12AX7/ECC83 Gold Pins Preamp Tube

Replaced the stock psvane tubes in my ART solo MPA and ART solo VLA (preamp and compressor) and all i can say is wow! I have not burned the tubes in yet, just tested for functionality so far, but instantly it made the sound, only what i could describe as, “cleaner” and more distinct, with a whole lot more warmth. Silky smooth comes to mind. Let me say though the Psvane stock tubes did not sound bad at all, they have a distinct punchiness to them that i could see being maybe better suited for guitar and drums, however for vocals which is mainly what i will be recording i would recommend the gold lions hands down for that smooth and creamy vintage warmth. Also reccomend the seller tonal tubes. They understood the nature of the product packaged it carefully and had it delivered two days ahead of the estimated time. Excellent seller excellent product!

Excellent sounding tubes. Much better than Chinese tubes. Construction is more like NOS tubes.

I only have experience with these Golden Lion, so I can only compare them to my stock tubes on the Muzishare X7.Of all the tubes I've rolled on the X7, I think these 12ax7 tubes made the most difference (the rectifier was also significant in that it sounds like the drivers moves faster with tighter control). The most obvious improvement was it sounded like there is db gain. All other aspects were not subtle either. The soundstage grew, details are more prominent, and just more dynamic sounding overall.On my system tube rolling produced some of the most dramatic improvements of all the cables and electrical upgrades.

I bought this tube to replace the tube in my Tube Ultragain MC200. it’s the preamp I use for everything before my interface.Vocals and guitars sound wonderful through this guy. Clear with a nice light coloring and punch.Bass guitar, I would say is not this tubes strong suit. It’s thick and wonderful but maybe at sometimes the clarity or pop is missing with this tube.Doesn’t stop me from using it though. Overall it’s a complete upgrade over the standard tube and I love it.

Sounded great in my Fender Super Champ, made it sound like a 12" speaker. Added color and a nice spectrum of tones. Put 3 in my Peavey Delta Blues 115, and it gave low gain and low volume. Clean but a bit quiet. Left one in for the phase inverter, but put my Mullard's back in V1 and v2. Noisier but louder and dirtier now. So these are a bit too pricey and the gold pins don't make a difference to my ear. Clean and compressed. Not bad.

I replaced a bad tube in the preamp section of my Jolida integrated. I decided to test the tubes after warming up, by playing some classical music and then some rock and jazz. I found that the sound was very warm and detailed, no muddiness, and very clear detail. In the end, what was an excellent piece of audio equipment is now top of the line. $100-plus for pair of Gold Lino 12AX7s? I will do it again, and my even consider changing the tubes in the phone stage and DAC. They are THAT good!

I use a tube preamp/compressor and had previously upgraded to the Gold tipped TungSol tube for $26... But this my friends is worth every penny. Its noticeably far smoother, vocals are being compressed and EQed like a dream now. This thing is saving me time and headaches with mixes. Im about to send my 2tracks through it in a second. The way its taming and turning the high frequencies into silk, giving the signal body and accurate bass. Im Very Impressed! Im a multiplatinum engineer, take my word for it.. best tubes ive ever used.

I got a pair of these to replace the awful stock tubes in my Yaqin MC13S. The difference was night and day! It went from a "pretty good" P/P amp to "WOW!" I thought it might be a fluke or that maybe my ears just hadn't heard really good tubes, so I picked up a pair of RCA black plate NOS tubes on the auction site. I feel the Gold Lions are actually better, and I paid less for them than the RCA's. I don't know how they compare to something like $500 Mullard NOS, but my pockets aren't deep enough to find out. I've also used these as an upgrade to a Little Bear T11 phono preamp and, once again, the difference was outstanding. While I might play around with other tubes just to have fun, I'm fairly sure I'll keep coming back to the Gold Lions. Do note that you want to burn these in for 1-3 hours to get the absolute best sound from them, but they still sound VERY good right out of the box.