[paradoxper]

Has he even checked to make sure it's not his amp? Or try a different pair of tubes? Unseated tubes, ground loops?

 

[Chris_Himself]

Just swapped them, I went from a set of 
 
GE
6BZ7/6BQ7A
 
to
 
Gold Lion Genalex
E88CC/6922
 
I definitely had a bad left tube (top one)
 
The HE-500 I was using sounded not that much better than the HE-5LE, everything sounds a lot more balanced and the hiss only starts at about 75% on the Lyr which I assume has to be normal given all that power and the low impedance of the cans.
 
Did I do good? Also how would I know if the tubes that shipped with my Lyr are biased...

 

[flu_fighter]

Without a tube tester, you can't really tell, maybe the pair you used may not have been closely matched.
 
There is still hiss after you changed to the Genalex?
 
Quote:

Just swapped them, I went from a set of 
 
GE
6BZ7/6BQ7A
 
to
 
Gold Lion Genalex
E88CC/6922
 
I definitely had a bad left tube (top one)
 
The HE-500 I was using sounded not that much better than the HE-5LE, everything sounds a lot more balanced and the hiss only starts at about 75% on the Lyr which I assume has to be normal given all that power and the low impedance of the cans.
 
Did I do good? Also how would I know if the tubes that shipped with my Lyr are biased...

 

 

[Chris_Himself]

Quote:

Without a tube tester, you can't really tell, maybe the pair you used may not have been closely matched.
 


 

Oh I just visited Schiit, and all 3 of the pairs of tubes I have are from their stock so I can rest easy knowing they've been set up for the Lyr. These ones are a little more flat which should let me assess HE-500 vs HE-5LE performance, but thats for another thread. 
 
I need to order the GE ones, I actually liked the way those sounded better, but they were transmitting a lot of noise.. is this something I can contact Schiit about, or am I SOL without an original receipt?
 
I'm pretty pleased with their products so far, aesthetically they're pretty much perfect.

 

[paradoxper]

Yea, that's about pretty much normal with the Lyr.
 
You fixed it! you must have done good.
Good question, I have no clue :/
Hmm biased tubes. Are you worried about crossover/distortion?

 

[Chris_Himself]

Quote:

Without a tube tester, you can't really tell, maybe the pair you used may not have been closely matched.
 
There is still hiss after you changed to the Genalex?
 


 

Hiss is there, but much later on the gain knob with the Genalex.
 
The sound was more punchy with the GE, am I on the money with this observation? I think these Genalex tubes match the treble centric HE-5LE better though at let them extend as they normally would.
 
Man those Asgard owners have it so easy just plugging in and listening to their music without a care in the world. 

 

[flu_fighter]

75% of the volume on the Lyr as in the volume knob is at 3 o'clock?
 
That would be pretty loud.
 
Quote:

Hiss is there, but much later on the gain knob with the Genalex.
 
The sound was more punchy with the GE, am I on the money with this observation? I think these Genalex tubes match the treble centric HE-5LE better though at let them extend as they normally would.
 
Man those Asgard owners have it so easy just plugging in and listening to their music without a care in the world. 

 

 

[Chris_Himself]

Quote:

75% of the volume on the Lyr as in the volume knob is at 3 o'clock?
 
That would be pretty loud.
 


 

Oh no I'm not deaf haha... that'd make me look bad with the whole cable business thing LOL
 
Thats just with nothing playing, and it's not computer noise since I turned off the DAC. We're good to go right?
 
I'm gonna order some replacement GE's from Schiit now, I feel that those were more towards my liking, I have some 6H23N-EB's too, I want to try those, but I'm not spending 10 minutes wiggling out those tubes again...
 

 

[OldSkool]

Chris, definitely order one of those Electro-Harmonix tube gloves from Amazon. With that glove, you can pull the tubes out in about 5 seconds.
 
Yeah, I was thinking about having you do a recable job for me, but if you are listening to music at 3 on the dial...umm, maybe not.

 
Good to have you here!

 

[dailydoseofdaly]

The socket savers from tubemonger also make it easy to access your tubes. No gloves ayour hey allow you to put dampers on the tubes to help the tube noise

 

[Chris_Himself]

Quote:

Chris, definitely order one of those Electro-Harmonix tube gloves from Amazon. With that glove, you can pull the tubes out in about 5 seconds.
 
Yeah, I was thinking about having you do a recable job for me, but if you are listening to music at 3 on the dial...umm, maybe not.

 
Good to have you here!

Oh yeah for sure, hit me up. All you gotta do is wrap a coathanger in some bubblewrap, I mean space-age noise rejection material, and boom you've got some cables 

 
I actually just put two strips of tape on the tubes and lifted them out. You can really tell my engineering undergrad schooling is coming in handy..
 
Is there a conceivable way to get some blue LED's in this guy to illuminate the tubes without the use of science? I had a Crate Blue Voodoo amp with blue LED's and I was in love with that thing!
 
 

 

[Adaptivemotion]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300679448264?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649&autorefresh=true&autorefresh=true#ht_5302wt_1397
 
 

[size=11pt] [size=x-small]Rare pair of Mullard ECC88 6DJ8 Made in Holland.[/size]   [/size]

I just placed the winning bid on this auction. It feels strange that I was the only person placing a bid on them. I hope they will play good with my Lyr and HE-500.

 

[qwasqasw]

Cool! Good point about the 6N1p I should have thought of that. 

 

[MrScary]

Does anyone have any experience,or knowledge about this tube?

  [COLOR=990099]2 pcs. SIEMENS E88CC 6922 CCa GOLD PIN NOS NIB VACUUM TUBES[/COLOR][COLOR=333333] (160762864253)[/COLOR]



I fell for this guys ad,on ebay yesterday..thinking it was a real CCa tube,after 3 emails to the seller,he kept insisting ,that it was an authentic CCa,well guess what..it ain't
So,know,I'm just trying to get some info on it,sq,good or bad
On a scale of 1-10,how would you rate it?

MIke

Mike, I apologize I was sick for a day and did not see you private message I messed up I kept seeing so many Lie rs on Ebay claiming that every E88CC were CCa I must have gotten CCa vision...
Well haha I found a pair of Simens&Halske CCa A-Frames that were in a separate tupperware container I forgot about so they are up for sale anyone wanting them will sell for 140.00 shipping included I am stocked up wtih CCa's for quite a while
the sonic signature of the A-Frams is similar to the regular CCa's they have a bit more Bass just not quiet as 3d Dimensional I will give you first Dibs on them Mike if ya don't want them then I will open them to the Forum..

 

[mikek200]

Scary,
Not a problem..I contacted e-bay,and they had the whole issue settled in less than 24hrs..
The money is sitting in my paypal acount..getting itchy for..........................MORE TUBES!!!
 
Mike