ET5 update: Stock Sovtek 6922 is Out & Gold Lion E88CC/6922 is in ...

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by repman

I have not heard the Burmeister but the noise floor on the ET-5 with my 11-A is music coming out of total blackness.

Noise is non existent in my system. Dead quiet

Same here. Dead quiet. Only time I can hear any noise at all is when my high-gain phono tube stage is turned on and selected and the volume is turned up to 52.

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by Rayooo

Since at best, it's going to be yet another month before the EAT gets replaced...last week I sprung for the Ediswan 6922.

Compared to the stock CJ EH and the GL, which to me sound roughly similar, this Ediswan is more mellow and rich sounding overall. Soundstage initially sounds a bit wider, not sure if that's just my quirky imagination or not. Bass as good or better than EH and GL. Detail good if maybe ever so slightly less than the stock EH and GL.

Anyway, since no EAT replacement anytime soon, I'm sticking with the Ediswan. The value difference between this $80 tube and that $200 EAT may be closer to $20 than $120, at least for me.

This is definitely within the realm of personal preference, in my case I'm preferring the Ediswan over the EH and GL. Thanks Puma Cat!

OBTW, I'm no tube historian, but it looks like some connection between Mullard, Brimar and Ediswan??

They're like old British motorcycle companies....Triumph, BSA, Norton!

Ediswan was the result of the merger of the U.S. Edison company (as in that Edison) and the U.K. Swan company...they combined to make quality valve, er, tubes. There is also a tangential relationship I think between Brimar and Mazda (the French tube company)....

The Ediswans are pretty sweet, huh? Pricey but sweet.

Glad they're working out for you.

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by repman

I think the quietness comes from the better power supply in the ET-5 over the ET-3

Yup....it's power supplies that separates the men from the boys....

[Rayooo]

shock of shocks ....my replacement EAT6922 shows up this week. I'd been running for a couple months with an Ediswan 6922 from Upscale and very happy.

Was tempted to just leave the Ediswan in and put the EAT on the shelf.

Well of course I did swap the EAT in. As upset as I'd been at having to wait 6 months for a replacement, that passed in about 15 minutes. I really really hate to admit it, but this EAT beats everything I've tried.

[joeinid]

Originally Posted by Rayooo

shock of shocks ....my replacement EAT6922 shows up this week. I'd been running for a couple months with an Ediswan 6922 from Upscale and very happy.

Was tempted to just leave the Ediswan in and put the EAT on the shelf.

Well of course I did swap the EAT in. As upset as I'd been at having to wait 6 months for a replacement, that passed in about 15 minutes. I really really hate to admit it, but this EAT beats everything I've tried.

Wow! That's great to read. It's cool that it only needs one. I'm glad your happy.

[Rayooo]

Originally Posted by joeinid

Wow! That's great to read. It's cool that it only needs one. I'm glad your happy.

ain't that the truth about only needing one.

course you guys with those sweet tube amps know all about spending $$ on those big beautiful output tubes.

[Rafale]

Originally Posted by Rayooo

shock of shocks ....my replacement EAT6922 shows up this week. I'd been running for a couple months with an Ediswan 6922 from Upscale and very happy.

Was tempted to just leave the Ediswan in and put the EAT on the shelf.

Well of course I did swap the EAT in. As upset as I'd been at having to wait 6 months for a replacement, that passed in about 15 minutes. I really really hate to admit it, but this EAT beats everything I've tried.

Excellent , congrats.....and thanks for sharing
now EAT 6922 are on my tube list......

[Rayooo]

Looking back over the last 6 months, part of my problem has been swapping tubes around when clearly I was still in the tumultuous-teflon days. It's not so bad waiting the hundreds of hours, but, when 100 hours in the system sounds worse than it did after 10...it's a bit scary.. and if you happen to be swapping something else at one of those bad-teflon times...

So after all the smoke has cleared... I definitely like the Gold Lion, and I think the Ediswan is slightly better. Not that the stock EH is bad, but both GL and Ediswan beat it in my opinion. I could have lived just fine with either. but that darned EAT really is in a class by itself, unfortunately price-wise as well.

even the old run-the-volume-up to wide open with no input and listen for noise test... that darned EAT is quieter.

[turntable]

Has anyone tried Amperex 6922's?

[Coppy]

Originally Posted by turntable

Has anyone tried Amperex 6922's?

No but... In the GAT, I switched out the EHs for a pair of NOS Holland Mullards E88CCs and am very pleased. Sound is much more even, balanced and detailed. They are dead quiet as well.