't sound dark, had a nice tone, and were very clean sounding. http://www.tungsol.com/tungsol/html/12ax7-gold-tung-sol.html I used to run them in an ART MPA for a few years.
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