I've owned this exact pre since 2013 and love it. However, in my system it's not particularly revealing of tubes. I've used the stock EH 6922s as well as 6N1Ps and currently Reflector 6922 equivalents, and pretty much same sound from them all. This pre is easy on tubes, btw, and I've yet to have one go bad on me yet...lovely piece in my opinion.
Suggestions for Preamp Tubes
Friends,
I seek your suggestions for preamp tubes. My preamp is a Quicksilver remote control line stage preamp that came equipped with two 6DJ8 tubes. Mike Sanders, who built the preamp, confirmed that I can substitute the stock tubes with 6N1P, 6AQ8, 6922, or 7308 tubes. The treble seems a bit bright, although the bass and mids seem lovely to me with the 6DJ8 tubes. Should I try another option from among these alternatives?
The other components in my system are:
Audiolab CD transport
Cambridge Audio CXN100 Streamer
Cambridge Audio DACMagic 200M
The aforementioned Quicksilver preamp
A custom tube amp with four Tung Sol KT150's
and Klipsch Cornwall IV's.
Any suggestions on whether to swap the preamp tubes and, if so, with recommended options will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jay