[UntilThen]

Finally got all 3 Marconis together. The one on the left is from another private seller who's so happy I bought his tube. I don't think many people are buying B36, so it's been sitting on ebay for a while. Now the 2 on the right are from Stavros. As you can see, the 2 Marconis on the left and right are identical but it's the one in the middle I'm excited about ... well I'm excited about the nice Marconi box too which is in excellent condition. I've become a box collector.

 

[rosgr63]

Hi Matt, I'm pleased they got home in good time.
The GEC tube is beautiful.
I hope they sound good for you.

 

[UntilThen]

Near my home village at the island of Chios we have the Teacher's Stone where Homer used to recite the stories about Troy and Ulysses.

All I want to know is whether Helen is beautiful. She has to be. The Trojan war started because of her.

 

[UntilThen]

And the tubes start arriving.... Sylvania 2 x 6BL7GTA and 4 x 6BL7GT. All NOS nib tubes. Pins are as shining as the sun. Are these the flat plates or no?

 

[UntilThen]

It's Sylvania's day. The 6SN7W arrived too. Use a wet cloth to give it a once over and Deoxit the pins and it's looking like it's just came out from the manufacturing plant.

 

[UntilThen]

These are the GTs. It's missing the A. Really loving all the different boxes.

 

[UntilThen]

And my desk starts to clutter with tubes and headphones !!! I need to go back to a simpler life. One tube and one headphone.

 

[Oskari]

And the tubes start arriving.... Sylvania 2 x 6BL7GTA and 4 x 6BL7GT. All NOS nib tubes. Pins are as shining as the sun. Are these the flat plates or no?

That would be a no.

 

[UntilThen]

That would be a no.

Dang now I have to remove the glass and flatten the plates.

 

[UntilThen]

Alright now for another question. My 6sn7w says 6sn7w on the metallic base but the print on the top of chrome tube says 6sn7a. So is this a 6sn7w?

 

[whirlwind]

Dang now I have to remove the glass and flatten the plates.

The flat plate 6BL7 Sylvania tubes will look like this

 

[leftside]

There are a lot of constructional variances with this tube type. I have loads of them. I documented a few of the differences in this thread.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/for-6bl7-tube-users.806043/

 

[leftside]

On a separate subject, I purchased a set of HE-6 headphones at the weekend. I'll report how they sound with the Glenn 300B when the headphones arrive.

 

[UntilThen]

On a separate subject, I purchased a set of HE-6 headphones at the weekend. I'll report how they sound with the Glenn 300B when the headphones arrive.

Ummm I'd love a mint HE6 to be driven by Ragnarok or Redgum.

Incidentally Redgum will be at my home tonight.

 

[lukeap69]

Ummm I'd love a mint HE6 to be driven by Ragnarok or Redgum.

Incidentally Redgum will be at my home tonight.

I have auditioned a modded HE-6 with Rok and a tube speaker amp (can't remember the name), whilst it sounded good with the Rok, it really shone with the tube speaker amp. That sweet tone is unforgetable.