Got my tubes today thanks Upscale and USPS for super fast shipping and delivery! Installed and fired them up about 45 minutes ago, right off the bat I'm getting greater transparency, a bit more airy high frequencies without brightness, and a touch more depth to the soundstage. My close quarters setup prevents any real soundstage depth so every little bit is appreciated. Great sounding tubes already and if they improve with burn in that will be a bonus! Thanks @mofimadness for the tip!
6922 Tubes!
Hi everyone, There are many old threads about the 6922, I wanted to know what people are using currently that wont break the bank, ( ie...$150 per tube seems a lot). I need to buy 4 new ones for my phono preamp. Should I just order a set of tubes from the manufacturer (Manley Labs) it seems they like to use Electro Harmonics and they are very affordable, so what does a $100 tube do?? because the originals were pretty nice sounding. I just dont want to overspend on tubes for the unit/system im using them in. Help.
Matt M
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@bdp24 Hi Eric, Regarding Cryo treatment, I found the following link for Tyra Labs, which briefly explains there cryo process and the electrical benefits. I thought you may be interested, being they are located in Lake Oswego, Oregon; semi close to your local. http://www.jenalabs.com/cryogenics/cryo-jena.html http://jenalabs.com/ |
Wow, thanks a million Brad. Yeah, Lake Oswego is only about a half hour drive from me. Jena Labs has a dealer in Portland too, Echo Audio. Rather than paying Upscale more for each tube, maybe I can take all my tubes to Jena and have them treated. I think they have a minimum charge for the service, no matter the number of items, assuming they'll all fit in the freezing apparatus. Maybe I'll look into having my brass snare drums and cymbals done too! |
Even though there claim to being an affordable process, I'm not sure what there definition means. I say this based on the cost of there cables, etc. I'm considering cryo treatment for some tubes I have, more for increasing the longevity then SQ since NOS tubes are getting more and more expensive and harder to find. Of course any benefit in SQ would be a plus. I need to do some further research regarding cryo of tubes. I remember reading somewhere that due to the difference in the temperature coefficient of materials the process ruined a set of IC's; the shield contracted greater then the conductor and or dielectric. JENA claims that there liquid process obtains temperatures much lower then the gaseous process. |
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