Act II tube rolling


Have an original series CJ Act II. For retube ? stick with CJ versus other possibilities. Would appreciate advice.
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Showing 1 response by jtimothya


I have the ACT2 and the only choices for the 6H30 that I know about are the 6H30pi-EB and the 6H30pi-DR. The EB is the stock version that comes with the ACT2. The DR version is a NOS version that comes out of the original Soviet military batches.

I have tried cryo'ed EBs from a vendor other than CJ along with a quad of the DRs. To my ears there was little discernible difference with those EBs vs the tubes that came with the preamp. The DRs *may* have a faintly greater extended top end. The DRs have been promoted by Viktor at BAT and recently the price has sky-rocketed, as purportedly the last batch of these has been bought out of Russia.

I'm aware of no particular reason to choose or avoid 6H30 replacement stock from C-J versus a reliable tube dealer.

Rgds,
Tim