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Tubes for Raysonic CD 168

I have a Raysinic cd 168 tube cd player which is using the Electro Harmonix 6922 tubes. I would like to hear from other Raysonic owners as to what tubes they are using and what it did to the sound. The rest of my system is: Classe 15 amp, Audible Illusions Modulus 3a pre with 6h23eb tubes, Vandersteen 2ce speakers. All interconnects are mit terminator 2 and speaker wire is also mit terminator 2. Power cords and conditioning are courtesy of Shunyata.
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reb1208
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Try a pair of 6CG7, you will be fine using that tube without fear of smokin the transformer.
reb1208
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Mike In Md:

The 6CG7 will work in the Raysonic without alteration. I've never had a problem in any cd player that uses 6922 cathode followers, swapping for a 6CG7. Including Raysonic. The poster was looking for a lush tube sound. I gave him an option. 6N1P tubes also work without altering " play with the circuitry (reset the bias, plate load resistors, grid bias, etc.)." But 6N1P is not a lush sounding tube.

Also, in the Raysonic, all 4 tubes will have an effect on the sound from both xlr and RCA outputs. You can mix and match the tubes in pairs- inner and outer.

No desire to argue about circuitry etc. So please refrain from replying on that subject.

Please do reply after you have tried the swap for yourself.
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