Gold Lion E88CC / 6922 Platinum Grade / No Cryo Reviews

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Warren Samples

Unverified Reviewer

“I have some pretty fancy NOS tubes and each of them has something of a signature that makes them wonderful for some music or some particular recording but also has to be considered a defect listening to other music or other recordings. The tubes that have gotten the most run have been Mullard E88CC/01 which possess all kinds of magic but also let me down in some music, and Siemens 6922s which are a bit more neutral and less "tubephonic" than the Mullards. I love them both, but these Gold Lion tubes are by far the most satisfyingly universal tubes I've tried. They seemed to sail through the top end and threaten to be screechy for a couple of days but have settled in beautifully and produce music with an unimpeachable balance of poise, power, warm beauty, and clarity. Lively without harshness. Such musical grace! They may lack the cachet of NOS tubes, and don't seem to have a heavy signature that might find you admiring - or cursing - the "tube magic" instead of listening to the music, but they let the magic of the music speak for itself and that's really as it should be. Everyone's system is different but these are tubes I have to recommend you try.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Robert Jantz

Verified Reviewer

“Love these valves in my Pathos Logos! Great low end and warm highs. Transparent miss too!”

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Posted 2 years ago

Robert Jantz

Verified Reviewer

“I am extremely pleased with these tubes. They have a great silky top end and a strong and well controlled bass. Vocals are also very true to life with a great presence. I’m running them in my Pathos amp.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Glows”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I bought the Gold Lion 6922 Platinum Grade matched pair to replace the 6922 tubes for the Lamm m1.2 Reference Monoblocks (the tubes 1 in each monoblock help with the voltage output). Lamm recommends changing them about every two years ( I bought the monoblocks used with no history of tube life of the 6922's in the purchased Lamm's). Sonically I cannot say they have made a listening difference but I feel very confident they will probably last longer than even the 2 years that Lamm recommends.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Very quiet preamp tube! I’m using a pair of these in a high-gain stage of my phono preamp and they are at least 5 dB quieter than anything else I have tried. They sound terrific and are workhorses.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Nice upgrade over my previous tube”

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Posted 3 years ago

Darryl Barrabee

Verified Reviewer

“I’ve a 23 year Sonic Frontiers line stage 1 preamp. It has 3 rows of tubes , 2 tubes per row. I recently posted here regarding a Gold Lion 6922 pair and Electro-Harmonix 6922 pair that I prior purchased and installed. I now purchased another pair of Gold Lion 6922. After a break in of approx 40 hours I came to this conclusion: The Gold Lion 6922 seem to have more clarity, but in my system, the Electro-Harmonix 6922 pair are more palpable and the bass more extended, when placed in the Sonic Frontiers rear row. I’m really happy with the sound at this point without breaking the bank on NOS tubes. Sonic Frontiers line stage 1 preamp Parasound A21+ amp NAD C658 network player VPI Aries turntable B&W Nautilus 804 speakers Synergistic Research power cell 10SE”

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Posted 3 years ago