[ThurstonX]

  My experience with hissers and buzzers was if it didn't burn off in one or two days it wasn't going to. Crazy thing is you still hate to toss them, so you just look at them and hate them
 
OK, another comparison for the 7LG delta3E4 Philips SQ E88CC / Valvo issue, '73s vs earlier/older:
 
Rolled in a pair of 7L4 *9K Amperex PQ 6922/E88CC (1959 D getter): These are little better when doing A/B comparison with the above '73s. In fact, they are amazing! But would I miss these if I started the session with the '73 SQ, definitely not. So, it would be amazing vs even more amazing. BTW This pair is a 1-2% match, both triodes and tubes with slight microphonics (tap only) in one triode.
Interesting to note that Philips/Amperex used the same version number 7L4 on both sides of the Atlantic. I always assumed they used different version codes.
 
Forgot to mention: IMO There are more similarities than differences with these two 6922/E88CCs from Herleen and Hicksville. I see more differences between the 6922 and the 7308.
 
How can you NOT bid on those... but go for the quad

 

 
Yer killin' me here.  Yes, exactly true about the buzzing hissers.  I'm practicing my Jedi powers on them.  They. Will. Explode.
 
I was under the same impression about Heerlen vs. US change codes.  Hamburg was definitely different.
 
I have the better quad on Watch.  We shall see.  My wife is giving me the stinky eye.

 

[ThurstonX]

  My goodness, it's been quite the whirlwind around the old Schiit hole the last few hours.  Might I suggest that all us addicts take a deep breath before logging on to Ebay and evaluate our own personal audio existence.  It just could be that we are all fine right now...and richer than we may be tomorrow.  My God, Tony has pairs of D-Getters laying around that he'd totally forgotten about.  DO WE ALL WANT TO TURN OUT LIKE TONY ????
A question worth asking.

 
True dat.  You don't.  Speaking of...
 

  Bidding against each other defeats the chance of landing a good deal! Let logic prevail.

 
...absolutely correct.  Y'all bugger off and leave them to me 

 
 

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Appropriately, my posts are now 3xEVIL.
 

 

[mikoss]

So glad I've stopped rolling. No offence, but it's audiophilia nervosa to the nth degree folks.

 

[rnros]

   
Yer killin' me here.  Yes, exactly true about the buzzing hissers.  I'm practicing my Jedi powers on them.  They. Will. Explode.
 
I was under the same impression about Heerlen vs. US change codes.  Hamburg was definitely different.
 
I have the better quad on Watch.  We shall see.  My wife is giving me the stinky eye.

LOL Explode. At least you would have closure. As it is, they own us and we have to listen to them.
 
You must be watching the same quad... I might be able to refuse if they didn't look so purty with all the red paint and numbers and all. Gosh.

 

[billerb1]

Hamburg or Heerlen? Heerlen or Hamburg?

 

[rnros]

Hamburg or Heerlen? Heerlen or Hamburg?

HA! And he still has the bag of tubes.

 

[ThurstonX]

Hamburg or Heerlen? Heerlen or Hamburg?

 
Fixed that photo for ya.  And I think we all know what "WORK" really means...
 

 

[billerb1]

Thanks man. Had to send the pic from my phone and you know how technically challenged I am.

 

[ThurstonX]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-VALVO-E88CC-6922-RED-LABEL-D-GETTER-TUBES-7L4-CODE-EXCELLENT-EMISSIONS-/291719344185
 
Holding at $66.68.  The infamous calm before the storm?

 

[billerb1]

 

[TK16]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4x-VALVO-E88CC-6922-RED-LABEL-D-GETTER-TUBES-7L4-CODE-EXCELLENT-EMISSIONS/291719342970?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20150604093004%26meid%3D09ab41d8291f4c6da606c41600ae6c45%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D291719344185&rt=nc
http://www.ebay.com/itm/4x-VALVO-E88CC-6922-RED-LABEL-D-GETTER-TUBES-7L4-HERLEEN-CODE-EXCELLENT-STRONG/291719341127?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20150604093004%26meid%3D09ab41d8291f4c6da606c41600ae6c45%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D291719344185&rt=nc
might be better off going for a quad with a bud.

 

[ThurstonX]

Meh, I have enough tubes.  Now, you boys get out there and play a nice, dirty game 

 

[ThurstonX]

Fun stuff at the end of all that seller's offering.  Way beyond what I was willing to pay.

 

[spyder1]

When bidders start to feed off each other, the seller wins! The price for the Quad Valvo E88CC D getters went ballistic. IMHO

 

[billerb1]

I won the single, a 7L4 delta9A.  Hoping it pairs well with the Philips 7L4 delta9H I bought about 
a year ago when I read, as I wrote earlier today, that the 7L4's compare very favorably with the pinched
waists.  I've paired that 7L4 with a couple of my PW's just to check it out and the combination has sounded great.
Paid $94.50 for this single.  Was hoping for $75 but I'll take it under $100.
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1x-VALVO-E88CC-6922-RED-LABEL-D-GETTER-TUBE-7L4-CODE-EXCELLENT-EMISSIONS-/291719345092?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=u%252FCF%252Bn3crrynETzcbBeMqX3yLPk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc