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In Reply to: 6922 to 6SL7 posted by Rikkitik on September 14, 2020 at 08:42:28:
Don't know if this has been mentioned, but the 6CG7/6FQ7 is a nine-pin electrical equivalent of the 6SN7.
I have in the past used a 6CG7/6FQ7 as a drop-in, pin compatible replacement for a 6922. This was in an Counterpoint SA3000. There we no ill-effects from using it in that application. On the other hand, I ultimately felt it sounded inferior to virtually all the other true 6DJ8 variants I experimented with. Not that the 6CG7/6FQ7 sounded bad, just not as good as the tube the circuit was designed for.
FWIW ...
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- RE: 6922 to 6SL7 - Sondek 14:12:51 09/17/20 (0)