rodman99999

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Another tube question
Until the prices come back down, for my beloved GE 6550As(imagine that): I'll probably stay with the Gold Lion KT88 repops.      
Help me decide which E88CC tubes i should buy
Thanks for the above info.    The only reason I've purchased tubes, from the Germany based, eBay seller mentioned: I was dealing with him,  years before eBay was a thing and very confident of his expertise/honesty.     It's been my iron-clad rule,... 
Help me decide which E88CC tubes i should buy
Well; your tastes in sound seem to mirror my own.      As I asked: do you have a lead, on any genuine, NOS of the specific Reflektor tube, that topped that list?      At what price?      I haven’t seen any, in quite a while, for anything reasonabl... 
Help me decide which E88CC tubes i should buy
The best(least colored) of the 6N23p’s were the 1975, silver shield, SWGP, from Reflektor.      I’d be interested in a well-matched, NOS pair of those, that didn’t cost an arm and a leg, just to see if they better the CCa, to my ears and in my own... 
Help me decide which E88CC tubes i should buy
Another, "btw": It’s important, when reading tube comparisons, to pay close attention to the descriptions of the tube construction and dates of manufacture.      The presentations can vary(dramatically), between iterations/years, even of the same ... 
Help me decide which E88CC tubes i should buy
btw: Don’t know if this seller(in Germany) has anything, that would interest you.      But- He’s been in the business for decades and I’ve found him very knowledgeable, honest and dependable.      https://www.ebay.com/sch/audiotubes_de/m.html?_nkw... 
Help me decide which E88CC tubes i should buy
@yoshimitsu- You specifically said your E88CC tube has the silver shields(and- undoubtedly: an internal date code).      Those are a distinctly different sounding tube, than the earlier, grey shield, CCa, as I described.      ie: https://www.tubem... 
Help me decide which E88CC tubes i should buy
Having used the 6DJ8 family of tubes, in both the ARC SP9 and SP14(phono section, only) preamps; I’d already figured the Siemens CCa would be my favorite, when I bought a BAT VK-D5.      I did try rolling a number of other brands(Amperex, etc), fr... 
Moving cables around killed dynamics for days anyone else experience this?
@millercarbon- That was a large part of FDR’s Raw Deal.      Anyone, actually interested in what, "fiat money"(ie: backed by nothing) will eventually mean to a nation’s economy, should read: https://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Re... 
Moving cables around killed dynamics for days anyone else experience this?
Trump + Russia = BullSchiff        Bernie + Russia/Cuba = ❤️❤️(not that any of this has anything to do with cables) 
Moving cables around killed dynamics for days anyone else experience this?
About the gold standard: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-takes-united-states-off-gold-standard 
Moving cables around killed dynamics for days anyone else experience this?
Sanders + USA = Venezuela North 
Thank you AudiogoN and users, for civility....
Derangement reigns!    Keep your expectations low, regarding friendly/civil exchanges, and you won't be as disappointed. 
Thank you AudiogoN and users, for civility....
It can happen to anyone.                                                   https://www.npr.org/2018/12/06/674079779/george-h-w-bushs-mixed-legacy-in-a-reagan-era-scandal  
Thank you AudiogoN and users, for civility....
Sleepy Joe Syndrome’s contagious?