[snip3r77]

xmdkq, need some descriptions on the tube used, amp topography, specs etc hehe.. Thanks

 

[xmdkq]

Split amplification machine, 5Z4 rectifier output signal amplification GEC 1067 6080

 

[chiggah]

I just bought a HD650 and looking to pair with this amp. Is anyone looking to sell their La Figaro 339 ? I am based in New Zealand

 

[xmdkq]

   Contact me:                                   http://www.yuking09.com/index.asp

 

[Liu Junyuan]

These look very interesting:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mullard-EF86-tubes-Yellow-label-Made-in-Great-Britain-X3-/181997051046?hash=item2a5fde9ca6:g:VssAAOSwKtlWnu5M
 
But not as much as these...
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matched-NOS-NIB-Pair-G-E-C-CV2901-Z729-EF86-6267-Mesh-Plate-Tubes-Valves-GEC-UK-/151792658738?hash=item23578c2932:g:YkIAAOSw~gRV3PSY

 

[tituss]

anyone try k812 on 339? match or not?
I hear someone said OLT is not suitable for low impedance headphone?

 

[Ultrainferno]

anyone try k812 on 339? match or not?
I hear someone said OLT is not suitable for low impedance headphone?

 
It's not that it's not suitable. some of my low impedance phones sound great on the 339, but it is an OTL for higher impedance cans, yes

 

[adeadcrab]

339 works well with low ohms too

 

[Oskari]

But not as much as these...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matched-NOS-NIB-Pair-G-E-C-CV2901-Z729-EF86-6267-Mesh-Plate-Tubes-Valves-GEC-UK-/151792658738?hash=item23578c2932:g:YkIAAOSw~gRV3PSY

Those were not made by GEC.

 

[Liu Junyuan]

Those were not made by GEC.

I actually never said they were made by GEC (if that's what you mean), nor would it be probable I would pay that much for an EF86 tube. I'm done buying new tubes for this amp for a long while. Thanks for pointing that out though.

 

[Liu Junyuan]

Now that these seem well burned-in, I am quite pleased with two driver tubes I originally thought were dull, flat, and fatiguing on the 339: Telefunken EF86 with chrome plates. The mesh plates, by contrast, are fairly well-known as top driver tubes for the 339 on this thread, and thanks to buying them used from a former 339 owner here, they were already burned in. I guess I didn't burn in the chrome plates well enough. Whereas before they were at the bottom of my choice for driver tubes, now they sound amazing. Paired with the Bendix 6080WB power tubes, the Telefunken chrome-plates are now competitive as my favorite driver tube out of the 339. They now sound more spacious an natural without losing that solid, full quality I heard prior to them being burnt-in. I have tried these tubes with a variety of power tube combinations, switching in other driver tubes as well, in order to confirm my impressions. They don't have quite the same airy and faster sound of the mesh plates, but they make up for it in terms of a fuller bloom and natural decay I find highly intoxicating. 
 

 

[kaleb500]

I need to get some telefunken and test out my adapters.

 

[Ultrainferno]

Mesh plates do look prettier though

 

[Liu Junyuan]

Mesh plates do look prettier though

I like the way both look, but yes, the mesh plates do look nice. I think the mesh plates sound better, too, with some of my headphones.

I was mainly just surprised that the chrome plates have changed to where they sound great; they were way too congested sounding previously.

 

[tituss]

I email to yuking but still no reply? almost a week ago