c-j Premier 9 DAC and 6GK5's tubes.


c-j Premier 9 DAC uses a pair of 6GK5, apparently preffered by the manufacturer, as it has been used in many of their amps and preamps. As the tubes are overdue ( after 3 years ) and I'm looking for replacements, I'm wondering if somebody out there could advice me on: going for the original Sylvania tubes or... GE, Telefunken, RCA, russian, chinese, chech... I would also apreciate opinions from present or former owners of this DAC.I use c-j DR1 transport and the DAC feeds directly into a pair of Bryston 7B-st monos. The speakers are Apogee Scintillas, by amped by Symo cables. Power conditioners are Chang 3200 and power cords are XLO's Pro's.
jstones
Hi Like the other that preceed me I also use now some mullard that i found at« http://www.tubeman.com/itm00057.htm» and they are better sounding than the original c-j GE and like you i own a pair of Scintilla, C-J premier 10, P-2 D-2, and a pair of Krell Reference Serie mono amp, 770 mit reference for speaker and 330 and Cardas Golden reference for interconnect
yes, from Florida the mullards are great, and cheaper than from Kevin Deal. BTW what are you using in terms of Digital cable to your premier Dac 9?
thanks everybody for helping me out! i'll give it a try to the mullard. As digital cable I'm using the Illuminati D-60 DataFlex Studio.