At the bottom, there is a number between the gold plated pins. Noise testing type 6922 6dj8 7308 vacuum tubes youtube. Tube depot carries a selection of 6dj8 6922 ecc88 e88cc cv2492 pre amp vacuum tubes. Best 6922 tube and where is a best place to buy tubes.
I already tried a lot of tubes in the 6dj869227308 family, but this one. These sylvania made 7308 are a premium quality of sylvanias 6dj8 with a 10,000 heater and improved dynamic range and sound quality compared to sylvania other 6dj8 variants like the 6922. I didnt like the genalex 12ax7s on my preamp, hopefully i like them 6922s as driver. The 6922 is nearly identical with the type 6dj8 and 7308, which we can also noise test. The nos 6h23peb premium tube is a very noticeable upgrade over the sovtek 6922 tube and electro harmonix 6922 tube. This pair of siemens e88cc tube is from the later siemens production as it got the silver shield between the plates. The electroharmonix 6922eh tube is a brand new preamp tube that is made in russia. I know each tube has different characteristics, but generally speaking am i bound to run into some problems doing that, or is it a nono altogether. Ive found buying singles a much better value than getting matched pairs. Due to high conductance requirements, 6dj8 6922 type tubes require special construction called frame grid.
Sound section of the aopen ax4b533 tube motherboard. Lownoise ifi nos 5670 vacuum tubes are computermatched and thermally revived versions of militarygrade 69226dj8 tubes, work with 6922 audio components. Other tube dealers have such small stocks, and very little to invest, that they couldnt have. With appropriate bias adjustments the distortion level became almost unmeasurable with my spectrum analyzer, but i preferred to set it with just a tiny bit of 2nd harmonic distortion. Tube actually manufactured for amperex by matsushitajapan during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The 6dj8 is electrically the same as a 6922 but the quality is inferior. This tube is built extremely well and will last for a long time.
Rare 1964 rca 6922 audio grade tubegreat detailed hifi sound stagenos tube fully tested. If the cost is acceptable to the audiophile making the purchase, the pinched waist amperex is indeed the 6922 tube to seek out. Is it fine to put a 6922 tube into a preamp that is using 12ax7 tube, the shape is the same, same amount of pins, so my question is can i. Most have gold plated pins, but many sylvania manufactured 6922 s have steel pins a few sylvanias are gold pin. I traveled all the way to europe to make this deal and bought each and every tube. One x10 needs new 7308 6922 tubes and i was wondering what tube sounds the smoothest. Electroharmonix sound effects are world renown for the soulful warmth of their analog sound and their line of eh premium tubes continues in this tradition of classic tone. It has been a while since ive had a tube failure in a short span of time, and this time it was not one but two. I need to find a good set of 6922e88cc that will deliver warmth and.
I make no representation as to how any of these tubes might sound in your system, but. The 6n1p premium tube is a very noticeable upgrade over the sovtek 6922 tube and electro harmonix 6922 tube. I have always been amazed at the sound quality improvements that some of the better of these tubes made. This tube now replaces the sovtek 6922 which is no longer available. Id had a long experience with the top siemens, amperex, philips,etc.
Our supply is now low and we need them to supply hifi customers. A sweeter more pronounced midrange, and less recessed. The aframe getter support was used after the bugle boy logo was discontinued and the amperex orange globe logo was being produced, for the type 6dj8 tube. Nov, 2012 just as with other categories of high costhigh performance audio essentials. About 6dj8 6922 tubes 6dj8 tube was designed as a broad band rf amplifier tube for communication equipments and tv sets. Electroharmonix 6922 eh vacuum tube electroharmonix is rocking the vacuum tube community with the superior quality of the eh series tubes. E88cc 6922tesla original tesla these are early 1980as production original czechoslovakian tesla made e88cc6922.
Using a vacuum tube triode as an audio amplifier using transformers in both stepdown and stepup operation how to build a highvoltage dc power. This tube replaced the aging sovtek 6922 in my counterpoint preamp. Once they moved up to the 6922 tube and beyond to the 7308 tube i was under the impression the tubes were all gold pins. They are incredibly durable and can handle the punishment of modern preamps, including those made by audible illusions. Im glad he did, this tube sounds so right, musical, quiet, perfectly balanced. Nos 6h23neb 6922 vacuum tubes very special paano tubes. Rca 6922 sleeper tube 3d amperex raytheon e88cc cca cv2492. Best of the amperex 6dj86922 tubes audiogon discussion. Riverstone audio testedmatched pair 2 tubes 7pin ge jan 5654w fullytested vacuum tubes upgrade for 6ak5 6j1 6j1p ef95 ge 5654w platinum grade pair. Jan 27, 2019 that being said, in my tube dac ive found amperex 6922 pq white label, o getter, with gold pins, usa made to sound very good.
Amperex 6922 pinched waist dgetter tube mazetube maze. Jun 10, 2012 in this video, we put 6922 audio grade tubes on our noise test fixture to spot noise and microphonics that a tube tester alone would miss. Vacuum tube audio amplifier discrete semiconductor. Reviewed in the united states on september 26, 2019. Similar to the 6922 6dj8 tube type is equivalent to the european ecc88 e88cc tube and can be used in any 6922, 6dj8 or ecc88 circuit. As mentioned before, both 6922 s virtually died off around the same time. If you have a good pre amp or phono stage, you need at least gold grade. Tube testing equipment why we dont sell certain brands filter by all 12at7 ecc81 6201 cv4024 12au7 ecc82 cv4003 5814 12ax7 ecc83 cv4004 5751 6922 6dj8 7308 pcc88 6sl7 5691 cv1985 6n9 6sn7 5692 cv1988 6n8 hide price misc. E88cc 6922jj tesla gold pin jj tesla this jj e88cc 6922 is a selected version of the standard e88cc with gold pins and is an ideal replacement for ecc88. Genalex gold lion 6922 e88cc custom tube conrad johnson. Mullard e88cc 6922 tube gold pins 2x available cv2492. The siemens e88cc has the date code stamped on a metal plate inside the tube.
The aframe getter was also never used on a 6922 tube. I have a pretty harsh sounding system with my tate decoder so i bought 2 x10 tube modifiers to smooth down the sound. These are often used in high end audio applications, and a noisy or microphonic tube would degrade. They really dont stand out in the usual amplifiers driver stage and in most. Sound section of the aopen ax4b533 tube motherboard audiophiles output stage on the sovtek 6922 vacuum tube made in russia when aopen released a motherboard with a tube output stage the computer society split into three parts. Price for each damper the cool damper is a radical new device. Pretty much any tube with a 6dj8 pinout, 6v heater, and 600ma or less of heater. The electroharmonix 6922 is a high frequency twin triode preamplifier tube used in studio and hifi equipment. Im finding this to sound really nice and dead quite my power tubes are el34s. Vintage russian 6n1p 6n1p 6h5n tubes for sale canuck. Steel pin, solid usa construction make this tube an affordable choice.
These were the eh 6922 s ordered previously for the cj lp125m monoblocks, and installed in aug. Id love to see a photo of an amperex 7308 steel pin tube. They are designed with low microphonics and low noise. Most recently i have been active on the lyr tube rolling. Nos comes with authentic siemens replacement boxes, the same identical tubes with grayplates in the pictures. It was never designed for audio use, but instead vhf and uhf operation in tv tuners and test equipment, but it quickly found favor in hifi designs.
The electroharmonix 6922 tube is a great sounding tube for the price. This site is protected by trustwaves trusted commerce program. After two days i received the siemens cryo treated 6922. The 6922 6dj8 tube type is equivalent to the european ecc88 e88cc tube and can be used in any 6922, 6dj8 or ecc88 circuit.
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