[Wes S]

Parting shot as my work here is done. Enjoy the Holy Grails!

 

[TK16]

@bcowen any positive thoughts on this gem?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-JG-581...3-1624-4b90-aea0-01d60fb2e300&redirect=mobile

 

[TK16]

Got my very cheap 7316 from this seller, strong and only slightly microphonic in my MJ2. Excellent seller.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Amperex-73...e-e8cc-41b0-90df-56ad03f06b7f&redirect=mobile

 

[bcowen]

Parting shot as my work here is done. Enjoy the Holy Grails!

Have a great weekend Wes, and we'll look forward to next week.

 

[TK16]

Have a great weekend Wes, and we'll look forward to next week.

Today?

 

[bcowen]

@bcowen any positive thoughts on this gem?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-JG-581...3-1624-4b90-aea0-01d60fb2e300&redirect=mobile

Does "not necessarily negative thoughts" count? Honestly, have no idea. 1953? It's possible they were still using a KenRad design and hadn't costed it to death yet. Too expensive to risk it for me though.

 

[bcowen]

Got my very cheap 7316 from this seller, strong and only slightly microphonic in my MJ2. Excellent seller.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Amperex-73...e-e8cc-41b0-90df-56ad03f06b7f&redirect=mobile

Sweet!

 

[M-83]

I've had good experience with www.watfordvalves.com in the past but haven't ordered from there in a while.

From memory you get good assistance even if their replies aren't particularly 'wordy'.

A solid alternative to Langrex.

 

[jonathan c]

~ Brief update on Tungsram E88CC in Ksorolnir II: Very nice overall; even tonal balance; great dimensionality and body/heft; bass is sinewy; midrange is sculpted; treble is “open-aire”; exciting dynamic range; sounds more like a ECC81.
~ Killer kombo: Ksorolnir II / Tungsram / Gjallarhorn JM….

[Short digression…] Also does one hell of a job in the Valhalla II with Novosibirsk 6N6Ps…

 

[billerb1]

Avatar shows results of a couple of months of comparing my longtime #1's, the Telefunken ECC801S's, and the Brimar Footscary CV455's. The CV455's just deliver more music per square inch than the Teles. There is a certain sweetness to the Teles tone/timbre on my rig that the CV455's can't duplicate but at the end of the day the CV455's just are more impactful and engaging to me. I feel like I'm in with the musicians with the 455's instead of listening from the front row with the Telefunkens. Really close contest but I am now finally convinced the CV455's rule. Waiting on the RFT ECC81's though...

 

[M-83]

Do you guys leave your MJ2 vol pot at a desired level when you switch it off, so it's ready for the next session?

 

[TK16]

Avatar shows results of a couple of months of comparing my longtime #1's, the Telefunken ECC801S's, and the Brimar Footscary CV455's. The CV455's just deliver more music per square inch than the Teles. There is a certain sweetness to the Teles tone/timbre on my rig that the CV455's can't duplicate but at the end of the day the CV455's just are more impactful and engaging to me. I feel like I'm in with the musicians with the 455's instead of listening from the front row with the Telefunkens. Really close contest but I am now finally convinced the CV455's rule. Waiting on the RFT ECC81's though...

Flip flopper with all due respect.

 

[M-83]

Just ordered one of these for LCD-4

https://www.hifisound.co.uk/headpho...ories-c101/cpc-1-clear-protective-cover-p2088

 

[billerb1]

Flip flopper with all due respect.

Guilty as charged. Pretty sure my loyalty to the Teles was getting in the way. Will always have a special place in my heart for the Telefunkens but
don't think I'll be flopping back on the 455's being the better tube. Spent a lot of time with both and the longer I listened the more obvious the answer became.

 

[Guidostrunk]

Do you guys leave your MJ2 vol pot at a desired level when you switch it off, so it's ready for the next session?

I never turn mine off lol. The warm up time to get to optimal running temp +/-108°(heat gun temp on top logo) just takes way too long. Roughly 2+ hours.