Jackie
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So I've been looking at =C= 6L6s to buy for my 2:90 when the existing tubes take a **** (which shouldn't take long IMO given their age).
I have 2 stores - one I have bought from and I was satisfied with (albeit they are a bit pricy) and one I have never bought from but they are reliable.
Now as you can imagine buying an octet of 6L6s isn't exactly cheap, so here's my situation:
The store I have bought from before has =C= 6L6s that are supposedly "specially selected for Mesa amplifiers" and when I calculate the shipping and VAT, I would have to pay 142€ for a quad.
The other store also has =C= 6L6s and if I would buy off them, it would cost me 115€ for a quad. That's almost 30€ less per quad than the first store. These are "normal" or should I say "non Mesa spec'd".
Is there anything wrong if I buy the "normal" tubes? I mean, would the amp's performance be affected, in the sense that it wouldn't sound the way it should or something because they're not "Mesa spec'd"?
I know Mesa's amps are fixed bias but to me that doesn't mean the bias adjusts automatically, it just stays the same, right?
I have 2 stores - one I have bought from and I was satisfied with (albeit they are a bit pricy) and one I have never bought from but they are reliable.
Now as you can imagine buying an octet of 6L6s isn't exactly cheap, so here's my situation:
The store I have bought from before has =C= 6L6s that are supposedly "specially selected for Mesa amplifiers" and when I calculate the shipping and VAT, I would have to pay 142€ for a quad.
The other store also has =C= 6L6s and if I would buy off them, it would cost me 115€ for a quad. That's almost 30€ less per quad than the first store. These are "normal" or should I say "non Mesa spec'd".
Is there anything wrong if I buy the "normal" tubes? I mean, would the amp's performance be affected, in the sense that it wouldn't sound the way it should or something because they're not "Mesa spec'd"?
I know Mesa's amps are fixed bias but to me that doesn't mean the bias adjusts automatically, it just stays the same, right?