# are any of you guys into tube audio gear? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 15, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275 "2009-12-15T16:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/1 "2009-12-15T16:30:57Z")
Ive been working on some vintage tubed harman kardon integrated tube amps… do any of you guys own tube amps or vintage gear? ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/2 "2009-12-15T16:33:44Z")
I’ve got a tube head on my half stack…does that count? ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/3 "2009-12-15T16:37:02Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > I’ve got a tube head on my half stack…does that count? sure… what make/model and tube compliment? ---
**Author:** ![nixad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@nixad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nixad)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/4 "2009-12-15T16:46:31Z")
No, its a horrible technology BJT FTW! ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/5 "2009-12-15T16:47:46Z")
it’s a marshall…I didn’t have a ton of money at the time so it’s a low-end version…Not sure the model I’ll look though ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/6 "2009-12-15T17:33:51Z")
if you guys have never heard high end tube amps, most sound sweet and very musical, easy on the ears, more fun to listen to than some solid state amps. Neither tube or ss is perfect but each def sounds unique to me ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Omerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Joe\_Omerta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe_Omerta)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/7 "2009-12-15T19:36:52Z")
I’ve been running a carver CM-1090 with sonic holography for a while now and it’s one of the cleanest amps i’ve ever listened to. Literally night and day compared to everything else. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/8 "2009-12-16T09:32:01Z")
dmoffitt has owned a bunch of tube stuff over the years. Maksim2000 currently has a Rogue with a bunch of different tubes. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/9 "2009-12-16T19:32:18Z")
![http://images03.olx.pt/ui/2/28/23/25792523_1.jpg](http://images03.olx.pt/ui/2/28/23/25792523_1.jpg) So sexy and of course the gorgeous Mesa Boogie triple Rectifier ![http://www.soundhouse.co.jp/shop/prod_img/t/trecti.jpg](http://www.soundhouse.co.jp/shop/prod_img/t/trecti.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Treads4Heads](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/treads4heads/32/7416_2.png) [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/10 "2009-12-17T11:58:48Z")
My guitarist in my old band had that mesa head and for the longest time called it the rectalfier as he paid out the ass for it. ---
**Author:** ![Maksim2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@Maksim2000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Maksim2000)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/11 "2009-12-21T12:57:34Z")
Ya, this is my Rogue Tempest (Magnum upgrade): ![http://www.rydkin.com/gallery/d/3126-2/IMG_4509.JPG](http://www.rydkin.com/gallery/d/3126-2/IMG_4509.JPG) ![http://www.rydkin.com/gallery/d/3110-2/IMG_4505.JPG](http://www.rydkin.com/gallery/d/3110-2/IMG_4505.JPG) ![http://www.rydkin.com/gallery/d/4346-1/IMG_7663.jpg](http://www.rydkin.com/gallery/d/4346-1/IMG_7663.jpg) Currently tubed with: 4 Gold Lion KT88 4 RCA 12AU7 (Clear top) and 2 Shuguang 12AX7 ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/12 "2009-12-21T14:43:12Z")
very nice! Gold Lions are not cheap at all… ---
**Author:** ![Maksim2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@Maksim2000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Maksim2000)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-any-of-you-guys-into-tube-audio-gear/77275/13 "2009-12-21T18:57:30Z")
> [@LXIFLYBY](#): > > very nice! Gold Lions are not cheap at all… Nah, they are re-issue, only like $250 to re-tube it every couple years.