[winders]

Oh OK. the 4-52, looked like GE or maybe one of RCA's fonts. Have had them with all of those labels. SRL relabeled a lot of Tung Sol
T plate variety and also Raytheon.
Looks like a nice buy on a good used pair. They look pretty nice from the pics.

Thanks! If you do your homework sometimes you get rewarded with a great deal! I really wasn't looking to buy any more tubes for a while unless you had some of those Raytheon VT-231 tubes we talked about earlier. When I put my bid in with 10 seconds left it was under $100. Another bidder put in the same max amount I did after I did so I won.

 

[whirlwind]

Are these real "Bad Boys"?:

Yep, they sure are, construction is correct and the date codes match up.

 

[attmci]

Are these real "Bad Boys"?:

4-52, 1954 week 52. These are the real ones:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SYLVANIA-BA...ad5fbb8&pid=100005&rk=5&rkt=6&sd=382079324617

Moreover,

THESE ARE PLATINUM MATCHED PAIR

LOL

 

[winders]

4-52, 1954 week 52. These are the real ones:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SYLVANIA-BAD-BOYS-6SN7-GTA-Well-Balanced-Gm-Ip-PLATINUM-MATCHED-PAIR/141790603964?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIM.MBE&ao=2&asc=41376&meid=9eb1dc6927ae42709709d8cbcad5fbb8&pid=100005&rk=5&rkt=6&sd=382079324617

Moreover,

THESE ARE PLATINUM MATCHED PAIR

LOL

Yeah, those tubes are not "Bad Boys". No Sylvania 6SN7GTA is a "Bad Boy" and certainly no short bottle tube can be....

 

[circatubes]

Very sad. Anything to make a sale. what's scary is, it's a combination of BS
and ignorance out there. There are SOME good tube dealers on ebay, but there are people who sell
TONS of tubes who really have no idea or are
full of it. Of course I'm completely biased, so don't listen to me (Oh and shameless plug, those are actually nice sounding tubes, but I sell them for $50 pair)

 

[winders]

Does any know how to decode the date codes on Raytheon VT-231 tubes? I have 3 that have "CE5" and 1 that has "1E5" or "IE5".

Thanks!

 

[winders]

Does any know how to decode the date codes on Raytheon VT-231 tubes? I have 3 that have "CE5" and 1 that has "1E5" or "IE5".

Thanks!

Anyone? If not, does anyone have a suggestion on who might know?

 

[circatubes]

Anyone? If not, does anyone have a suggestion on who might know?

It's almost assuredly 1945.
Probably March and September.
6SN7GT's were labeled VT-231 mainly from 43-45.

 

[winders]

It's almost assuredly 1945.
Probably March and September.
6SN7GT's were labeled VT-231 mainly from 43-45.

Thanks! So the "C" or "I" is the month and the "5" is the year. What is the "E"?

 

[circatubes]

Unsure. I think many or most had the E though. Never paid much attention to the Raytheon codes.
Probably because they're less common tubes in the 231 stratosphere and they seemed to have been made later. I never thought about it until now and could be wrong but it seems as if they may have been the last major outfit to start making 6sn's.
I don't recall seeing any with codes before 43.
and I think 44 & 45 is usually what I see.

 

[attmci]

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[winders]

But there are still good ones on the bay.

How about this tube?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/6SN7GT-Magnovox-Black-Plate-foil-Gett-Vacuum-Tested-84-100/263020219136?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648

It's not a "Bad Boy". It has only two rivet holes in each plate.

 

[attmci]

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[winders]

Regardless of what that site says and what Brent Jesse says, there are no such things as 2 hole "Bad Boys".

Look in this the first post of this thread:

https://www.head-fi.org/f/threads/the-reference-6sn7-thread.117677/

Find the section that starts with:

Sylvania 6SN7GT (1952 vintage ONLY)

Only someone that wants to sell you something would say they are the same. Well, someone that is ignorant of the facts might say they are the same too.

 

[attmci]

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