These Treasure tubes are the real deal!

intangible
intangible Posts: 262
edited July 2011 in Electronics
I picked up a pair of their 6CA7s to replace the Electro-Harmonix EL34s I've had for the life of the amp, and good lord, what a difference. Some how the sound is now better refined and wonderfully fuzzier all at once - no break in required to hear the improvement. On top of that, they're gorgeous with the black polymer-coated fat bottle and come in boxes with hilarious Engrish on them. I highly recommend them.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2011
    Glad you like em',,I've got a quad in mine amp too-- just wait,,they will get better.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,794
    edited July 2011
    just wait,,they will get better.

    After they cycle from good to horrible, to ok, to great, to terrible, etc. After 300 hours they will arrive at bliss.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,669
    edited July 2011
    Well put Jesse.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited July 2011
    I have a matched quad of the 6CA7 for my goody box. I don't have anything to use them in right now but the price was right.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Beta
    Beta Posts: 267
    edited July 2011
    Agreed with everything mentioned above. I have a matched quad of 6CA7s in my amp. These are nothing short of beautiful sounding tubes.

    Spot on description Jesse.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited July 2011
    Another happy camper in the treasure camp.

    Have you noticed they seem to run cooler than other tubes?
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
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  • intangible
    intangible Posts: 262
    edited July 2011
    Yes, actually I had noticed that, but I just attributed it to their being 6CA7 vs EL34.

    I look forward to the roller coaster ride of quality resulting in them sounding even better than they do now.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited July 2011
    I believe the plate voltage is different.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2011
    Just out of curiosity,,where did you buy them?
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • intangible
    intangible Posts: 262
    edited July 2011
    eBay
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2011
    Care to share your experience,cost and seller if you feel so inclined? I purchased mine from an internet seller for about 250 shipped.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • intangible
    intangible Posts: 262
    edited July 2011
    I bought them from this fellow, who appears to just be some random guy running a resale business. The return address was his apartment.

    http://myworld.ebay.com/atop_authentic_auction/?_trksid=p4340.l2559

    I paid $100 for a matched pair in cardboard boxes, as apposed to the "premium" version with the jewelry box, although he appears to have raised the price to $120 since then. Received the tubes in about a week and a half.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2011
    Hey,, thanks for sharing,,enjoy them,,they are quite nice.:smile:

    here is where I got mine earlier this year.

    http://www.jjyaudio.com/products.asp?menuid=161&menuid1=255
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited July 2011
    Very please with Helen at jiyaudio. SHe worked with me on some spares for a good price.
    Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
    Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
    Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
    Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
    Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
    Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited July 2011
    whats the diff between the 6caz7 type A and the normal ones?

    I have a yaqin mc10l that I will be replacing the tubes in soon and wolnder if I could use these too instead of my stock el34's ?
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