jean-michel Posted February 15 Posted February 15 By curiosité I have swapped my purchased S4A e88cc to go back to the default 6nh1 ohh what a surprise to listen to them again … Garry have me some tips I think it could be good to share the info with you guys ; check below Q2: "How is the Psvane CV181 TII comparing to NOS E88CC such as telefunken?" A2: E88CC provides the highest output gain. Here is an output gain list, starting from lowest to highest. 6H30Pi < 6SN7 and CV181 < 12AU7 < 6H1n, ECC88 and E88CC A genuine Telefunken E88CC usually has a diamond logo at the bottom of the glass. It is considered to be one of the best sounding E88CCs providing quite transparent sounding with excellent dynamics. In general, most of the E88CC tubes are more focused on the mid to higher frequencies transparency. 6SN7 on the other hand produces thicker and warmer midbass and midrange. Less transparent than E88CC. The output gain is lower. In general, more relax (a bit slower) sounding. The psvane CV181 TII is considered to be the current best 6SN7 in the market. It is an excellent match when using it with MP-DX DAC. The strength: The bass is powerful and well defined. The mid is smooth, warm and clean with plenty of details. The weakness: The very high frequency extension is not as good as the telefunken E88CC, but it is still one of the best in the 6SN7/CV181 family. So, if you are looking for a bit lower noise floor, stronger bass, more analog like warmer and thicker midrange, a bit less very high frequency sharpness, the CV181 TII is the tube you desire.
Dystoria Posted February 15 Posted February 15 (edited) I found the Psvane CV181 TII underwhelming and rolled them for Linlai Elites (grant fidelity stock). In my headphone amp setup the Linlais have deeper base, more detail and a much wider soundstage. The higher frequencies are very good (but they might be exaggerated because the headphones I use are Utopia 22s). I guess what I'm saying is the PSVanes might have synergy in some systems and not in others, so saying the PSVanes are the 'current best' might be so for your use case but not others. Edited February 15 by Dystoria
jean-michel Posted February 16 Author Posted February 16 Hello Dystoria, thank you for your input btw I just want to mention that the review is not mine, I just copy/ pasted it, I was mostly intrested by the feedback sent to this reviewer regarding the "gain sound profile" of certain tubes, submitted by Musical Paradise to this reviewer. Regards JM 1
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