[Audio Addict]

Has anyone tried these 6SN7s. In talking with Kevin today, I broke down and ordered a pair.

Pope Philips Holland

 

[Jon L]

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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.

 

[SHVentus]

Are they in Kevin's private stash, or are they available to the open public?

 

[adhoc]

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.

 

[ayt999]

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.

 

[palchiu]

Thanks for this post!!!

Very helpful with my PPX3-6SN7 tube rolling.

 

[Audio Addict]

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.

 

[Glod]

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.

 

[adhoc]

major addition: linked opinions from another thread.

 

[grox]

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)

 

[fr4c]

whoaa, awesome. thanks for the post adhoc.

 

[adhoc]

major update done - tube descriptions have been completely overhauled. added some new photos. check version history for details.

 

[adhoc]

update made. this should be the last update for some time for this thread.

 

[adhoc]

...and i was wrong.

MAJOR changes have been made to the original post; bump for a vastly improved reference thread.

 

[Rob N]

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