6922 tubes

sidvee

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Guys where can I buy a matched pair of 6922's. I checked tube depot, a pair of JAN 6922's are about $ 60 plus shipping/ or gold lions at $100. Only problem I am leery about the transit of tubes via courier and the possibility of them arriving unmolested. Is there a good source in the Motherland?
I am guessing that with decent tube based electronics being sold here, there has to be a source for tubes, no?
Cheers,
Sid
 
He's both had them delivered to India, as well as within the US, to have the tubes hand carried to India. The transit to India does result in breakage on occasion, but at the hands of the Customs. Hand carrying has always been safe.
 
Sid, I've had good luck ordering the Russian 6922 variants from a few ebay sellers (mostly based in Eastern Europe). They seem to use bomb proof packing. I guess they plan for unreliable postal services
 
Sid, I've had good luck ordering the Russian 6922 variants from a few ebay sellers (mostly based in Eastern Europe). They seem to use bomb proof packing. I guess they plan for unreliable postal services

Kindly pm some info. on sellers.
Cheers,
Sid
 
Just look for 6922 on ebay. All the East European suppliers are there.
I bought some tubes from Ukraine recently. Even when they were having problems internally. Tubes arrived safe and on time.
 
Believe it or not, the technique now used by chinese suppliers is to list it as it is shipped from USA or some European countries. May be buying from online source is safer to get good product / Also to add it is safer to buy in ebay too, since you can claim your money back since we have protection from ebay for fraudster selling or duplicate product if you are able to prove it..
 
I've bought tubes and other items several times over the past few years from East European sources AND from Chinese sources using Ebay. So far no dud purchases. Twice there was a problem with what was sent but resolved very well. I don't worry much about buying through Ebay.....so far .

In fact I have got damaged items from local purchases !! Never from imported items !
 
So Should I conclude that there is no Indian dealer/ distributor for these common tubes, including 12au7, 12ax7 etc?
Wonder how dealers who sell tube equipment handle Initial tube replacements for defective/ damaged tubes? Or is it the customer's headache like everything else. So far all my tube purchases have been made in US and hand carried, so no experience in the local scene.
Cheers,
Sid
 
Very few companies sell locally made tubed equipment. Those that do will have spare tubes for replacement. Won't be cheap I guess.
If you bring back tubed equipment from abroad , you should bring back spares with you or ask someone to do so if you are already here.

Typically power tubes can last 1,000 to 2000 hours ( of actual use ) and small signal tubes can last up to 5,000 to 10,000 hours ( of actual use ).
BUT tubes CAN break down sometimes with broken tube heaters or internal shorts due to physical abuse ( while shipping ?). Even powering them up and down several times stresses the heaters and they can fail prematurely. Proper design can minimise such heater failure.
Locally available NOS tubes from BEL are typically not as good as those we get from overseas. I bought a lot of them over the years and many had very poorly matched sections in dual triodes. They were cheap at the time and I found, so was the performance ! Especially the Russian tubes that the defense forces used . Most had Bakelite bases that were loose and many tubes were 'slightly tilted'! Poor assembly I guess and the defence dept. bought them ! Maybe just bought junk and not for real use ! Who knows !

Get some good tubes as spares now , even from Ebay. Don't wait for them to break down. You never know when you might need them....of if you are lucky , you may not. But then tubes do age. They loose their amplification capability which affect a whole lot of other parameters. Maybe a tube set change 'might ' improve things after 5/10 years ? Maybe ! :)
 
When I recently checked my tube stash, I had a lot of tubes including 3 pairs of EH 6922. I just hate the EH 6922 tube, produces a dull - lifeless sound. I did use JAN- Phillips 6922 before and it is my favorite. However one is causing some noise upon startup so I suspect it is on its last legs. I recently ordered a pair of Shuguang treasure series 12au7 from China. I was just hoping to pick up decent pair of 6922 in India for the second stage in my pre. However I will go ahead and order the Phillips from US and have somebody carry it. It will take a while - no-choice, meanwhile I will use a pair of EH tubes.
Cheers,
Sid
 
I had some time this weekend so I went through my old stash of tubes. Luckily, I found a pair of unused JAN Phillips 6922's that I had bought for a previous pre-amp perhaps 5 years ago and forgot and the reason I couldn't find them earlier was that they were in boxes marked as 12ax7's. Needless to say despite my obvious lack of organization skills, I am overjoyed.
These along with a pair of Shuguang 12au7 treasure series which arrived on Friday are making my Lamm sing.
Cheers,
Sid
 
Hi i also entered into the tube world recently.last month i put a pair of 6922 Telefunken NOS in my system.Sound seems to be improving slowly.can any body tell me how long it will take to settle down completely?
Do i need to keep the system ON for more time? Passing the signal through it is necessary?
 
Do i need to keep the system ON for more time? Passing the signal through it is necessary?

@skdas - usually the mfr. provides data on burn in time for optimum performance. And as subjective as hi-fi is, there are supporters and detractors to this, however for small preamp. tubes, my experience of improved sound has been between 50-100 hours - also the most risky because tubes are also most likely to malfunction during this period. My recommendation, just play your system as you would normally and treat every improvement as a bonus. I am doing just that with my fingers crossed that the approx. 5 yr old 6922's make sweet music.
Cheers,
Sid
 
......... my experience of improved sound has been between 50-100 hours......... My recommendation, just play your system as you would normally and treat every improvement as a bonus........

Neat assessment.
Now that everything is working well , enjoy the music and stop 'looking' for minute changes !
 
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