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    Whew, not cheap are they!

    Is the Reflektor tube a 6N3P-E?

    I love the sound of Russian tubes, I might try one or maybe look for the 396A
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    Quote Originally Posted by brian2957 View Post
    It's not too expensive to try different valves in the XS DAC as long as you don't have to import them from America
    helps if you wipe the butter from yir fingers mate
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    Ah.. I'm afraid I know very little about this area of audio reproduction . I didn't notice that Tony .
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    helps if you wipe the butter from yir fingers mate
    Hah ! Not far off the truth Grant
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    I'm gonna try a Reflektor 6N3P-E, I got 2 for £6 on ebay.

    I've always liked Reflektor/Voshkod tubes. They always seem to have a detailed, dynamic yet unforced quality to them.

    Good luck with the quest for the WE
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    Quote Originally Posted by brian2957 View Post
    It's not too expensive to try different valves in the XS DAC as long as you don't have to import them from America
    The really annoying thing is that the US has the world's best valve inventory.

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    BTW you can buy ECC88/6922 to 6N3 sockets on eBay but I haven't checked there is sufficient internal space for it in the DAC.

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    Ah.. never thought of that Justin . I ordered another two Western Electric valves form the same US seller .
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