Siemens CCa vs. Amperex PW 6922

I'll just say I did not have a good experience with "realjazzcat" aka "tubemuseum", and I'll leave it at that.

Sam has the mismatched sections and Andy has the date code and shiny sheild.

Andy thinks people are nuts about the dull/shiny shield. Never did like talking to him.

VV Tubes Now there's a guy that knows how to use the F word. F this and F that. F Joe's tube lore. FFFFFFFFFFFF AND SOME MORE FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'S No thank you.

On the 'Gon there is a Amperex 7308 WL GP Sheild. Is it as good as the 6922 WL GP Sheild?

Brent Jessee has been fine but his prices are going up^.

Of all the Amperex tube variants (6DJ8, 6922, 7308), I always preferred the Amperex 6922 PQ USA White Shield. I thought they sounded very, very close to the 6922 Pinch Waist, and without the astronomical pricing and dicey microphonics issue that plagues the Pinch Waist tubes and makes good ones so difficult to find.

Andy's the best in the business. Period. However, he does have a negative opinion of Siemens CCa tubes, primarily because he has found many that have not measured up to his quality control criteria. Remember I wrote that many CCa are microphonic?

Even one of the CCa tubes I purchased from the German gentleman mentioned above was microphonic and required shipping back to Germany for an exchange.

Tvad,

Brent Jessee has a matched pair for $225.00. I guess I will flip the switch and go for it.

The last pair of this type tube I got off of EBay and they were bad.

Brent is easy to talk to and has a 30 day return policy.

I had a pair of Seimans CCa DS and I sold them for $300.00. Hello McFly.

Andy thinks the people that know about the older CCa's are nuts because all he has to sell are the later ear-hair-burning versions. Not hard to figure out: Ignorance is bliss, and profitable too. Enjoy whatever you settle on.