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post #16 of 253
5/14/05 at 10:50pm
Has anyone tried these 6SN7s. In talking with Kevin today, I broke down and ordered a pair.

Pope Philips Holland
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post #17 of 253
5/15/05 at 12:00am
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Originally Posted by Audio Addict
Has anyone tried these 6SN7s. In talking with Kevin today, I broke down and ordered a pair.

Pope Philips Holland
Kevin must have scored those on one of his tube hunting trips to Europe. What did he say about them compared to other tubes?

I did get to see his humongous custom tube tester at his place, and I doubt any other tube sellers have anything close to test tubes.
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post #18 of 253
5/15/05 at 12:15am
Are they in Kevin's private stash, or are they available to the open public?
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post #19 of 253
5/15/05 at 12:51am
Thread Starter 
oops.

the popes ARE available to the general public. sorry all for the confusion - my bad.

but.. $135 for a SINGLE 'platinum grade' [ie extremely closely matched triodes] pope 6sn7?! mein gott!! this had better be good.
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post #20 of 253
5/15/05 at 1:54am
are we talking about the Pope 6SN7GT? it isn't in his secret stash section so should be available to everyone, although you have to pay more if you don't have something from him that uses the tube.
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post #21 of 253
5/15/05 at 3:55am
Thanks for this post!!!

Very helpful with my PPX3-6SN7 tube rolling.
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post #22 of 253
5/15/05 at 8:57am
I have an AES-3 DJH preamp purchased from Kevin that uses the 6SN7GTs so I was able to purchase them at the buyer club rate, which is substantially lower. The price was the same as SinglePower Audio wanted for a CBS-Hytron so it didn't seem that out of line.

Actually Kevin mentioned they were found in South American. He has people on the lookout all across it world it seems.
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post #23 of 253
5/15/05 at 10:01pm
A very fine job you have done there adhoc. It is very nice to see some recent attention to the 6SN7. As your research shows, most was thought and written a couple of years ago.

I think one of the best sides of your compilation of 6SN7 views and impressions, is that it is easy to compare peoples views. IME, views need to be related to what music and equipment people are listening to and it is always a healthy advice to read what several persons have written. And then in the end, it is of course a matter of taste, too.
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post #24 of 253
5/22/05 at 7:41am
Thread Starter 
major addition: linked opinions from another thread.

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post #25 of 253
5/22/05 at 8:00am
adhoc: I didn't realise that my image and my comments would end up in this thread and in your gallery. Oh well...

(edit:grammar)
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post #26 of 253
5/22/05 at 3:04pm
whoaa, awesome. thanks for the post adhoc.
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post #27 of 253
6/2/05 at 8:46am
Thread Starter 
major update done - tube descriptions have been completely overhauled. added some new photos. check version history for details.
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post #28 of 253
6/12/05 at 4:40pm
Thread Starter 
update made. this should be the last update for some time for this thread.
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post #29 of 253
6/26/05 at 3:38am
Thread Starter 
...and i was wrong.

MAJOR changes have been made to the original post; bump for a vastly improved reference thread.
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post #30 of 253
6/26/05 at 7:24am
One thing I've just noticed,Sylvania 6SN7W's with metal base can also have green printing on the base as well as black


Pic by Len
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