[sennfan83261]

Exactly which adapters are you using? Link here.

Tubemonger NOVIB Socket Savers and Garage1217's 6N3P / 5670 / 2C51 / 396A to 6922 Adapter

To Sennfan83261: since the LP was designed with 6922s, why not stick with those, 6JD8s, E88CCs, or 6N23Ps...? Worth trying: Genalex/Gold Lion 6922, Philips BEL E88CCs, Siemens/Rohre EC88CCs....some are $$$$....some you can have cryogenically treated...I rotate between these....

I don't know about using the 6DJ8's regularly, as those draw 365mA and Alex warned people not to use tubes that draw over 350mA.

 

[TK16]

Tubemonger NOVIB Socket Savers and Garage1217's 6N3P / 5670 / 2C51 / 396A to 6922 Adapter
I don't know about using the 6DJ8's regularly, as those draw 365mA and Alex warned people not to use tubes that draw over 350mA.

I'm very confident it's the Garage adapts, have a pair of those as well and definitely hear noise and/or humming on some pairs pairs of 2C51 variants with this adapter. Nothing wrong with the Garage adapters but think because they are ceramic you have that problem. You want cheap Chinese ones that are bakelite.

 

[sennfan83261]

I'm very confident it's the Garage adapts, have a pair of those as well and definitely hear noise and/or humming on some pairs pairs of 2C51 variants with this adapter. Nothing wrong with the Garage adapters but think because they are ceramic you have that problem. You want cheap Chinese ones that are bakelite.

Haha, but but I thought the Garage adapters were the standards. Anyways, I'll check out the cheap Chinese ones. Thanks for the tip!

 

[nwavesailor]

I have the Garage 1217 adapters and all 5 of my WE JW 2C51/ 396A are quiet in the LP. They are all from the same production date in1953. I know I am lucky to have found 5 quiet ones that work with these adapters.

 

[TK16]

Haha, but but I thought the Garage adapters were the standards. Anyways, I'll check out the cheap Chinese ones. Thanks for the tip!

I said the problem was the Garage adapters being ceramic, not bad quality.

 

[sennfan83261]

I said the problem was the Garage adapters being ceramic, not bad quality.

I neither said nor implied that they were bad quality. I did mention that they worked fine on the CTH.

 

[Guidostrunk]

6dj8, 6922, e88cc, ecc88, e188cc, CCa, 7308 ,cv4109, cv2492, cv2493...etc. All the same as far as specs go. No problem using any. LP was designed for those tubes.

Tubemonger NOVIB Socket Savers and Garage1217's 6N3P / 5670 / 2C51 / 396A to 6922 Adapter
I don't know about using the 6DJ8's regularly, as those draw 365mA and Alex warned people not to use tubes that draw over 350mA.

 

[TK16]

Found a few pairs of note. Pricey though, the 7316 LP is from a great seller.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Matched-Pa...tter-1958-Strong/114517123620?redirect=mobile
The SP D getter 7316 is a little cheaper but from Europe. Damn close to the LP version.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ECC186-Valvo-x2-pieces-used-Audio-Tube-Tested/153912709470?redirect=mobile

These pairs are dirt cheap but humongous price/performance ratio, better than most of the ECC88 variants I have tried and I tried many.
Correct link on these 6N3P.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-6N3P-39...triple-mica-1950x-NOS-Big-getter/224171506697

 

[szore]

I'm new to tubes and I find all of these numbers and sockets, etc. very confusing... I wish there was a down and dirty guide to what tubes 'work' with Liquid, and their tonality... (hint, hint).

 

[MikeW]

recently cap modded my LP, been going though my tubes again, I only have the stock tubes, and Amperex A-Frame's, as well as JAN 7308, Amperex 1967's, honestly, I much prefer the stock tubes to these two varients, and those 7308's are 150$ a pair. I find the stock tubes to be very neutral, and well extended though the lows and high's, with slight mid-bass bump. Just a good well rounded tube with no glaring flaws. The A-frames had huge mid boost, which was quite pleasing for certain vocals, and the 7308's had this amazing mid-bass bump, but weird mid-range vocals. The stock tube is extremely well balanced, yet still provides just enough harmonic distortion to give that 3D tube effect.

 

[Slade01]

recently cap modded my LP, been going though my tubes again, I only have the stock tubes, and Amperex A-Frame's, as well as JAN 7308, Amperex 1967's, honestly, I much prefer the stock tubes to these two varients, and those 7308's are 150$ a pair. I find the stock tubes to be very neutral, and well extended though the lows and high's, with slight mid-bass bump. Just a good well rounded tube with no glaring flaws. The A-frames had huge mid boost, which was quite pleasing for certain vocals, and the 7308's had this amazing mid-bass bump, but weird mid-range vocals. The stock tube is extremely well balanced, yet still provides just enough harmonic distortion to give that 3D tube effect.

May I ask, what was your tube preference before you modded the LP?

 

[MikeW]

May I ask, what was your tube preference before you modded the LP?

Of those 3 pair, I still preferred the stock tubes, pre-mod.

 

[cshum]

Does anyone have some recommendations for running Focal Clears and LCD-2s off the LP? New to the tube game, not sure where to be looking for affordable tubes either!

 

[shafat777]

since the clear is treble heavy, you might wanna getn a bass heavy tube. The ones that i can think of are SYLVANIA 6922 D getters. Those have the most bass out of any 6922 tubes. For the LCD-2, i recommend some amperex 7308 tubes but those are expensive and rare.

 

[Rattle]

I've only used stock EH tubes, genelex gold lions (don't like these at all) and my favorites out of the 3 JJ gold pins. If I wanted a tube that was that "flavor" but better is there such a thing that's not more than $100 a set of tubes ?

The JJ's seem to be the smoothest, slightly set back but not extra laid back. Sweet mids and highs sound great but could use little bit more extension, same with the lows. Altogether out of all these 3 new production tubes the JJ are my favorite and it's not even close. Headphones are HD650, LCD2F and ZMF Aeolus. Is there a super JJ that doesn't cost half the amp ?