Not a Melto owner, but standard EH tubes are junk and their best tubes are Junque. I have 6dj8/6922 in a few things and I have had great luck with NOS Amperex gold pins and even the Bugle boys are are pretty darn good.
All the best.
Lab12 Melto 2 - tube rolling
Just acquired a well cared for Melto 2. Wanted to give a tube phono stage a try in my system.
The unit comes with stock 2 Electro Harmonics 6922 and 2 OTK1 Russian military 6n23p EB tubes.
I’d like to hear from the Melto 2 owners, or owners of phono stages that utilize 6922 tubes, about your experience with replacing EH 6922 with better tubes.
Sound characteristics - what changed, what was the improvement?
Considering current production Gold Lions as I remember liking them in the Rogue line stage…but those were 12AU7 and not 6922.
Table/cart - VPI Prime X/Hana Umami Blue
Cables - kimber carbon phono from table to Melto2, kimber carbon XLR from phono stage to integrated
Any thoughts?
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Thanks @curiousjim Looks like Brent Jesse sold his business when he retired so the new owner will be restarting the orders soon. I’ll investigate the amperex and bugle boy. Plenty of variations there at different prices for this tube. I used to run ARC preamp with Bugle Boy years ago. They were definitely an improvement over the sovtek and EH. |
@lalitk thanks. Back when I had the Rogue separates, they came equipped with JJs. Very quiet and reliable tube, neutral but somewhat sterile sounding in Rogue gear…that is my recollection. Those were standard JJs and not the Gold Pin version you recommended. @lewm is the sound signature of the Siemens you’re running in your steelhead similar to what I described earlier? |
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