[luckybaer]

You win that one off eBay last night?

Yes. Not sure what I was thinking, but yolo...

 

[RustyPitchfork]

Yes. Not sure what I was thinking, but yolo...

I think that would be one of the few 6DJ8's from Mullard you would want to pay that much for, but I bet it's worth it.

 

[RustyPitchfork]

I think that would be one of the few 6DJ8's from Mullard you would want to pay that much for, but I bet it's worth it.

I take that back... those look like Brent Jessee was selling them for $110 a piece.

 

[Mr Trev]

Doing some listening with iems on the Reflektor 6n3p-e. Impressive.Makes the iems sound far bigger and more expansive than you'd think they have any right to. Only downside is low gain is mandatory due to a low hum/buzzing noise from the tube.
That probably speaks to how well the Vali is suited to driving iems period. All the tubes I've tried so far sound damn fine through iems. Much better than my portable amps

 

[volly]

Welp, my 5670 to e88cc adapter arrived today annnnnnnnnnndddd...it's a dud. Whatever the heck they were smoking...the tube no fit mate....arghhhh anyways.

Rolled in the Dual 73's Voshod 6ZH1P-EV for a listening session, take my mind off adapters/eBay haha.



Roll on!

 

[Mr Trev]

Welp, my 5670 to e88cc adapter arrived today annnnnnnnnnndddd...it's a dud. Whatever the heck they were smoking...the tube no fit mate....arghhhh anyways.

Rolled in the Dual 73's Voshod 6ZH1P-EV for a listening session, take my mind off adapters/eBay haha.



Roll on!

Tube don't fit??? You mean the tube won't plug into the socket or the adapter doesn't fit the Vali? Either way, that sucks.

What on earth do you have plugged into your poor Vali? A connector that size can't be good for the jack

 

[luckybaer]

Welp, my 5670 to e88cc adapter arrived today annnnnnnnnnndddd...it's a dud. Whatever the heck they were smoking...the tube no fit mate....arghhhh anyways.

Rolled in the Dual 73's Voshod 6ZH1P-EV for a listening session, take my mind off adapters/eBay haha.



Roll on!

That may be against the law in some northeastern states.

 

[luckybaer]

I take that back... those look like Brent Jessee was selling them for $110 a piece.

Guess I got lucky - can't wait to give 'em a go. [crosses fingers]

 

[luckybaer]

I have a Mullard Master Series 10M ECC88/6DJ8 coming sometime later this week and a Tungsram E88CC 6922 already at home on my desk waiting to be tried out. I MAY buy a new production Genalex Gold Lion, but if I don't, I'm pretty much done with buying tubes for a while (going to save up for a big rig, as I'm pretty happy with my little desktop setup). So... my tube inventory will consist of:

6BZ7 [Canada] - came with the Vali 2
JJ E88CC/6922 - steel pin version
EH 6922 - steel pin version
Matsu$h!ta/National PCC/7DJ8
Philips PCC88/7DJ8
Tungsram E88CC 6922
Mullard MS 10M ECC88/6DJ8

Just got new pads on my favorite headphone [DT880/250 ohm], so it is time to do a lot of listening!

Did a lot of listening last night to all the tubes listed (except the Mullard). I'll do a lot more before I draw any "final" conclusions, but I will say that the Philips PCC88/7DJ8 and the Tungsram E88CC 6922 are very impressive.

 

[volly]

Tell us what you think of the Tungsram, I dare say it could be a surprise sleeper tube in your stash!

Did a lot of listening last night to all the tubes listed (except the Mullard). I'll do a lot more before I draw any "final" conclusions, but I will say that the Philips PCC88/7DJ8 and the Tungsram E88CC 6922 are very impressive.

 

[volly]

Tube don't fit??? You mean the tube won't plug into the socket or the adapter doesn't fit the Vali? Either way, that sucks.

What on earth do you have plugged into your poor Vali? A connector that size can't be good for the jack

Haha, that's just me recabled HD600's! Don't worry the Vali 2 can take it, goes all the way in and handles the HD600's amazingly!


As for the adapter issue, I swear they've sent me a 12au7 to e88cc or even a blinkin' 6922 to 6922. Got it off eBay cheap, so I'm not going to follow it up as I CBF to deal with it right now!

 

[Mr Trev]

Haha, that's just me recabled HD600's! Don't worry the Vali 2 can take it, goes all the way in and handles the HD600's amazingly!


As for the adapter issue, I swear they've sent me a 12au7 to e88cc or even a blinkin' 6922 to 6922. Got it off eBay cheap, so I'm not going to follow it up as I CBF to deal with it right now!

Sucks to hear about your adapter issues. If it makes you feel any better, I've had no problems with mine. At least you've got that dually to console you. Somebody tried filling my head with thoughts of getting this adapter: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1pc-Dual-6...C88-6922-tube-converter-adapter-/201458214762. So far I've been able to resist

Here's a link to a thread about the 5670 adapter I was having issues with (problem with my old amp). It has the pinouts if you wanted to check the wiring yourself.
http://diyah.boards.net/thread/1699/question-5670-e88cc-adapter

 

[volly]

That adapter I would actually love to try, take one for the team @Mr Trev .

 

[luckybaer]

Tell us what you think of the Tungsram, I dare say it could be a surprise sleeper tube in your stash!

Will do. You may be right.

 

[bcowen]

Will do. You may be right.

The Tungsram E88CC is my tube of choice in the Cary DAC. Haven't tried one in the Vali yet. I'm such a friggin' slacker...