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Excellent Shek. The tube to beat is a Mullard CV4003.
.... I sorely missed the NOS Shek DAC's sweetness, ...
Shek, The Valvo you are speaking of I believe is the Valvo pinched waist D getter E80CC, not a ECC82.In reality it is in a Valvo box but I believe all the E80CC's tubes were made by Amperex in the Holland factory and companies just relabled them ie..Telefunken, Mullard. Tungsram also made a E80CC but I think that is it. Just wanted to have you check and maybe verify the Valvo tube that your speaking of. Thanks, Bill
Hey! You've mentioned this couple of times already. Why did you sell the Shek DAC at the first place? So, how many DACs have you gone through since you sold the Shek DAC? You should have kept the Shek DAC. Anyway, good luck.Take care,Buddy
I'm trying to do the CV4003 one better tooooooo. Before I even say anything, let me give a BIG to salute Bill for sending me those treasured valves. I'm sure I'll find any of them can be the top act. Thanks again Bill. Shek
Tungsram also made a E80CC but I think that is it.
Chapter - Siemens Silver Plate.Levi, I may have found the tube to beat the CV4003. Just had my initial session with the Siemens tube. Here's my take - Body of the sound (esp. the mids of course) is supple, just like the CV4003. It's also very clean sounding. But.... I think the Siemens has more "air", less haze than the Valvo. The piano sound has more oomph, more clings and clangs, if you know what they mean . More spacious, dimensionality. Oh, another word, better holographiness? I have to invent words to label the Siemens. To me, the Siemens tube is just more magical.
I have to check out the Siemens tube. Thanks!
Upscale has a Siemens, but probably not the same (more recently produced....), just by the price difference.
Yeah, I almost bought one from Upscale, but stopped when I couldn't get confirmation as to whether it was the right Siemens... Anyone know for sure? On a side note, the Mullard really came around for me. I like it quite a bit and am tempted to revisit some of the other 12au7s I plugged in NOS and give them a fair time to break in as it took like 5 days for the Mullard to come around.Question: I like to leave my solid state equipment on all the time. If I leave this DAC on, but toggle off tube section, am I killing tube life?