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Originally Posted by medwardo
Thanks, Microstrip! Yea, I'll get it upgraded in a bit to a S2. Good to know that early units are no different from later production units in the same series.
I have an ET5 that I bought new and it took forever and ever to break in...months as I recall. Once it did, wow...especially with a bit o' tube rolling.
The ET5 is hard on tubes, just like its little brother, the ET3SE in my office system.
6922 Type 3s last awhile, as do Phillips Miniwatt E88CCs. (6 months to a year before degradation is noticable; the latter is an awesome tube in the ET5!) CJ sourced 6922s are usually (pretty) quiet, but they don't last as long in my experience and they sound thin to my ear.
I'm not terribly excited about having two tubes to deal with now instead of one, but I'm excited enough about the potential of the GAT that I'll deal.  |
Yeah, those E-H 6922s are a bit thin-sounding. I'm using Ediswans for my LP70S input stage.
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