mozartfan,
I advise you to change the way you go about building your system. I think I recall another thread where you were swapping between different tube types in the 12xx7 family of tubes without finding out if the different tube types were compatible with your gear. If that was not you, my apologies.
Slow down. Learn before you buy. There are tube dealers who will talk to you about what tubes may give you the sound you want.
The way you have approached tube rolling is a sure-fire way to spend a lot of money and end up disappointed. Differences between tubes are not snake oil, but they are not always night and day different either.
I'm sorry to hear about your disappointment with the 6922, but I think you will eventually find the whole idea of high-end audio to be snake oil if you continue to approach it in the same way you did these tubes.
I advise you to change the way you go about building your system. I think I recall another thread where you were swapping between different tube types in the 12xx7 family of tubes without finding out if the different tube types were compatible with your gear. If that was not you, my apologies.
Slow down. Learn before you buy. There are tube dealers who will talk to you about what tubes may give you the sound you want.
The way you have approached tube rolling is a sure-fire way to spend a lot of money and end up disappointed. Differences between tubes are not snake oil, but they are not always night and day different either.
I'm sorry to hear about your disappointment with the 6922, but I think you will eventually find the whole idea of high-end audio to be snake oil if you continue to approach it in the same way you did these tubes.