Siemens CCa vs. Amperex PW 6922

I'm usually at Deland Airport Thanksgiving week for the Skydiving party they host every year. I was in Perry for a few months last year(whatta hole!). If you're into the music and not the tube- the CCa's for you. The pre-70's vintage just gets out of the way of the music. I had the Siemens E188CC's in a modded SP-14 a few years back, and they were very lucid(and quiet) too- (http://www.upscaleaudio.com/product.asp?itemid=611&catid=42). Kevin has the CCa's also, but I don't know if they are the early ones.

Mr G- Just in case you're looking at the CCa's on eBay: There are some tubes listed there that the seller claims are 60's vintage. They aren't! They've got the shiny plates and internal date code that indicate the very bright(strident) version.

9999999,

Sam has a pair of CCa 50's dull sheild with readings of 86/83 82/67

He said the CCa 50's tubes can read out like this and is not uncommon.

What think you?

Gary

Sam's prices are always high. Very similar to Brendan at Tube World who may have the highest prices of any tube vendor.

If you do a little homework you should be able to find comparable tubes at much lower prices.

Check with Andy at Vintage Tube Services and Audiogon member Jsutter. Both offer high quality products at real world prices.