Amperex 6922 overkill?

You can buy tested and reliable, early 1960s vintage Amperex 6922 PQ USA White Label tubes weekly on E-Bay for no more than $150/pair (and often less). $400/pair sounds like "D" getter tubes, or perhaps pinch waist "D" getter tubes. If not, $400 is a complete rip-off for Amperex 6922 PQ USA White Label tubes, and only the seller of those tubes will vehemently defend the price.

Be sure to complete your homework before you start buying.

Agree with Tvad. Buy a few on E-Bay or start with the Amperex Bugle Boy Holland 6DJ8s for around $10 each used listed on Agon now to see if you like them first. You can always resell those and move onto the orange globes, pinch waist, gold pins, etc. That is how I learned along with reading Joe's Tube Lore and a few others here on Agon.

BTW I am not selling the tubes on Agon or any where else.

Happy Listening.

$400 is too much for any tube, i don't care what it is

Gary,
I have the 2.1x balanced dac and I used mullards which I love. any tubes you put in the dac will give you more than a $400 improvement over the sound of the sovtechs.

Tube prices are ridiculous. They have been for a while. I guess they remain that way because audio'philes' are willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money for them. Just look at some of the ads here on the 'Gon. I suppose when my stash is gone I'll be selling my preamp.