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In Reply to: Replacement 6922's for Modulus 3A posted by EL34Addict on July 31, 2002 at 18:06:37:
I have owned two Modulus 3As and the best tube I have found by far is the Telefunken E88CC. They are not cheap by any stretch of the imagination though. Another goodie and cheapie is a Valvo ECC88. Amperex and Siemens were hit and miss with my preamp. More often than not they were microphonic and noisy.Oh, and don't forget the Mullard CV2493, another excellent tube in the 3A, but pricey and hard to find as well.
Oz
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It's been discussed on this board to death that the Modulus 3A eats NOS tubes for breakfast. the 3A drives the tube hard, so most of them don't last for more than a few months at best. As far as I know the Russian 6H23 and the Tungsrum 6DJ8/ECC88 or 6922/E88CC are the only tubes rugged enough to withstand the abuse, besides the Sovteks.
I had the Teles in the preamp for just over a year before I sold it. No problems up until that point.Oz
I'd have to second the praise for Telefunken E88CC's. If you do a search of "Telefunken 6922 or E88CC" here in the archives, you will see it comes up again and again as an outstanding choice. Pricey little buggers indeed! Only available used or NOS. Buy them from a reputible dealer as there are many fakes out there of that particular tube. Read my recent thread on the Telefunken E88CC's that I recently purchased from a dealer in Germany too. These were made by Mullard. I recently swapped out the RCA (Amperex) in my LS-2B with one of these tubes and have now let it burn in with around 70 hours of music going through them. The difference between the Tele/Mullard and the Amperex is profound! The Telefunken is much more warm and lush. Instruments sound more isolated in space rather than blurred. Soundstage width at this point in the burn-in is similar to the RCA, as is depth, but I expect it to get better with some more hours. The dealer I bought mine from also had some used Telefunken E88CC's with the diamond between the pins (the more sought after version - made in West Germany) at around $100 each. You can see his stock here:http://www.Audiotubes.de/ECC88.htm
With a used tube, even though they may test new, there is just no way of knowing how long they are going to last. I'd try to find NOS from a reputible dealer. I do think the dealer I bought mine from is honest. He has excellent extensive feedback (500+) on eBay.
Best,
Marco
Mullard 10M master series 6DJ8! According to your description, you are probably using a Mullard tube, not a Telefunken tube. I found the Tele's not that great in my LS-2B Mk II. I did a test last year comparing about 15 different NOS tubes in my LS-2B MkII, these include various Amperex 6DJ8/6922/7308 (white label, orange label, PQ, BB, world logo) Siemens CCa, 6922, 6DJ8, Mullards, Telefunkens, etc. My secocnd favorite tube is an early production Amperex with the "D" getter.
Here is a good cautionary post about buying NOS posted on a different thread here recently:http://www.AudioAsylum.com/audio/tubes/messages/93342.html
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