Tomorrow afternoon, I'm running:

CSP3
NOS/Platinum/Ediswan CV2492/6922 = Input Tube
NOS/Platinum/Cryogenic/Ediswan CV2492/6922 = Pair/Output Tubes

ZMA
NOS/Platinum/Telefunken 6922/E88CC = Pair/Phase Inverter's
NOS/Platinum/Cryogenic/Mullard/E188CC/7308 = Pair/Input Tubes
~YES! I got the Mullards Cryo!~

All Tubes purchased new~NOS/Platinum tolerance/from Kevin/Upscale Audio.

Run this compliment/at least 10 days.....before switching any of them around.

FedEx delivered at 8:50 am this morning!  They are the best.

Anywho, I open the box like a kid at Christmas and I behold not NOS/Platinum/Cryogenic/Mullard/E188CC/7308's!  I received NOS/Amperex/JAN/7308/Gold Pin/Green's! Well, I was going to order these next anyway.....so let's go give them a whirl.

I kept my Telefunken in the input of my CSP3 with Cryo Ediswan's for outputs....hitting up my Cryoset 6H23N-EB's for Inverter's....with the Amperex as ZMA inputs.

..............Absolutely stunning in the midband....without giving up to much on top or down below!  Glad I got these instead of the Mull's!

I'm going to stick with this Tube compliment chain, before I switch it up and get the Telefunken's back in the phase-splitter slots.

WOW!  Fun!   ....of course it is 65 degree's out and sunny.....calling to leave the glorious music. I'll try to get out there later!

Found the best place for my NOS/Amperex/JAN/7308/Gold Pin/Green's. Preamp CSP3 outputs with Telefunken input for Pre. Feeding 6H23N-EB's for phase-inverter's with Ediswan 6922 inputs of ZMA.

Beautiful detailed liquid midrange feeding my ZMA! When I want a different flavor and a little lower in the bass....my Cryogenic Ediswan 6922's go back in the CSP3 outputs.

Awesome mistake....whomever packed these at Upscale last week?! Chit happens! Thanks! I'm not sending them back. The Mull's I was to receive can wait down the road.....for purchase.

Kudos to Brooklyn and Hicksville, NY....back in the day!

Okay, I put the Siemens 7308's on the back burner for May's purchase.

I have the Platinum Cryogenic Mull's coming! FedEx del. 3/22.
http://www.upscaleaudio.com/6922-6dj8-7308-pcc88/mullard-e188cc-7308/

However, the mistake/pair shipment of Amperex/JAN/7308/Gold Pin/Green's.....I don't want to return. I was emailed a return shipping label... . I will call Kevin and pay for them over the phone. They are simply superb.

Current Tube Lineup/CSP3:
(NOS/Platinum/Telefunken 6922/E88CC for Input Tube~ NOS/Platinum/Amperex/JAN/7308/Gold Pin/Green's for Output Tubes & 5U4G-C Rectifier)

.....the Tele is a lock for input.....the JOY comes from rotating the Amperex, my other pair of Cryogenic Ediswan's and the Mullards coming on Tuesday, through the CSP3 outputs/Pre (+future pairs, the above Siemens 7308 and a few others)......each pair providing its own flavor to my settled upon Tube compliment in my ZMA.

Decware Zen Mystery Amplifier
~BIASED at *60* mA~
(NOS/Platinum/Ediswan's CV2492/6922 in my A12 an B12 positions~Cryoset 6H23N-EB's for Inverter Tubes~JAN Sylvania 0A3's & New Quad of Tube Depot Stealth/Tung-Sol KT66's)


....the Mull's are to be similar to my Ediswan's...so I can move my 2nd pair of Edi's to storage ~ to replace the current Edi's in the ZMA inputs....many moons and hours down the road.

Thus, I will continue on my NOS 6922 World Tour in May....to see what can stay in my cache and is worthy of my CSP3 outputs....like the Ediswan's, Amperex and Mullards are. Footnote: I have all other tube compliment tube positions/now~sufficiently supplied/backed up.

......the Tour/Quest for the best 6922 NOS in the WORLD continue's!

Cheers.

By putting my 2nd pair of Ediswan's away for use 6 years from now (after the current pair wear down for 6 years), should get me 12 years out for the Polar Ice Cap melt and Methane release....and that will wrap it up for all of us?!  

These NOS Plat's, 10% tolerance should get me 7500 to 10,000 hours/each pair. So, another pair of Mull's and I got the other slots already covered....I am good!

Smoke um' if you got um'!  Great metaphor for the impending, right?!!

Yes, I saw those from the late 90's he bought them from Upscale. They look to be good. Snap them up.

Yes, 2nd pairs of your favorite Tubes are a must have.

I'm covered on my Telefunken; a lock for my CSP3 input Tube, Ediswan's, mutilple Recitfiers, multiple 0A3's, Cryoset 6H23N-EB's for phase splitter's and Mullard's (the Mull's rotated with the Edi's in the outputs of CSP3 and inputs of ZMA positions.....2nd pairs stored away).

I bet those silver shield's 74 are pretty damn good Pal..... . But, I'm so into German, American/British, American and British Tubes, made on there respective soils/and NOS Platinum Tolerance~Cryode'......I can't go back.

I do like the Russian 6H23N-EB's for phase splitter's though.....I bought these as a matched quad from Cryoset 2 years ago/and now put a pair in....blows away the stock ones as phase splitter's.

I have a pair of Siemens  and Bel's.....to get (6922)....and that will wrap it up.

He is so busy with that new lovin'.....I suppose I can't blame the guy....not being around here and all.  

Okay, I put 4 hours on my new NOS Plat Cyrogenic 6922 Mullards last night. Very, very nice start. I have them in my CSP3 outputs, providing a very nice signature pump in to my ZMA, Mull's are known for. Details and smooth in the midrange/never being etched. Depth too.

I like the Mullard's better than the Amperex 7308's. However, the Amperex are very good Tubes. I could see where a person with high efficient speakers/bright - would like them more than I.

The Mullard's will be in my back and forth rotation with my Cryo 6922 Ediswan's, in the CSP3 output position.

Next pair coming in:  Siemen's 7308, for ZMA inputs. They will back up rotate with my other pair of Ediswan's in this position. Driven into by the Mull's or other pair of Edi's described above/from CSP3. I have the input pos. of my CSP3 locked in with my Telefunken and phase splitter's in ZMA are Cryoset 6H23N-EB's.

Tube/6922 mission almost complete!

Yeah, Axpona coming up?!

Will need to plan something/my Adagio's do fit in my Ford Focus....and bring the 6922's of course!

Right now I'm home...doing laundry and cleaning the place up for the Easter Weekend. However, I made the mistake of firing up the Rig and the door is open. I keep getting drawn in to sit down and bask in the righteous righteousness of the E188CC 7308 Mullard's!  Damn good!  I might be damn near broke on my 6922 Quest...but, well worth it.

Polk 705's coming in today. I will put some hours on them in the SS Rig over the weekend, before moving them to the Listening Room sometime next week.

Cheers, and a great Easter Weekend to all.




Listening Room:


Room Treatments from Michael Green & Home Brew

Sony as Transport (DVP-NS57P)/Sandwich weighted for Isolation

Illuminati D-60 Digital Coax IC

Shunyata Research Ztron Alpha Digital Power Cord to ZDSD
{Extremely Significant}

Decware ZDSD DAC / Recorder
***************************************************************
W/Steve's Output Transformer's/kicking to the curb quite a few superb DAC'S!
***************************************************************
(@ -20 Ref Level, 0.0 Input volume and @ 16/192)

WBT-0102Ag RCA Kimber Select KS1030

Decware CSP3 w/Jupiter Caps
(NOS/Platinum/Telefunken 6922/E88CC for Input Tube~ NOS/Platinum/E188CC 7308 Cryogenic Mullard's for Output Tubes & 5U4G-C Rectifier)
****************************************************
10 of 10 for Input tube & *9* of 10 voltage for Output tubes
Volume adjustment usage at 25% to 55% from 0
****************************************************

WBT-0102Ag RCA Kimber Select KS1030

Decware Zen Mystery Amplifier
~BIASED at *60* mA~
(NOS/Platinum/Ediswan's CV2492/6922 in my A12 an B12 positions~Cryoset 6H23N-EB's for Inverter Tubes~JAN Sylvania 0A3's & New Quad of Tube Depot Stealth/Tung-Sol KT66's)
ZMA adjusted at 20%, 30 to 35% max, from 0

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Kimber Select KS6063 Speaker Cable 8ft WBT-0681-Ag Spades
***************************************************

Acoustic Zen Adagio - Black Pearl (Modified)
.....from 8ohm Taps




Acoustic Zen Adagio's x-over's Modified/Full Range with Mundorf MCap Supremes-single Cap to each Tweeter/4.5k cross
(Gutted: 3kHz/18dB/Octave, Linkwitz/Riley Crossovers....with all crappy parts = gone)


XLO Pro Power Cords to CSP3 an ZMA
PS Audio P3 Power Plant / Pangea AC-9SE from wall to P3
(Transport, ZDSD an CSP3, Regenerated/*122*~ Multiwave off...ZMA on High Current Output)
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Oh, how sweet it is to be loved by these Mullard's. They just continue to settle in and impress~pure liquid. The price still gives me a little agita. ...... However, = heaven though.... .

~YMMV~

I don't prefer them for inputs of my ZMA. ....For my CSP3, as outputs with a Telefunken input = magic.

ZMA has Ediswan's for inputs and 6H23N/P-EB's for inverter's.

My other pair of NOS/Platinum/E188CC 7308 Cryogenic Mullard's are in! Two day delivery from S. Cal., free shipping~I'm impressed (USPS).

Running NOS Plat Cryogenic Mull's out of CSP3 in to the new pair of NOS Plat Cryogenic Mull's/Input's of Zen Mystery Amp. Just beautiful man, just beautiful.

Oh my aching back! I got those Polk 705 dogs out of here. The 705 Tweeter and the like, had no business being in my Listening Room against the stellar Tweeter designed inhouse and built by Mr. Lee/Acoustic Zen Adagio's. Plus, the underhung voice coil driver's in these sweet Speaker's with x-over's gone/single capped!  Bliss baby/bliss!

Cheers! Enjoy!

You bet Pal. I will summarize after some more time, doing rotations:

NOS/Platinum/Telefunken 6922/E88CC  (1 pair)

NOS/Platinum/E188CC 7308 Cryogenic Mullard (2 pair)

NOS/Platinum/Ediswan CV2492/6922 (1 pair)

NOS/Platinum/Cryogenic Ediswan CV2492/6922 (1 pair).









Listening Room:


Room Treatments from Michael Green & Home Brew

Sony as Transport (DVP-NS57P)/Sandwich weighted for Isolation

Illuminati D-60 Digital Coax IC

Shunyata Research Ztron Alpha Digital Power Cord to ZDSD
{Extremely Significant}

Decware ZDSD DAC / Recorder
***************************************************************
W/Steve's Output Transformer's/kicking to the curb quite a few superb DAC'S!
***************************************************************
(@ -20 Ref Level, 0.0 Input volume and @ 16/192)

WBT-0102Ag RCA Kimber Select KS1030

Decware CSP3 w/Jupiter Caps
(NOS/Platinum/Telefunken 6922/E88CC for Input Tube~NOS/Platinum/E188CC 7308 Cryogenic Mullard's for Output Tubes & 5U4G-C Rectifier)
****************************************************
10 of 10 for Input tube & *9* of 10 voltage for Output tubes
Volume adjustment usage at 25% to 55% from 0
****************************************************

WBT-0102Ag RCA Kimber Select KS1030

Decware Zen Mystery Amplifier
~BIASED at *60* mA~
(NOS/Platinum/E188CC 7308 Cryogenic Mullard's in my A12 an B12 positions~Cryoset 6H23N-EB's for Inverter Tubes~JAN Sylvania 0A3's & New Quad of Tube Depot Stealth/Tung-Sol KT66's)
ZMA adjusted at 20%, 25 to 30% max, from 0

***************************************************
Kimber Select KS6063 Speaker Cable 8ft WBT-0681-Ag Spades
***************************************************

Acoustic Zen Adagio - Black Pearl (Modified)
.....from 8ohm Taps




Acoustic Zen Adagio's x-over's Modified/Full Range with Mundorf MCap Supremes-single Cap to each Tweeter/4.5k cross
(Gutted: 3kHz/18dB/Octave, Linkwitz/Riley Crossovers....with all crappy parts = gone)


XLO Pro Power Cords to CSP3 an ZMA
PS Audio P3 Power Plant / Pangea AC-9SE from wall to P3
(Transport, ZDSD an CSP3, Regenerated/*122*~ Multiwave off...ZMA on High Current Output)
***************************************************************************

That is pretty much what I heard with both the Tung-Sols and the Gold Lions in my Torii Mk III. I preferred the Gold Lions, because I prefer that mid-hall presentation. The TAD seem to have the best of both of these two presentations, I've really enjoyed them and they've lasted the longest for me. Will probably get another quad soon, but may go for Gold Lion again for a change of pace. . . .(All three of the quads in the three brands were cryo'd from cryoset.com).

"He gets a little crabby......" .
Just kidding with you Kevin....you're da man.

Anyway, in the fall, I'm ordering the Philips 7DJ8, Pope 7DJ8, 7308 Siemens and the Tungsram 7DJ8.

Cheers, I just cracked open a Double IPA Summit, 30th Anniversary Brew!  

Cheers again!


http://www.upscaleaudio.com/?subcats=Y&pcode_from_q=Y&pshort=Y&pfull=Y&pname=Y&p...

Stone I look forward to the day you decide to sell the excess tubes in your collection!  I am not sure I can make it to the nuclear winter just yet on current stock. Roll um if you got um.

Mullard's/CSP3 outputs to Mullard's inputs ZMA.....I'm pretty sure, this combo, just dethroned my Mullard's to Ediswan's ~OR~ Ediswan's to Ediswan's....combination's!!!

.....and I'm running 88 to 92db SPL, with absolute authority/LIVE realness and clarity of Tone & Timbre, that ANY Solid State at any price cannot match.

Highly recommended.....the E188CC 7308 Mull's!  They take a tad longer to warm up (from cold start up) than the Edi's.....but oh so very worth it...when they hit their stride (Mull pair to Mull pair)!

Sorry if this is detailed somewhere in the thread but specifically which mullards are you talking about?  I did a Google search and came up with a few favors.

Thanks Stone.  The gauntlet has been thrown down.  I'll look for a pair and compare to mother Russia!

Granted, I will be using a Torii, but once in hand, I may storm Eric's house, demand entry and access to his system.  New domestic partner be dammed.

I doubt I will want to part with them.  I have never had  bum steer on tubes from anyone on this forum.  

I think I can actually expand that statement and say I have never had a bum steer on any audio purchase from this forum.

Pal, I think you will enjoy the Mullard's in your inputs/Torii.

Well, despite the fact that I returned the Polk 705's (momentary lapse of reason there and a sore back.....not to be confused with my collector Polk SRS SDA 1.2 freaken' awesome Speaker's, in my Solid State Rig).......my IC's, Speaker Cable's, Digital Cable's, 4 Amp's, 2 Dac's, Accesories and TUBES sell off last year...... . My fund from these fund's has run-ith dry-ith.

The addition of the Tungsram's should keep me busy.

Furthermore, I find it interesting how much influence the phase inverter's have on the sound. I'm now running a pair of my Ediswan's for phase inverter's and Mullard's for input tubes/ZMA. Getting more extended bass, while maintaining the liquidity/midrange and highs of the Mullards. Very nice!

Running Tungsram pair of 6922 E88CC out of my CSP3 to input pair ZMA Tung's PCC88 7DJ8.....with a fresh mug of Pete's! If first impressions are still anything just an hour in......very nice investment  for the next 7500 to 10,000 hours.

New NOS Platinum

Recon intel on the Tungsram's was no BS.

These Hungarian mid 70's new NOS Plat's are like Jesus Christmas...my Mully's, Edi's and Tele's, all rolled into ONE!

I will tell you, tube rolling 6922 7308 7DJ8 types, is my jam now. Three week's at a time with two pair combinations. Makes the ZMA A KEEPER. No need for a PASS 30.8 or VR LIO.

Got the Mullards.  Listening, listening.....

By the way Stone, you have taken over the roll of enabler extraordinaire from Eric.  Don't open any letters or packages from my wife.