newbie questiun on E88CC and ECC88

Hi Calbrs03,
The Brent Jesse pages are perfect and some evenings worth of reading, thanks for pointing this one

You're welcome, Vinylmeister. Good luck hunting.

Philips and Siemens have made very good E88CC's and ECC88's. Philips still makes them. If you want the (presumably) best, go for a 288 and pay the price...

The E88CC are the "Select" version of the ECC88 6DJ8/6922. Vintage Mullard and Telefunken E88CC were usually made with GOLD PINS and have very close triode balances and very low noise and are typically longer lasting. I currently own sets of 4 Telefunken and 4 Mullard E88CC. I am in the process of evaluating both sets of tubes in my ARC LS25 MKI. I am also experimenting with vintage Mullard and Telefunken ECC88. Incidentally, the set of 4 Telefunkens (E88CC) was quite expensive (approximately $350 used). NOS of these tubes can run up to $600). Even with the regular vintage Mullard and Telefunken ECC88, the ARC LS25 MKI soars and goes up several notches in performance.