ECC803S Gold Pin

The Gold Pin JJ ECC803S is designed to be a premium version of the long plate JJ ECC803S. The Internal components go through additional selection and processing during assembly. After working with these tubes for several years we can confirm they do test more consistently and sound noticeably different than the original JJ ECC803S. The Gold Pin tubes have a very open and lush tone. When overdriven they have a very smooth and singing character that’s less gritty and less aggressive than the original versions.

The guitar players out there will observe the open, lush, and chimey clean tones these provide. When overdriven they’re very smooth and refined sounding with less grit and “teeth” than the original JJ ECC803S. Of course they still have that pushed upper mid and high end response the original ECC803S is known for. If you’re looking for more attitude and grind stick with the original ECC803S’s.

HIFI users should observe an increase in bandwidth with a very lush presentation and a distinctly vocal upper mid.

Also available with current Balanced triodes for phase inverter use and Balanced and Matched in pairs or multiples.

All our preamp tubes are stringently tested for noise and microphonics using Amplitrex testers driving an external amp. There is no extra charge for low noise and microphonics testing like with other tube vendors. If a tube does not pass our strict performance criteria it’s tossed or sent back to JJ Electronic for evaluation.