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Seeking suggestions for 6922 tubes

Some years ago Kevin Deal had a good price on a stash of Telefunken gold pin 6922 tubes. At the time I needed a pair for my DAC, and they worked out very well. I'm still using them today. Now I find myself with a preamp that also uses a pair, and it seems the Telefunkens are not available at this time. 

I would appreciate suggestions of alternate brands that I might use for this purpose.

Thanks, John 

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danager's avatar
danager
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The best 6922 I've heard are the Amperex D Getter from the late 50s early 60s.  I prefer them to the 7308.  I used them both in my MHDT Orchid Dac and the Decware SE84UFO. 

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xenolith
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Read what petg60 says in this thread; I assure he's right:

 

hedwigstheme
140 posts
 

Be careful if your preamp is an Audible Illusions.

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dekay
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What is the preamp and the DAC.

If the preamp runs the tubes hard then this will slim down your choices.

If the DAC uses the Telefunken's in a buffer stage (and you purchased higher than buffer grade tubes) you could try them in the preamp.

You could try something like this in the DAC and/or the preamp (see following link).

I've used the longer lasting version of the tube in the link, but good testing units of them dried up a long time ago.

Anyway, I may be able make a few recs once I know what preamp you are using.

 

 

DeKay

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