[Thenazgul]

Alright bought some Siemens CCA's, Grey-shields A0-revision. (check)

- End of march the Gungnir Multibit and Mjolnir 2 (and Wyrd)
- End of april Eve Audio SC305 speakers and stands.
- End of may another Sennheiser HD800S.

This will be all connected to my other high-end system.

Lets go XLR-balanced.

 

 

[Rozenberg]

Anyone know if these Amperex are the same albeit one is orange label?
Seller only says 2x Amperex USA 6922 (E88CC/CCa), Gold pins, gray shield.
Tube 1: 10,5/11,0 mA
Tube 2: 11,0/10,5 mA
 

 
Am looking to replace the ECC81 in my SOHA to ECC88 variants by switching the heater jumper.
Though I don't really want to spend a lot on em so pretty much I'm just looking at tubes with great value.
 
Thanks.

 

[winders]

Look at the Getter support. They are different so the tubes are not the same.

 

[Rozenberg]

Thanks for the answer. I guess gotta scratch it off the list then.
 
Time to go for the ECC88 Bugle Boy then, or is there other tubes that known to have better value for like $80/80€ a pair?
Been trying to find a pair of Reflektor '75 back then but kinda hard to find in EU...

 

[TK16]

  Thanks for the answer. I guess gotta scratch it off the list then.
 
Time to go for the ECC88 Bugle Boy then, or is there other tubes that known to have better value for like $80/80€ a pair?
Been trying to find a pair of Reflektor '75 back then but kinda hard to find in EU...

Here is a pair of 74`s if your interested. I liked them better than the 75`s before I got rid of em.
Rob is the seller.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6N23P-74-Reflektor-SWGP-Gray-Shields-US-SELLER-ECC88-6922-CCa-E188CC-/232257186036

 

[MattRG]

I have a pair of 75's in my Lyr 2 and I absolutely love them.  I've been tempted to pick up another 74 or 75 pair but the pair I have has less than 500 hours on them so hopefully they are good to go for a nice long time yet.

 

[Rozenberg]

Here is a pair of 74`s if your interested. I liked them better than the 75`s before I got rid of em.
Rob is the seller.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6N23P-74-Reflektor-SWGP-Gray-Shields-US-SELLER-ECC88-6922-CCa-E188CC-/232257186036

lol it got sold when I was asleep.
Oh well, I don't really want to import anyway.

Also does anyone know the current price of a pair of Reflektor '75 recently?

 

[notfitforpublic]

lol it got sold when I was asleep.
Oh well, I don't really want to import anyway.

Also does anyone know the current price of a pair of Reflektor '75 recently?

Bought 2 pairs of 74's from a member here for $100 each shipped. Think he was selling 75's for $125 shipped at the time. 

 

[Rozenberg]

 
Bought 2 pairs of 74's from a member here for $100 each shipped. Think he was selling 75's for $125 shipped at the time. 

Yeah, from @kolkoo I assume? I just bought a pair of new '75 from him as well.
Can't wait to test it, hopefully it's everything what I'd hoped for.

 

[notfitforpublic]

  Yeah, from @kolkoo I assume? I just bought a pair of new '75 from him as well.
Can't wait to test it, hopefully it's everything what I'd hoped for.

Yup, great guy. Nothing but good things to say about him and the tubes I received.

 

[winders]

  Yeah, from @kolkoo I assume? I just bought a pair of new '75 from him as well.
Can't wait to test it, hopefully it's everything what I'd hoped for.

 
 

 
Yup, great guy. Nothing but good things to say about him and the tubes I received.

Yes, kolkoo is great! I have purchased from him and he stands behind what he sells.

 

[ScareDe2]

By far the best result I had is to pair tubes from different year/brand.  What I can do is put a reflektor 75 on the right channel and try every other tubes that I have on the left channel one by one. Reflektor 75 and 74 pair very well together. But lately I discovered an AMAZING pairing. The reflektor 75 with a reflektor EV from year 1988. Very 3 dimensional sound, every part of the music make sens togheter, and I can feel an effortless seperation between the parts but also the environment in which the music was recorded like if the sound was bouncing on the walls. Very immersive. Tonality speaking it's not exactly perfect, the mediums, depending on the recording can hit quite aggressively. Snare drums can be killing at times. But on most high quality recordings it's close to perfection
 
The reflektor 75 also pair well with pretty much all the tubes that I have, Orange Globes and Amperex PQ usa.

 
Any thought on this kind of pairing?

 

[TK16]

   
 

Yes, kolkoo is great! I have purchased from him and he stands behind what he sells.

Me too got a great pair of Heerlen Valvo E88CC 1959 D-getters.

 

[LouisArmstrong]

I have the Siemens CCa's and the Telefunken CCa's. Presumably the best of all 6922's, no?

 

[kolkoo]

There is no best - to me Siemens CCa sounds the same as Siemens E88CC we are talking equally testing tubes.
To other people it sounds better.

Siemens CCa is a top tube no doubt but I can name at least 5-10 better in my book, so it is all based on what you can find and how well it fits your overall system and sound signature preference