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Mullard 12AU7 ECC82 Box Plates - Wrinkled Glass - Mitcham 1959 - Near NOS
Mullard 12AU7 ECC82 Box Plates - Wrinkled Glass - Mitcham 1959 - Near NOS
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Tube Summary
No other tubes can deliver vocals like the Mitcham Mullard's, and that's a fact. These ECC82 tubes, especially the early 1950s ones, are extremely hard to find today and are becoming every serious audiophile's darling.
Sound Characteristics
The overall tonality of Mullard ECC82 tubes is warm and lively with a very spacious sound stage. "Like a warm British jacket of the finest tweed, these glorious tubes have an attractive sweet warmth in their midrange and lower regions." This is how the experts on audiotubes.com describe the sound signature of British-made Mullard tubes. The top end is silky and pleasant and doesn't get rolled off. They retain a fine sense of "air" at the top, and the upper midrange is smooth and liquid. These tubes reproduce the human voice, especially female voices, with haunting realism. The British made Mullard tubes are also known to have an attractive sparkle at the top with rich bass...now we know where that "warm British jacket" comes from!
Professional Sound Evaluation
The pair worked wonderfully and sounded terrific in our professional studio setup for monitoring.
- Input: Cambridge Audio CXC V2 dedicated CD transport + Schiit Audio Bifrost 2 Multibit DAC
- Amplification: Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies (3rd gen) Balanced Headphone Amplifier
- Output: Focal Clear MG Pro open-back headphones
Our full tube sound review was written 100% based on the actual listening experience while this pair of tubes were running in the system described above.
Professional testing & sound evaluation
This set was tested and certified by RoeTest V11 tester with the following result:
Tube 1:
Measured transconductance (GM): 1.91/1.89 mA/V - 87%/86% (100% = 2.20 mA/V)
Measured plate current (IA): 8.32/8.147 mA - 79%/78% (100% = 10.5 mA)
NO shorts, leakage or gas. NO noise or microphonics.
Curve trace is also included in the original RoeTest report.
Appearance & cosmetic condition
Nearly 100% of the paint and lettering are well retained. The Mitcham date code etched on glass are also perfectly visible on the tube:
R9I (R = Mitcham, 9 = 1959, I = September)
Packaging
This tube will be packaged in a new white box.
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