Do all tubes glow

In my CDP the two 6922 tubes glow and the two E83CCS do not glow but are hot, and the unit seems to play fine. Thoughts?

jl3512-31-2015 2:22am

jl35 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,982 posts 12-31-2015 at 03:10am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Just looking at old threads. Looks like we do. The lack of glow worried me at first. Never saw a tube not glow
charles1dad Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 10,250 posts 12-31-2015 at 03:32am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Some tubes do not emit a glow. My EML XLS and Takatsuki 300b tubes don't. They both sound superb regardless.
rja Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,370 posts 12-31-2015 at 07:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete jl35, What tubes are you using? Currently I've got a pair of old Mullard 12AX7 and a pair of Telefunken 6922. Figured I'd let the English and Germans fight it out one more time in my CDP.
jl35 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,982 posts 12-31-2015 at 09:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Starting with a new Jim McShane set of Gold Lion, have some Baldwin and Nat'l Union to try. I'm new at trying tubes...awesome CDP
rja Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,370 posts 01-01-2016 at 05:58am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Did you get volume control?