Tube guidance please....
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Based on the first post(s) to this thread, I believe/assume/imagine (hallucinate?) that the OP's buying new/current production "Tung-Sol" tubes indeed.
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Ok ok ok, i did not order them. Wow, you guys are animate about new tubes. I will head the warnings and look for some NOS. Lol! .
Doe the "The Tube Store" do well is selling quality tubes? -
-- we're adamant, too!
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mhardy6647 wrote: »-- we're adamant, too!
I hate this Samsung phone. Changes words all the time! Lol -
So thank you all for keeping from buying new tubes!
I have found a few sets that id like to run by you guys.
Sylvania 6sn7gt. Black plate 3 holes date matched and tested but the seller does not privide numbers for the test. States yhey test strong and balanced on a heathkit tc3. $70.00 shipped.
RCA 6SN7gt smoked glass well balanced teiode in gm and lp platinum matched. 2700/2750 and 2700/2700. $65 shipped.
I was thinking about the RCA since i have Sylvania gta already.
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Both are nice tubes.
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them are some oldies there Doc.
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yeah, yeah -- me, too ;-)
Unlike me, they're workin' fine...
oh, back, sort of, on topic.
This is a useful one-stop shop resource (offered strictly "as is") on the 6SN7 and its forebears.
http://vinylsavor.blogspot.com/2014/02/tube-of-month-6sn7.html
The other worthwhile 6SN7 article that comes to mind was in issue number 11 of the late Charles Kittleson's Vacuum Tube Valley magazine. These issues have been available, on and off, online as PDFs (for free), over the years, but may not be legitimately available at the moment. That being said, it's worth nosing around a little for anyone with interest in these venerable twin triodes.
EDIT: It's on the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20131122141643/http://www.jumpjet.info/Pioneering-Wireless/eMagazines/VTV/VTV11.pdf
They were/are good tubes.
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Progenitors of the 6SN7 -- the 27 and the 76
(not my photo -- but it's a nice one!)
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Im looking forward to giving them a go!
I was thinking about some upgrades to the internals of the buffer. -
Do a search on google there is cap upgrades out there. Thought about doing the cap upgrades to mine but life sometimes gets in the way.
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Do a search on google there is cap upgrades out there. Thought about doing the cap upgrades to mine but life sometimes gets in the way.
I was thinking about some upgrades to the CD3. Im sure they used the cheapest parts they could. I just ha e not gotten around to opening it up to see whats in there. -
As i wait for MHARDY's tubes to show up i took out my Sylvania gta smoked glass tubes and put the oem chinese tubes back in. They lack clarity. I can hear a bit of distortion in the highs. Bass is lacking. But they (clear glass) sure glow pretty compared to the smoked glass.
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Do a search on google there is cap upgrades out there. Thought about doing the cap upgrades to mine but life sometimes gets in the way.
I was thinking about some upgrades to the CD3. Im sure they used the cheapest parts they could. I just ha e not gotten around to opening it up to see whats in there.
Excatly what i was talking about
Pictures are gone due to photobucket
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/tubes-valves/183529-yaqin-sd-cd3-tube-buffer-upgrading-caps.html
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/yaqin-cd3-tube-buffer-sonicap-upgrade-price-drop.658233/
Get you read on
