Suitable valve for EBS TD650?

[Changles]

So the valve in my TD650 has come to the end of its life. I bought the amp second hand a few months back and the previous owner had put in a Marshall ec883. I don't know much about the different valves out there. Is this a good valve for a TD650? Or is anything better that I should buy? Does it even matter?! Give me a clue!

Thanks

Changles

[icastle]

[quote name='Changles' post='1016807' date='Nov 8 2010, 07:43 PM']So the valve in my TD650 has come to the end of its life. I bought the amp second hand a few months back and the previous owner had put in a Marshall ec883. I don't know much about the different valves out there. Is this a good valve for a TD650? Or is anything better that I should buy? Does it even matter?! Give me a clue!

Thanks

Changles[/quote]

Valves come in different grades, but essentially any ECC83 or 12AX7 will work but some work better than others.
Marshall valves are rebranded Svetlana's if that's any help?

Try [url="http://www.watfordvalves.com/"]http://www.watfordvalves.com/[/url] - I had a set of valves off them for an ENGL combo recently and they were happy to advise.

[geoffbyrne]

Read this - just scroll past the big picture of City Hall & the two embarrased men and go to the article about pre-amp valves, or tubes. Myles Rose is one of the most knowledgeable gents out there when it comes to tubes & he's developed his own testing equipment for the proving thereof.

[url="http://la-economy.blogspot.com/2010/09/most-critical-least-expensive-most.html"]http://la-economy.blogspot.com/2010/09/mos...nsive-most.html[/url]

G.

[icastle]

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='1017277' date='Nov 9 2010, 10:22 AM']Read this - just scroll past the big picture of City Hall & the two embarrased men and go to the article about pre-amp valves, or tubes. Myles Rose is one of the most knowledgeable gents out there when it comes to tubes & he's developed his own testing equipment for the proving thereof.

[url="http://la-economy.blogspot.com/2010/09/most-critical-least-expensive-most.html"]http://la-economy.blogspot.com/2010/09/mos...nsive-most.html[/url]

G.[/quote]

I was gonna say all that but figured "some work better than others" kinda covered it
Interesting read though.

[Wilco]

I've just bought a Gold Lion ecc83 (12AX7) from this company

[url="http://www.hotroxuk.com/"]http://www.hotroxuk.com/[/url]

& that was an improvement over the Sovtek 12AX7-WA my amp was shipped with.

Whilst doing a bit of research, stumbled across this article which you may find useful.

[url="http://thetubestore.com/12ax7review.html"]http://thetubestore.com/12ax7review.html[/url]