That is great info. I always wonder about it. I dont' know if it matters or not how loud you play, because i play very loud, so i thought maybe it would only last for like 4-6 yearsJust a headsup but I own over 20 tube amps and have played for years and play every night, and have never once had a PI tube die.... Good luck though!
Eric
yeah. 105-109 is my sweetspot for home playing, lol. most of my work is thereI play loud too. I think my lowest wattage amp is a Splawn Competition, or a few Trainwreck clones and most are either 50, 60 or 100 watts, and I play loud with my band (Stage volume is too loud) and at home I'm lucky to be able to play loud (my ears aren't lucky anymore though) . .Anyway, I actually measured at home the other night just for fun and it was hovering around 106db. I seriously have never had 1 go bad. They also don't affect tone near as much as a V1 or V2 tube on most amps, but if you really want a NOS one, either RCA, Sylvania , or GE would be fine. I have a huge tube collection and I wouldn't waste any of the really good stuff for the PI's This is only my experience , and others might vary, just trying to save you money. Get different tubes for the other positions though if you don't have a lot of tubes, as then you can experiment with tone .
Eric
i was actually going to just message you. I figured you would have something up your sleeve. I just wanted to hear everyone's opinion. i will look into the tungsram. I have used svtk lps until i got the wizard. i noticed he had a jj there, and i know some amps supposedly don't like longplates there.
Yep. That's my go-to.
Those have been my favorite American tubes. In my Wizard MTL, mostly just tried the V1 position and my favorites there were that JAN Philips, Mullard Blackburn and GE, but that amp strangely I find much less sensitive to tube swaps than most of my other amps
yeah. I grabbed some EH 7025 for the other positions just to see how they compare to the silver dragons for noise. I can only hear the noise when boosting, but I think that I can tame the rest of it with these. Wizards are quiet as hell, but I am very anti microphonic. I may try that Jan Phillips in v1 to see if i can hear the flavor of it.
I find their flavor to be growly, fat and warm and still fairly tight. Will be a bit scooped or hollow though in the mids compared to European tubes since that's just the American flavor for tubes vs European ECC83's
I agree with this 100%. Even JJ ECC803S long plates are good in the PI and what I use when I do not have EI.. I have had PI tubes die on me in the past in reference to another post stating they never have.