6DJ8 vs. 6922?


Alright tube aficionados, are 6DJ8 and 6922 tubes inter-changeable? I would ask Roger Modjeski or Tim de Paravicini, but they're both dead.

Anyone care to name their favorites of each tube, for use in phono and/or line stage pre-amps?

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I rolled these in a Steelhead and preferred the sound of old Telefunkens to the Siemens b/c they were more 3d though the Siemens were probably more linear. It may depend on the circuit and the overall voicing of the system. At the time I was buying them they weren't hard to find as true NOS. Today, have no idea.

I went through bags of 'em in my old ARC SP10mk ii mainly b/c the phono section was extremely microphonic. I could never get that preamp to play quietly although it was a jewel in their line at the time and went back and forth to ARC many times for factory mods.