[SAllison87]

I'll give the GE another chance. I'm listening to Sequestered Keep, medieval music sounds sweet on a tube.

 

[jonathan c]

Approximately how much are these adapters?

I purchased these a few years ago: $75 as I recall. Why not send @Deyan a PM? .... he has responded promptly to my inquiries.

 

[Deyan]

I purchased these a few years ago: $75 as I recall. Why not send @Deyan a PM? .... he has responded promptly to my inquiries.

Actually they are 50$

 

[Hofy]

Actually they are 50$

Thank you. I will be contacting you in the future.

 

[Hofy]

The 6J5s are opening up beautifully. Wider sound stage than the Tesla and almost as deep. The sound is more focused and not as laid back though. I will have to put some more hours on them and see if there are anymore changes.

 

[jonathan c]

Wait I remember this photo. Did you had a Lyr 3?

Do you like Vali 3 better?

It has been quite a while since I owned Lyr 3 - which was sold to partly fund Icon Audio HP8 purchase. Vali 3 is a recent purchase. Any sonic 'comparison' I might make, across time, between Lyr 3 and Vali 3 is a memory . I'm happy to say that Vali 3 is sonically outstanding.

 

[Condocondor]

Hold the phone! Got this NOS Phillips 2C51 tube from TUBE DEPOT for $19.95. Pictured alongside my 1966 WE396A ($100). The WE396A sounds about 5% more spacious but other than that, it's got the same exact tonality, clarity, imaging, etc. Link and pic below:

https://tubedepot.com/products/2c51

 

[Hofy]

I just gotta mess with things.

 

[jonathan c]

I just gotta mess with things.

My "" is not for your choice of tube but for your admission of insatiable tinkering!

 

[Hofy]

My "" is not for your choice of tube but for your admission of insatiable tinkering!

I do need to find what box my audio cleaners are hiding in so I can clean the pins on the 12AX7s I have and a few other tubes. Then there will be more tinkering.

 

[jonathan c]

I have a 'boatload' of 12AT7 and 12AU7 tubes that I am curious to try in Vali 3. To that end, a few of these

are on the way. I can't wait to give the 'Footscray' (Brimar CV455-KB/FB) and others a go. With the 'gain' of 5670 being 35x, I may forgo trying 12AX7 (100x) in Vali 3 .

 

[jonathan c]

Note: If I have a 'boatload' of tubes, @bcowen has an 'armada', a 'flotilla' of tubes -- some of which need to be torpedoed (ECG, Foton, post-1960 GE) .

 

[Mr Trev]

I have a 'boatload' of 12AT7 and 12AU7 tubes that I am curious to try in Vali 3. To that end, a few of these are on the way. I can't wait to give the 'Footscray' (Brimar CV455-KB/FB) and others a go. With the 'gain' of 5670 being 35x, I may forgo trying 12AX7 (100x) in Vali 3 .

My V2 plays well with 12AU7s. I gotta imagine the V3 will too - probably even better considering the lower noise floor (esp. with the higher gain flavours)

 

[Hyde00]

I do need to find what box my audio cleaners are hiding in so I can clean the pins on the 12AX7s I have and a few other tubes. Then there will be more tinkering.

Lol keep in mind that:

12AU7 = 20 gain factor
12AT7 = 60 gain factor
12AX7 = 100 gain factor

Careful not to blow up anything.

 

[jonathan c]

My concern with Vali 3 use of 12AX7 / 100x gain is signal overload, dynamic compression.