Tubes for Eastern Electric CD Player

Hi Eagleman,

I'm using NOS Telefunken ECC83Cs. They have transformed the Minimax and they should have for the $$ (350 /pair). I don't think it's necessary to spend that much at all and would recommend either Amperex, JAN, or Mullards (re-issue) - any of these should run from 40-80$ / pair and will really kick things up a notch.

Good luck with your search.

Cheers,
Garry

Bill,

Yes, you are correct it is not ECC83 - I meant to say E88CC. These have a diamond plate on the bottom. Not good to type about tubes when you've got a very bad case to the flu. Thank you for pointing that out.

I picked them upalong with the Minimax from Vintage Audio, EE's distributor in Hong Kong. Being a new to tubes at the time and when taking delivery of the Minimax, I asked Vincent (whom runs the local tube club here) what were the best replacement tubes available. He dropped in the Telefunkens and it was like he had a freeze gun - everyone in the place stopped to listen and were shocked by the sound . . . I bought 'em on the spot.

Cheers,
Garry