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retubing a bat vk 5i??????

i need to replace the tubes for my bat vk 5i without so to say "breaking the bank". i need 8 6922's and 2 5881's. looking for advice on where to look and if anyone has some reasonable priced choices that they had sucess with. i thank you in advance. thanks, ralph
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tweak1
3,644 posts
 
Check with Ken at www.tubeman.com
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kehut
668 posts
 
I added to this thread a few years back...you can read and see if it interests you.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1070100163&openusid&zzKehut&4&5#Kehut

Ken
larryken
537 posts
 
that's a great pre...I owned one for several years and had it tubed with Amperex 7308's which are now prohibitively expensive.
Larry
joman
167 posts
 
The "tubemonger" has some Matsushita 6922's that are not in the same league as the Siemen or Amperex but sound better to my ear than the Sovetek or EH. They were selling for 50 buck a pair. To my ear the BAT sounds best with the Amperex 7308. I have used several 6DJ8 types and they don't seem to last long before becoming very microphonic.
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