Let's see your tube stash!

[Mike]

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[wisnon]

Nice and neat, Mike.
I wish I could say the same about mine.

I will get you a picture within the next couple days..

 

[jadedavid]

Here's a few

 

[the professor]

Way cool guys!

 

[wisnon]

Here's a few

OMG...I luv it!

 

[jadedavid]

Thanks Norman.
I am searching for some more glass cabinets so that I can get many more out of storage and on display.
Here is a representative A-Z tube box collection display that I recently completed.

Don't know why my pictures are sideways. Can't seem to correct.

 

[wisnon]

Which Lampi do you have? DHT version or small signal tubes?

 

[jadedavid]

I have a Level 5 with 6922 small signal tubes. It was one of the last of the kits that Lukasz sold.
Just recently I tried a Chord 2Cute DAC from a mutual friend, Richard Becker of Aum Acoustics. Richard lives just a few miles from me and we get together quite frequently. Anyway, in my system with my tube pre and tube (300b) amps the Chord brings some life to the party.
I keep trying to get some DHT boards from Lukasz but so far he won't budge.

 

[jdandy]

My humble tube locker.

 

[jadedavid]

Nice stash. Some quality valves (as the British say).

 

[bzr]

Dan, I see you have no intention of letting the 2301's slip through your fingers. If I knew now about then I'd probably still have them too.

 

[mep]

My humble tube locker.

Your top shelf looks like Burtha Butt sat on it.

 

[jdandy]

Dan, I see you have no intention of letting the 2301's slip through your fingers. If I knew now about then I'd probably still have them too.

Kev.......Oh yes, I'll be keeping the MC2301's. They aren't going anywhere, nor is the C1000C/P preamplifier. Sonic perfection with the Sonus faber Amati Anniversario speakers.

 

[jdandy]

Your top shelf looks like Burtha Butt sat on it.

Mark.......The shelf is level and straight. The cabinet is above my head and the cellphone camera's angle distorted the line.

 

[Wntrmute2]

Stash of 6SN7s

12SN7s

Misc rectifiers

EL-509s

Misc tubes for Wright phono stage

12AU7s

6DJ8s and variants
12AX7s
12AT7s

 

[Mike]

Nice!!


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[Wntrmute2]

What is interesting is how some components are sensitive to different tubes and some are not. For instance, I have a Tubes4HiFi SP-14 that reacts strongly to going from say a Sylvania to a RCA to a Russian 6SN7. Not that any seem bad, just you are well aware of the change. Something is different like Coke vs Pepsi.

My K&K Maxxed-Out phono stage has 2 6DJ8 types. Kevin voices it for a Russian 6N23P which is equivalent to a 6922 (another 6DJ8 variant). Well I bought a couple of hundred dollars worth of 7308s, 6922s and 6DJ8s figuring if the lowly Russkie tube sounded good, the fancy pants ones must sound better. Nope! The stock tubes were the most dynamic with just the right amount of bite, hight end sparkle and a tight grip on the bass notes. I did find I preferred a Russian "Rocket" logo 6N23P slightly over what Kevin supplied and they were a whopping $45 a pair. The "better" tubes were too laid back with the vocal receding into the mix too much.

My little Wright Sound WLA-12a hardly cares which tube it is playing with. It is somewhere between the 2 above examples. I like it best with the staggered backplate 6SN7s but can't complain about the Sylvanias or the Russian metal-based equivalent that are supposed to be the cat's meow. Whatever is warmed-up and glowing is fine in the little fellow. You can hear a difference but it is slight.

 

[wisnon]

Some of my stash...

 

[wisnon]

Duplicated.

 

[wisnon]

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