[adhoc]

some background on this thread:

i've only recently been converted to the 'light side' of tubed amplification ( ). for someone who has been a solid-state advocate his entire life, the avalanche of knowledge that came with my conversion was, to say the least, extremely daunting.

top getters vs side getters, GTA vs GTB, t-plate vs round-plate, black plates vs grey plates - all these were extremely confusing to a newbie like me. add to this the fact that most of the information regarding well-regarding tubes were scattered far and wide over n threads with n^n pages and well.. you get the idea.

enter The 6SN7 Reference Thread - here I have condensed all of what i consider the information needed to make an informed decision on which 6SN7 tube (or a similar variant) to choose.

I have tried as much as possible to avoid quoting impressions which result from a mixture of 6SN7s, but i have made exceptions for posts which clearly opine over a particular tube's qualities.

tubed people of head-fi, this is my gift to you. enjoy!


please do continue to post all further opinions on tubes you may have. i'll add them to the list. please do inform me too if i've gotten anything wrong.