[TK16]

Decent priced `59 quad Amperex 6922 d-getters USA.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMPEREX-6922-D-Getter-Matching-Quad-PQ-E88CC-7308-/192164429957

 

[winders]

  Decent priced `59 quad Amperex 6922 d-getters USA.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMPEREX-6922-D-Getter-Matching-Quad-PQ-E88CC-7308-/192164429957

Not a whole lot of life left in those......

 

[TK16]

 
Not a whole lot of life left in those......

Not many 50`s D-getters that are new, though I think my 58`s were NOS/NIB. They were in pristine condition when I got them.

 

[Floyddroid]

My view is that there is nothing wrong with the JJ valves supplied. Just saying.

 

[winders]

My view is that there is nothing wrong with the JJ valves supplied. Just saying.

Well, you might want to get some older tubes and try them BEFORE you say that. 

 

[Floyddroid]

I already have. Mallard, So take and Genelec Gold Dragons.

 

[Floyddroid]

Mullard that is.

 

[winders]

I already have. Mallard, So take and Genelec Gold Dragons.

Which Mullard tubes? The Gold Dragon tubes are about the same as what Schiit provides.

 

[Guidostrunk]

Correct. There's nothing wrong with those tubes.
But there's far better tubes to be had out there , than the stock tubes.

 

[Floyddroid]

Let me type that again as my predictive text is getting the better of me. Mullard Sovtek and Genelec Gold Dragons. And the ones that worked best is the JJ's that came as stock.

 

[Floyddroid]

I didn't know there is different types of Mullard for the Lyr. They are a pair of vintage valves sent with the amp.dull as dish water.

 

[Guidostrunk]

Give some E188CC's , or CCa's(Siemens,Telefunken,or Valvo heerlen)a shot, and post how you feel about the stock tubes after.

Let me type that again as my predictive text is getting the better of me. Mullard Sovtek and Genelec Gold Dragons. And the ones that worked best is the JJ's that came as stock.

 

[Guidostrunk]

Here's a pair of Mullard Blackburns. Real Mullards.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/322472791616

I didn't know there is different types of Mullard for the Lyr. They are a pair of vintage valves sent with the amp.dull as dish water.

 

[TK16]

My view is that there is nothing wrong with the JJ valves supplied. Just saying.

It depends on what tubes you have heard in relation to them. If that is all you have then they will sound great to you. When you get better tubes you may have a different opinion on them, in the end it is up to you on what you like or do not like. For example, my first pair of Hollands were the Bugle Boys, really loved them until I heard the better pairs. They still are a good pair of tubes. But now they are last in my rotation. In the end it`s only your call on what you like or do not like.

 

[MWSVette]

My view is that there is nothing wrong with the JJ valves supplied. Just saying.

Nothing wrong with them at all.  They work exactly to spec.
 
But there are tube that sound much much better...