6SN7 & 6CA4 Tube Recommendations for Cary AE-3 DJH

It depends on the rest of your system, and on what sound you want to get.

Ckorody,
That's what I call a quality response to a post. The "Gon" needs more like that! Thanks.

Ditto, (though the first 2 responses provided useful info too).

Excellent post guys.

Tube540... In my AE-3 DJH that I recently purchased, Im using RCA 6SN7 GT VT231 Gray glass. Audio Art Ic-3 IC's into a Pass Aleph 3. PC's on both are Oyaide Tunami Cryo GPX. I have not experimented as yet with any other 6SN7's.. I am using the latest Herbies Halo dampers. I very much like the RCA's. BTW.. the Oyaide's enhanced the performance of the DJH and Aleph 3 wondefully. More transparent, greater clarity, nice dynamics. Improved Soundstage and bass.

**addendum to my prior post**
This little preamp is a gem. Hopefully you are a believer in the difference power and cabling makes in a system because the DJH does respond very well with the right choices as other have mentioned here. I use exclusively Shunyata power cables in my system, and specifically a Taipain Alpha Helix on my DJH (with Mapleshade Excaliber interconnects) with excellent results. Right out of the box, the preamp sounds good, but really comes into another league when you have everything dialed in. Have fun and enjoy!