A vacuum tube that is intended to be placed in the preamp section of an electronic audio device, where it amplifies incoming instrument or microphone level signals up to line level. Among the most common preamp tubes is the 12ax7, which is used in everything from guitaramplifiers to microphone preamplifiers.
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