HTSkywalker
Headphoneus Supremus
You should never expect a "too warm" sound from an SS output stage amp, The warmest from the stock EH won't go beyond a 10% warmer even with an LPS or a $200 tube.I received my 6922 JJ tube this morning, so here we go! I guess the tube will need a bit of break-in, as it appears that even though most audio hardware doesn't need to, tubes really benefit for a bit of break-in.
For now, there is an undeniable details loss, but the sound is more engaging. It is less analytical and more 'relaxed', even though it's not the level of my Bravo Audio Ocean, which has a lot less details but has a warmer sound (probably due to the usage of a 12AU7 preamp tube). The bass is also -no surprise here- looser than with the EH tube.
Finally, using this tube doesn't give a very 'warm' sound like some hybrid amps are capable of ; it's still more on the neutral side than on the 'very warm' side.
I'll test the tube thouroughly in the next days and give my detailed impressions later on
On the other hand, when I rolled the EH tube, I saw that one of the pin was really torned, even though it was in the amp for something like 2 months. Can this be a problem for the amp even if the tube fits perfectly?
The JJ is as warm as it gets in a cost effective way and loosing details is on the same opposite slider to warm sound.