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6H30p-DR vs 6H30p Tubes

Folks,

I have been listening to Sovtek 6H30p’s tubes for almost a year now on my ARC Foundation Series components. Since acquiring ARC, I have been wondering about the uber expensive NOS Russian Reflector 6H30P-DR tubes. 

Has anyone tried these tubes in their ARC gear? What I do not know is the sonic differences between the standard Sovtek 6H30p's and the more expensive variants, including the 6H30P-DR?

If I do decided to go for them, where do you think I should start off? I am looking at 8 tubes in total, 

ARC LS28 - Pre, four 6H30’s
ARC DAC9, two 6H30’s
ARC VT-80 - Amp, two 6H30’s

I would love to hear any feedback and the equipment they were evaluated in, if different than ARC. 

Thank you!
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lalitk OP
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@wharfy,

Thank you for your feedback. ARC does a great job in selecting tubes for their gear. 

And I do agree with you on SR Black’s and Herbie’s dampers upgrade, all of my components already have SR black’s and HiFi Supreme Fuses. 
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lalitk OP
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@trelja,

Like you said, sometimes the best way to move past things is to try and get it out of your system. 

@wharfy, 

In my system, the combination of SR Black’s in my Pre and DAC, HiFi Supreme Silver in my tube amp and HiFi Supreme Cu in my source components gave the best overall tonality. 

The HiFi Supreme Cu Fuses are really special, you get that organic sound that simply draws you in. I urge anyone to try these in their digital front end. 


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