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BOWIE
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You might want to take a look at his post history and decide if you think he's just spamming. Especially due to the fact that he recommended ECC82 (12AU7) tubes in a unit that uses 12AX7s. That's simply bad advice (I'm sorry George Mass, but there's no other way to put it). Also, I don't think they're even available yet. My understanding is that they were having a lot of design issues they had to resolve that delayed their release. A lot of us are hoping that they will be nice but they are going to be expensive and a lot of doubt already surrounds them. We'll see.
the pro vla 2 uses ecc82's, not ecc83's. I put a pair of telefunken 12au7's (a nos pair from 1956) and it smoothed out the top end of the compressor TEN FOLD! It is defiantly worth changing the tubes.
I have used the gold JJ Tesla 12au7' in it as well, and they are a VAST improvement over the chinese tubes that came with it.
I find the PRO VLA 2 to be really cool on drum bus, and on bass guitar. I really don't like it on vocals, it is a little too dirty. It is GREAT on a dirty rock vocal, where you want to "filth" up the vocal.
I actually LOVE the single channel ART LEVELAR on vocals. I have a NOS Phillips 12ax7 in mine, and it is simply amazing! I leave it inserted into my vocal channel, and use it 90% of the time.
Defiantly worth the $280 i paid!