[jonathan c]

No argument with that, but a better tube in a better circuit just sounds....better.

“How much better could a better tube sound if a better tube could sound better?”…

 

[adydula]

Ha!
True!

 

[adydula]

Hard to see in this lighting but I just installed a Mapletree Audio 3 x 3 switchbox to replace my el cheopo chi-fi switchbox. The Orchid is in the darker center below the switchbox all being black its hard to see here, overcast gloomy day. Easy to switch the three dacs to any amp...the hard part is changing the music player to a particular dac..
Ohm theres a Schiit sys on the bottom of the two economy cars to swap between.

Fun!

 

[jonathan c]

Hard to see in this lighting but I just installed a Mapletree Audio 3 x 3 switchbox to replace my el cheopo chi-fi switchbox. The Orchid is in the darker center below the switchbox all being black its hard to see here, overcast gloomy day. Easy to switch the three dacs to any amp...the hard part is changing the music player to a particular dac..
Ohm theres a Schiit sys on the bottom of the two economy cars to swap between.

Fun!

What tube do you use in Orchid?…just curious.

 

[bcowen]

“How much better could a better tube sound if a better tube could sound better?”…

Define 'better'.

 

[adydula]

What tube do you use in Orchid?…just curious.

The Orchid came with a Raytheon tube.
For $100 more you can get a Leif Ericcsson 5670 CVA 4013.
I use both...honestly they both work very well, the difference is in that really trying to discern a difference area...

A better pix with my Magni 3 + which I love as well:

 

[adydula]

I am tempted to buy the Vali 2 ++, just to make the stack "higher"
LOL!

...and then there are those "other" tubes....nothing like the war, glow!
The 2++ has a better glow!!

:>)

 

[Pondoro]

Doc over at Bottlehead when commenting on tube rolling....often states "Its the circuit stupid!"...
Now he doenst poo poo chasing NOS goodness...
Gosh many folks buy and build his stuff to play, modify and enjoy this part of the hobby.

Its just that more often than naught the circuit the tube is in can make much more of a difference than
the actual tube itself.

I agree 100%. And I bought a Vali 2+, a Lyr 3 and a Saga +. I only have two systems so buying three preamps implies I am "rolling circuits"! But... Once you buy any circuit rolling the tube might still improve it. So even if the circuit is the biggest deal the tube might also be a factor.

 

[JIMMY16]

Need ooyiest gooiyest (dark/lush) tube for Vali 2+. I have been considering Eh6922. Budget is $100.

 

[elee703]

Need ooyiest gooiyest (dark/lush) tube for Vali 2+. I have been considering Eh6922. Budget is $100.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/692...922-6n23p-e88cc-cca-7308-e188cc-tubes.761078/

 

[bcowen]

Need ooyiest gooiyest (dark/lush) tube for Vali 2+. I have been considering Eh6922. Budget is $100.

Dark and lush is not how I'd describe the EH at all. Not sure about the dark side, but if you want lush try a '60's Holland-made Amperex 6DJ8. Or a Mullard E88CC / CV2492.

 

[adydula]

I agree 100%. And I bought a Vali 2+, a Lyr 3 and a Saga +. I only have two systems so buying three preamps implies I am "rolling circuits"! But... Once you buy any circuit rolling the tube might still improve it. So even if the circuit is the biggest deal the tube might also be a factor.

Is that why I just spent $30 on a tube to try in my dac ??

 

[Pondoro]

Is that why I just spent $30 on a tube to try in my dac ??

Still, you could roll DACs!

 

[adydula]

Ha been there and still doing that

 

[JIMMY16]

Dark and lush is not how I'd describe the EH at all. Not sure about the dark side, but if you want lush try a '60's Holland-made Amperex 6DJ8. Or a Mullard E88CC / CV2492.

Thanks for info.