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Best tubes combination? (Read 9438 times)
shootingstar
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Best tubes combination?
12/18/13 at 09:06:36
What kind of tubes has given you the best combination for warm, dynamic sound with tight bass?
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JD
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Re: Best tubes combination?
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12/18/13 at 12:40:21
I'm using nos '56 rca 5r4gy for rectifier, nos tele e88cc in the driver position which I find is the most important tube for sound change and nos tele 7dj8's for the other two spots. I've also enjoy nos ediswan 6922, and nos mullard 6922 in all 3 positions. Tele e88cc is my favorite. In my system it does what you ask.
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Syd
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12/18/13 at 22:43:42
Great choices JD. I haven`t got round to rolling the 2+ yet, Bugle b 6dj8`s in the 3 signal slots. The driver position as a 1 tube change is a very attractive roll thats becoming more apparent.
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Lord Soth
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Re: Best tubes combination?
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12/20/13 at 03:16:44
For my CSP2+ (&CSP3),
I have the following tubes in place.
1x Input tube : Amperex Pinched Waist 6922
Reason, Amperex USA tubes have warm mids, tight bass and a sweet treble. A normal Amperex 6922 is more cost effective and will do an equally great job here too.
2x Driver Output: 2x Siemens E288CC
The E288CC creates an immense and immersive soundstage.
It counteracts the only weakness of Amperex tubes, which is a slightly narrower soundstage.
The mids from the E288CC are also warm.
It has the sonic clarity of a Siemens CCa.
1x Rectifier: Brimar 5R4GY "D" Getter
Reason: This British rectifier creates nice warm mids which have a hypnotic presence.
Cheaper alternative would be a Philips 5R4GYS sold by Upscale Audio.
As usual YMMV, I'm using pure silver interconnects and speaker cables so I always favour the use of warm tubes to tame the naturally bright sounding solid state DACs.
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JD
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12/20/13 at 12:25:09
Lord Soth great line up.
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03/30/14 at 03:59:04
I've been doing some system tube-rolling lately.
In the CSP2+ I always come back to the same combination that gives me just what shootingstar talks about: warm, dynamic sound with tight bass.
For me it's a 'forties RCA 5Y3GT, three 6N1P. I have been trying an Acturus 5Y3GT that is pretty old as I have had amazing success with Arcturus OA3 regulators, but it is just too inaccurate, at least so far. These tubes in this CSP2+ with the Jupiter caps . . . well, this is just the best preamp I've had.
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