Manley Chinook

Hey, Stevechamp, ping me at my email address:
bill@flyingreptilemediagroup.com
I have an older pair of very good NOS teles I am happy to give you - no
strings attached, for you to play with and you can keep them. There's still
life left in them, I just have no equipment using a 6922 and there is no real
value in trying to sell a used tube that I cannot truthfully represent as
NOS/low mileage (I have a tube tester but I need to calibrate it so i can't tell
what they read at this point). Call it paying it forward. (I assume that the
Gon has no problem with a gift).

Thanks Whart, very generous of you! After watching Eva Anna discuss how they select and burn in tubes for their manufacuring, I think I will let the Chinook simply burn in with, and enjoy, the stock tubes that came with it and see how that plays out efore swapping in alternates. Had a long listening session with audio friends Tuesday night and it keeps sounding better with time.

Now considering a Jumbo Shrimp and Snappers...

Chinook continues to break in on day 10; last night listening and the soundstage is even larger than a week ago. Bass also improved and I still can't believe the detail retrieval and how much I was missing earlier.

Decided to trade in my CJ CAV50 for Jumbo Shrimp and Snappers to complete the tube based upgrade.

What speakers are you using, Stevecham?

Thiel 2.4

I have to say now on day three of this system is revelatory and it's not even broken in.