billerb1
Headphoneus Supremus
Hello everybody,
New to Head--Fi and also a total newbie to the world of tubes. Last week I sold one of my beloved mountain bikes since I don't have the space for it anymore. Of course I could put the money in the bank and save it for a rainy day but where would be the fun in that, right? So I finally pulled the trigger and ordered an LCD-2 plus a Lyr 2, which is why I'm here now.
The Lyr 2 is going to be my first piece of equipment with tubes and the whole tube rolling thing really intrigues me, so I would like to buy some additional tubes (preferably two pairs) to compare them to the stock ones, see what I like and well, just have a little fun with it! So I tried to read as much as I could both here in this thread and on the net and currently I'm looking at buying these two:
2 x Amperex 7308 vintage gold pin
2 x Matsus***a PCC88/7DJ8
Are there any strong arguments against this combination? Of course I'd be grateful for any other recommendations. I'll also keep reading this thread, but 468 pages, really!?!
The basic idea would be to get two pairs that don't sound the same, don't cost a fortune and work well with my current T90 and of course the LCD-2. I know people have different tastes but stuff that other people like always seem like a good place to start with.
One tube I've seen mentioned a lot are (early) 70's Russian Rockets. They have peaked my interest since they're supposed to be very good value for money. But I just can't find them! There are lots of 6N23p tubes on ebay but being really clueless about this stuff I'd rather avoid ebay (also, more often than not the year they were produced is not indicated and as far as I can tell that matters a lot, right?). So if anyone could give me any directions as to where to find those gems, I'd be very thankful!
Anyway, that's that for now, I'm probably going to have a lot more questions once I've received my stuff...
Greetings from Switzerland
PM Wildcatsare1 above to see about his Voskhods (Russian tubes...and it sounds like one of the best pairs!)
I personally really like, as have many others, the Amperex 7308's you're thinking about. The Matsu's don't strike me
as anything special. You might think about a pair of 60's Telefunken or Siemens E88CC's instead. Just my opinion.