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Old 05-01-2013, 02:41 PM
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What is the consensus on 6922s? which ones are worthy of purchase? just broke my promise to myself and bought an lp275 which is actually on its way to me after being flogged around on 2 lp140 purchases.( i was going to avoid 6922s) i have used 6922s that were in my music reference amps-can they be used in the driver positions?
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Congrats on the LP275. A super amp in every way. I am sure you will love it.
Not sure I understand your question about the 6922 in driver position. Use the tube cj designed the amp for.
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Congrats ray, where did you get your lp275 from ?
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Congrats on the LP275. A super amp in every way. I am sure you will love it.
Not sure I understand your question about the 6922 in driver position. Use the tube cj designed the amp for.
i am asking if used as apposed to new 6922s can be placed in the 2 driver tubes position/ wondering if driver tubes are non critical to sound quality in this amp so that best sounding 6922s are in input position and "lesser" tubes are used as the drivers. thanks
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Congrats ray, where did you get your lp275 from ?
Rich, got the 275 from a real great guy on agon(not all are $#*&@) there is another one listed right now
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Katli have a set i understand.
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The katli were discribed to me to be in very good condition,great cosmetics,normal usage. Mine were barely used, 100hrs. I get the honor of Teflon break in. If it wasn't for the California sales tax I would have gone for them.
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What is the consensus on 6922s? which ones are worthy of purchase? just broke my promise to myself and bought an lp275 which is actually on its way to me after being flogged around on 2 lp140 purchases.( i was going to avoid 6922s) i have used 6922s that were in my music reference amps-can they be used in the driver positions?
Awesome!!

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Rich, got the 275 from a real great guy on agon(not all are $#*&@) there is another one listed right now
Ray,
Driver tube are less critical in some ways but just as critical in others. Noise wise a driver tube is much less likely generate noticeable noise since it does not provide much gain. A tube that sounds noisy as an input tube can work perfectly fine as a driver/phase splitter tube.
On the other hand it will influence the sound just as much and you can clearly hear differences between good ones and mediocre ones.
Some tube that I tried and worked very well in my LP125mSE are:
Matsushita 7DJ8 - Great tube, detail, lushness, good price.
Phillips PCC88 - Similar to the Matsushita but less warm (more natural) in the mids.
6N23p-EV - Very good tone, very reliable if you get them from a good source.

Tubes that did not work well:
Gold Lion 6922 - Started flashing after a while when the amp was turned on. Could not take the initial high voltage on the Anode.
Amperex 6DJ8 A-Frame getter - Same as above.
Both of the above tube are good tubes especially the Amperex which is a terrific tube that I use elsewhere but are not a robust as the Matsushita, Phillips or 6N23p

Hope this helps.
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The katli were discribed to me to be in very good condition,great cosmetics,normal usage. Mine were barely used, 100hrs. I get the honor of Teflon break in. If it wasn't for the California sales tax I would have gone for them.
Thanks a lot Ray.

Anyway, what a result .... as turntable says, please post some pics and interested to hear your impressions too.
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