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Product Summary
No other tubes can deliver vocals like the Blackburn Mullard\'s, and that\'s a fact. These 12DW7s are extremely hard to find today and are becoming every serious audiophile\'s darling.12DW7/ECC832 combines 12AX7/ECC83 and 12AU7/ECC82, where the former is used as the 1st stage and the latter as the 2nd stage.
Sound Qualities
The overall tonality of Mullard 12DW7 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!
Appearance & cosmetic condition
These tubes have nearly 100% of the paint and lettering remaining, and the identical Blackburn date codes are perfectly visible:
B1J (B = Blackburn, 1 = 1961, J = October)Professional Tube Testing
This set was tested and certified by RoeTest V11 tester with the following result:
Tube 1:
Measured transconductance (GM): 1.8/1.33 mA/V - 82%/83% (100% =2.2/1.6mA/V)Measured plate current (IA): 8.567/0.812 mA - 82%/68% (100% =10.50/1.2mA)
Tube 2:
Measured transconductance (GM): 2/1.38 mA/V - 91%/86% (100% =2.2/1.6mA/V)Measured plate current (IA): 9.655/0.91 mA - 92%/76% (100% =10.50/1.2mA)
NO shorts, leakage or gas. NO noise or microphonics.
Curve trace is also included in the original RoeTest report.
Packaging
NEW reproduction Mullard tube boxes.Shipping Policy
-US Shipping:Flat-rate USPS Ground Advantage-International Shipping:(Please read carefully)USPS First Class International is used for all countries EXCEPT: Armenia, Chile, China, India, Latvia, Mauritius, Mexico, Serbia, Slovenia, Tuvalu, and Vietnam.If you prefer to use a different carrier or shipping service, please contact us first so we can establish shipping rates before you make payment.If you are a buyer in one of the excluded countries,you must contact us prior to purchase to arrange shipping.Soundlumia-sponsored 3-day guaranteed worldwide delivery program($35 flat rate for ALL destinations in the world) via DHL Express is highly recommended to serious and committed buyers.
- Same day shipping: Orders placed by2:00PM US Pacific Timeon weekdays are posted on the same day, otherwise the next business day.
- Combined shipping available - request invoice for total before making payment or receive shipping credit after orderships.
Return Policy - Please READ carefully
Returns are acceptable if we made a mistake by delivering you wrong or defective products. Tubes we sell are guaranteed to work because we run professional tests and sound evaluation TWICE: before they are approved for listing AND before we ship them to customers. So the \"defective item\" case doesn\'t exist and please do not bother trying - this type of returns will NOT be accepted without proof that tubes are faulty and we will open disputes with . Sound experience is very subjective and we do NOT accept returns because you do not like the tube\'s sound signature or because you changed your mind about your purchase. Please contact us to work things out before submitting return requests claiming \"item is defective\" or \"item not as described\" or \"just didn\'t like it\" or \"changed my mind.\"
Tube rollers abusing the return system will be reported to immediately and negative response will be left to your account - that\'s guaranteed. We have already opened several dispute cases to report abusive buyers and has always ruled in our favor. International buyers who request return or refund claiming your country\'s import duties or sales taxes/VAT/GST are too high will be reported to immediately for dishonesty and will be permanently blacklisted from purchasing from Soundlumia. We are committed to working closely with to help rid the marketplace of dishonest, unjust, unreasonable, abusive buyers that are detrimental to the vintage tubes market and the audiophile community.
