[Monsterzero]

Rolling tubes is cheaper. Rolling amps is beyond fun

I spent 75.00 on my daily driver,my beloved Sansui 881. I picked up my Akai for $50.00.
Meanwhile,I just spent 2 bills on a single tube,and am looking at some other tubes that cost more than my most expensive receiver,Kenwood Eleven GX.

Granted there are some monster receivers out there,like the hallowed Technics SA-1000 that can fetch $10K or more,but who needs 330 watts(!!!) to drive bookshelf speakers or headphones?!

I will eventually get a McIntosh 4100,just so I can say I own a McIntosh,but for the most part,tubes are more $ in my experience.

 

[attmci]

I spent 75.00 on my daily driver,my beloved Sansui 881. I picked up my Akai for $50.00.
Meanwhile,I just spent 2 bills on a single tube,and am looking at some other tubes that cost more than my most expensive receiver,Kenwood Eleven GX.

What are your go-to tubes for now?

 

[UntilThen]

I spent 75.00 on my daily driver,my beloved Sansui 881. I picked up my Akai for $50.00.
Meanwhile,I just spent 2 bills on a single tube,and am looking at some other tubes that cost more than my most expensive receiver,Kenwood Eleven GX.

This happens only in America where they have too many vintage amps. How about I pay you (double) $150 for your Sansui 881 so you can spend more on tubes.

 

[attmci]

The 5998s do sound good. Have a pair of early 60s Tung Sols and I do use them.
One of my favorites in power tubes. Have not had any problems but I do let them warm up before plugging in HPs.
Higher amplification factor than 6AS7 and great with most HPs, but not all.
Buy new, or almost new, if you can.

Edit: I did lose a driver on a pair of old HD600s with a driver tube. Loud static and popping. Crazy thing is the other HP I would use for testing, K7XX, always survived those situatons.

I can sell you new or almost new shorted XXXX tubes......... LOL

My pair of ECC35 are old, but tested better than NIB or NOS.......

 

[rnros]

Rolling amps is beyond fun. Gets your blood rushing to your head and you start singing in the shower.

Just be careful... Assuming you know about water and electricity. : )

 

[Monsterzero]

What are your go-to tubes for now?

Im currently using a Tung Sol 6SN7GT RP,Mullard GZ34 and RCA 6080s. I have Cetron 6336s inbound as well as a Mullard ECC35 . Looking to get into some god roll power tubes,and eventually a WE 422a,even though Ken tells me its a waste of cash

This happens only in America where they have too many vintage amps. How about I pay you (double) $150 for your Sansui 881 so you can spend more on tubes.

No chance,lol...love my 881,such a nice warm sound with fantastic bass and mids.

 

[attmci]

Im currently using a Tung Sol 6SN7GT RP,Mullard GZ34 and RCA 6080s. I have Cetron 6336s inbound as well as a Mullard ECC35 . Looking to get into some god roll power tubes,and eventually a WE 422a,even though Ken tells me its a waste of cash



No chance,lol...love my 881,such a nice warm sound with fantastic bass and mids.

Ask Left, he has some WE422A.

Can you use TS 6SL7GT? They are much cheaper. Anyone tried it on GOTL?

 

[UntilThen]

Just be careful... Assuming you know about water and electricity. : )

That's an ominous sign. I've been dabbing with 'mountain' and 'water'. That's what Sansui means. So if you add electricity to mountain and water, it's likely to be a volcano !

 

[rnros]

I can sell you new or almost new shorted XXXX tubes......... LOL

My pair of ECC35 are old, but tested better than NIB or NOS.......

True, can't disagree. But for myself, not interested in a tube tester (yet). LOL Not going there.
Anyway, just commenting on that particular tube, don't know if there is a potential problem, or not.

 

[UntilThen]

Power and driver tubes for GOTL.

Alright, I'll start off with my list of tubes for GOTL. Obviously I'll have to rely on Gibosi, Whirlwind, Mordy, Phantom, Nros, etc to add to it because I don't have all the tubes. I'm just a poor pauper.

These are tubes that I have and use on the GOTL. If these tubes can't satisfy you, I suggest you go tubeless.

Power tubes (in no order of importance)
All of these you will use without the need for adapters unless you want to use socket savers.

• GEC 6as7g
• Tung Sol 5998
• Bendix 6080wb
• GEC 6080
• Tung Sol 7236
• Cetron 6336b
• Mullard 6080
• RCA 6as7g
• Svetlana 6H13C
• RCA 6080
• GE 6AS7GA (not impressed)
• 6BL7gt / gta
• 6BX7gt (my fav) all 6 of them

Driver tubes

In the c3g slots

• c3g
• Valvo EL8 / Philips Miniwatt EL3N (Deyan's custom adapters for EL3N to c3g)
• Telefunken EL11 (Deyan's custom adapters for EL11 to c3g)

In the 6sn7 driver slot
6.3 volt

• Sylvania 6sn7w metal base
• Mullard ECC33
• Mullard ECC35 (Her Majesty tube)
• Visseaux, Fivre, Mazda 6N7G, Mullard ECC31 ( ecc31 to 6sn7 adapter)
• Visseaux, Fivre 6A6 (6a6 to 6sn7 adapter - I don't use this now because my adapter is playing up)
• Mullard 12AU7/M8136 ( 12au7 to 6sn7 adapter)
• 12AT7 (12AT7 to 6sn7 adapter)
• 6DJ8, ECC88, 6922, E88CC, 7308, 6N23 (ecc88 to 6sn7 adapter)
• Tung Sol 6F8G black glass round plates (6f8g to 6sn7 adapter)
• 76 (76 to 6sn7 adapter)
• L63/6J5 (6J5 to 6sn7 adapter)
  
• 6P5 (6P5 to 6sn7 adapter)

12.6 volt

• GEC B36
• FDD20 (fdd20 to 6sn7 adapter)
• Tung Sol 12SL7gt black glass round plates. (nice and cheap. one of the joys of using GOTL)

25.2 volt

• Brimar 13D1
• Ken Rad 1633
• RCA 1633

 

[Monsterzero]

Alright, I'll start off with my list of tubes for GOTL. Obviously I'll have to rely on Gibosi, Whirlwind, Mordy, Phantom, Nros, etc to add to it because I don't have all the tubes. I'm just a poor pauper.

These are tubes that I have and use on the GOTL. If these tubes can't satisfy you, I suggest you go tubeless.

Power tubes (in no order of importance)
All of these you will use without the need for adapters unless you want to use socket savers.

• GEC 6as7g
• Tung Sol 5998
• Bendix 6080wb
• GEC 6080
• Tung Sol 7236
• Cetron 6336b
• Mullard 6080
• RCA 6as7g
• Svetlana 6H13C
• RCA 6080
• GE 6AS7GA (not impressed)
• 6BL7gt / gta
• 6BX7gt (my fav) all 6 of them

Driver tubes

• c3g

6.3 volt

• Sylvania 6sn7w metal base
• Mullard ECC33
• Visseaux, Fivre, Mazda 6N7G, Mullard ECC31 ( ecc31 to 6sn7 adapter)
• Visseaux, Fivre 6A6 (6a6 to 6sn7 adapter - I don't use this now because my adapter is playing up)
• Mullard 12AU7/M8136 ( 12au7 to 6sn7 adapter)
• 6N23P, Gold Lion ECC88/6922 (ecc88 to 6sn7 adapter)
• Tung Sol 6F8G black glass round plates (6f8g to 6sn7 adapter)

12.6 volt

• GEC B36
• FDD20 (fdd20 to 6sn7 adapter)
• Tung Sol 12SL7gt black glass round plates. (nice and cheap. one of the joys of using GOTL)
• Mullard ECC35 ( Her Majesty tube)

25.2 volt

• Brimar 13D1
• Ken Rad 1633
• RCA 1633

thank you!
Bookmarked for future 4am tube reading,

 

[UntilThen]

Of course I make mistakes too. ECC35 should be 6.3 volt not 12.6. Corrected !

 

[DecentLevi]

Alright, I'll start off with my list of tubes for GOTL. Obviously I'll have to rely on Gibosi, Whirlwind, Mordy, Phantom, Nros, etc to add to it because I don't have all the tubes. I'm just a poor pauper.

These are tubes that I have and use on the GOTL. If these tubes can't satisfy you, I suggest you go tubeless.

Power tubes (in no order of importance)
All of these you will use without the need for adapters unless you want to use socket savers.

• GEC 6as7g
• Tung Sol 5998
• Bendix 6080wb
• GEC 6080
• Tung Sol 7236
• Cetron 6336b
• Mullard 6080
• RCA 6as7g
• Svetlana 6H13C
• RCA 6080
• GE 6AS7GA (not impressed)
• 6BL7gt / gta
• 6BX7gt (my fav) all 6 of them

Driver tubes

• c3g

6.3 volt

• Sylvania 6sn7w metal base
• Mullard ECC33
• Mullard ECC35 (Her Majesty tube)
• Visseaux, Fivre, Mazda 6N7G, Mullard ECC31 ( ecc31 to 6sn7 adapter)
• Visseaux, Fivre 6A6 (6a6 to 6sn7 adapter - I don't use this now because my adapter is playing up)
• Mullard 12AU7/M8136 ( 12au7 to 6sn7 adapter)
• 6N23P, Gold Lion ECC88/6922 (ecc88 to 6sn7 adapter)
• Tung Sol 6F8G black glass round plates (6f8g to 6sn7 adapter)

12.6 volt

• GEC B36
• FDD20 (fdd20 to 6sn7 adapter)
• Tung Sol 12SL7gt black glass round plates. (nice and cheap. one of the joys of using GOTL)

25.2 volt

• Brimar 13D1
• Ken Rad 1633
• RCA 1633

Astounding variety but none of the many EL series with adapters? I heard the EL38 weren't working but what about your red skirt and other variants?
Seems like they may not even be warranted with the above.

 

[2359glenn]

There is the EL3N with a dual EL3N to 6SN7 adapter one of my favorites.

 

[attmci]

Greedy

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