I am inveterate tube roller. The choice would have been abundantly clear a year ago. In a very short time prices for this family of tubes became insane.
I like the American Amperex nice neutral but musical, The CV2492/3 military Mullards a quiet tube unusually forward and uncolored if you can get the 2493. The 2 is more typically british and warmer. The regular mullard 6922 is very sweet but a little less detailed for my taste. The Siemens is in very broad terms a brighter sounding tube it really depends on which one you end up with there are many "Seimens" . They are all good. I have not had the luxury of hearing the Telefunken.
However as I said they are also all insanely priced or fakes now. I am deeply irritated by the astronomical price increases. Fortunately the tube market has a way of correcting itself so I am waiting before I buy- I need a quad.
The Jan Phillips 6922 is abundant, available and cheap because they were still being made into the 80s. That tube is a bit dry and hard but if your Sylvanias are getting noisy I would swap them out for them until prices cool off. Another alternative are the cheap russian tubes which some people really think are good .In particular the 6N1P I think? I don't care for them and really find the Sovteks et al. to be thin and screechy.
Sorry about being a downer but unless you have a very kind buddy you'll have to dish out serious green.
I like the American Amperex nice neutral but musical, The CV2492/3 military Mullards a quiet tube unusually forward and uncolored if you can get the 2493. The 2 is more typically british and warmer. The regular mullard 6922 is very sweet but a little less detailed for my taste. The Siemens is in very broad terms a brighter sounding tube it really depends on which one you end up with there are many "Seimens" . They are all good. I have not had the luxury of hearing the Telefunken.
However as I said they are also all insanely priced or fakes now. I am deeply irritated by the astronomical price increases. Fortunately the tube market has a way of correcting itself so I am waiting before I buy- I need a quad.
The Jan Phillips 6922 is abundant, available and cheap because they were still being made into the 80s. That tube is a bit dry and hard but if your Sylvanias are getting noisy I would swap them out for them until prices cool off. Another alternative are the cheap russian tubes which some people really think are good .In particular the 6N1P I think? I don't care for them and really find the Sovteks et al. to be thin and screechy.
Sorry about being a downer but unless you have a very kind buddy you'll have to dish out serious green.