My BeePree2 is fully upgraded and sounds fantastic, but I have 1 thing I'd like to fix and need some advise. I'm currently running the stock EH 300B tubes and very pleased with the sound, however....(don't hate me too much) they don't have that lovely tube glow unless it's completely dark and you're standing very close. Does anyone have any recommendations for replacement tubes that will glow nicely and sound as good? I know it's all a bit silly and I've read all the threads on this board about replacement/upgrade 300B tubes but this critical information (glow, no glow) is missing. Any help?
BeePree2 Tubes
- Thread starter figby
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Your choices are to either buy the Elrog 300B and modify the circuit accordingly, or get a mesh/perforated plate tube where you can see the filament through the plate.
sl-15
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Have a look at the photo in this recent BeePre thread. Also read a bit further down how the photo has been taken. It was in a dark room and the phone camera exaggerates the tube glow. But this might be still what you are looking for.
https://forum.bottlehead.com/index.php?topic=14317.0
https://forum.bottlehead.com/index.php?topic=14317.0
2wo
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I have a set of the TJ mesh which I believe are probably the same as the Sophie. I have had them a long time and they have been good reliable tubes but they are not really mesh but rather perforated plates. In a darkened room they are pretty but not like that photo in a reasonablely lit room...John
johnsonad
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I’ll add that the EML mesh you can only really see when it’s dead dark in the room. If you want pretty lights, add some low watt LED below the tube. There are some sites with ideas for this. The Elrog tubes glow much brighter as do any thoriated tungsten tune but I will never purchase them again.
Where is the ban button when we need it?johnsonad said:
Got my digging shovel for this thread:
I am completely happy with my BeePre2 and am getting ready to install the final upgrade. But am also looking at upgrading the tubes, without going ham on the audio piggy bank. Any good recommendations or a newer thread perhaps? Still getting a lay of the land on the new forum.
I am completely happy with my BeePre2 and am getting ready to install the final upgrade. But am also looking at upgrading the tubes, without going ham on the audio piggy bank. Any good recommendations or a newer thread perhaps? Still getting a lay of the land on the new forum.
In a relatively broad shootout, I was a fan of these:
Psvane 300B T-II
Psvane 300B T-II
