The RCA 6j5g are top tubes! Nice find! I love best US 6j5g coke bottle, but for me its the UK military that stole my Heart. For cheaper and more availabilty i can vouch for the GEC L63. Very good tubes.
Rare and unheardin 339 are Marconi l63.. they are pricey. Your tubes are 6j5g, not 6c5. Also I never heard them but there are hints that real 6c5g mesh plate are the balls for tubes amps, but it's just guessing!
Thanks, I like the look of them and they are in perfect shape. The man who sold them to me said he went through at least 25 pairs until he got this set which he said were perfectly matched and testing as NOS. I let him keep my one Marconi L63 as I had no use for it and I didn't see myself selling one tube. Hopefully he will find somebody who needs it.
How do the EF80s sound with the adaptor on the 339? Sadly I unloaded all my 5998s and 6as7G RCAs I had. I do have a hearty stash of the Amperex silver mesh plate bugle boys that I love. It would be a shame to unload these if they make a good driver tube on the 339 should I choose to grab one someday. Especially since there hasn't been much interest in my attempts to sell here or on eBay. Are there much better options or do these still hold up on the 339?
@adeadcrab, or anybody else of course, any idea what tubes they are? These were sent to me by the seller of the 339 to replace the damaged Marconi L63 tube. He charged me $60 Canadian which was supposed to be for one tube, so the implication was that these tubes could command $120 Canadian (about $85US) for a pair. He said they were almost as good as the Marconi.
Interesting? I will have my tube source test them and see if they test strong. They sure sound nice, I just swapped them in now to give the RCAs a rest. I guess I'll see about getting another set of the RCAs, hopefully close to as good as these are. Thanks.
I know, they do look exactly like the tubes you linked, however, without seeing internal construction I guess it is impossible to say. As I said, they sound quite nice so I have no complaints in that respect. Shows what a deal the RCAs were at $40 Canadian for a pair, and they are immaculate looking and as I said, they tested at over 2400 each!
How do the EF80s sound with the adaptor on the 339? Sadly I unloaded all my 5998s and 6as7G RCAs I had. I do have a hearty stash of the Amperex silver mesh plate bugle boys that I love. It would be a shame to unload these if they make a good driver tube on the 339 should I choose to grab one someday. Especially since there hasn't been much interest in my attempts to sell here or on eBay. Are there much better options or do these still hold up on the 339?
@adeadcrab
, or anybody else of course, any idea what tubes they are? These were sent to me by the seller of the 339 to replace the damaged Marconi L63 tube. He charged me $60 Canadian which was supposed to be for one tube, so the implication was that these tubes could command $120 Canadian (about $85US) for a pair. He said they were almost as good as the Marconi.
Those are military UK 6j5g or so I believed, exactly my prefered tubes if they are quiet in your amp. They are sweet sounding, detailed and luxurious sounding if that means something. I love them.
The RCA I am not even sure if it's RCA who made them, lots of US tubes are constructed the same as those.
The UK tubes like the gec, Marconi's and those smoked glass are way better in my humble opinion. And yes they are pricey.
Those are military UK 6j5g or so I believed, exactly my prefered tubes if they are quiet in your amp. They are sweet sounding, detailed and luxurious sounding if that means something. I love them.
The RCA I am not even sure if it's RCA who made them, lots of US tubes are constructed the same as those.
The UK tubes like the gec, Marconi's and those smoked glass are way better in my humble opinion. And yes they are pricey.
Thank you for the input, same goes for everybody who has responded and tried to help me figure this out. It is greatly appreciated. Well, if you are correct with the UK connection that makes sense and at $120 Canadian they would have been appropriately priced it sounds like (and yes they sound very nice).
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