[Monsterzero]

Check with your local post office - this has happened to me as well. The tube showed up the next day.
If you bought the tubes via eBay/PayPal you have good protection.

I did use Paypal. Called USPS,waiting for a call back,which should happen sometime before the year ends.

 

[mordy]

I did use Paypal. Called USPS,waiting for a call back,which should happen sometime before the year ends.

Try to google the number to your local post office - sometimes they pick up.
I used to go down to my local post office and actually got somebody to look into things and call me back, but that was a monumental effort.
Also had luck with contacting PayPal which called the post office - the post office responded to that and called me.

 

[leftside]

I'm on first name terms with the ladies at my post office. Sometimes they call me to let me know packages have arrived - even if I have a delivery notice. I think my wife thinks I'm having an affair with one of them lol.

 

[Monsterzero]

Mailman delivered to wrong address. Have the GEC B36 now.

Seller included another rather beatup looking 12SN7 tube. Can anyone ID this one?

 

[Monsterzero]

Are the 5998s safe to run in triple driver combo?
I was loaned a pair by a very generous member here and they sound excellent with EL8s. Safe to add a 3rd driver?

 

[Althalus]

Mailman delivered to wrong address. Have the GEC B36 now.

Happy you recieved your tube.

 

[mordy]

Mailman delivered to wrong address. Have the GEC B36 now.

Seller included another rather beatup looking 12SN7 tube. Can anyone ID this one?

Silvertone was sold by Radio Shack and usually were made by Sylvania. The EIA number (Electronics Industry Association) for Sylvania is 312 and possibly this tube has that number on the base.
H0M means August 1960 Factory M(?)
80 also means August 1960.
If you are using a pair of 5998 as the power tubes and then EL8 and any 6/12SN7 type driver there is no problem for the amp.
Glad to hear that you got the tube! I am still waiting for a pair of Russian tubes swallowed up by US customs almost two years ago....

 

[Monsterzero]

WOW! The B36 sounds amazing!!!!

 

[gibosi]

Seller included another rather beatup looking 12SN7 tube. Can anyone ID this one?

As Mordy correctly surmised, that 12SN7GT was manufactured by Sylvania.

 

[Phantaminum]

Mailman delivered to wrong address. Have the GEC B36 now.

Seller included another rather beatup looking 12SN7 tube. Can anyone ID this one?

Can’t tell if it’s a 2 hole or 3 hole bad boy. Both are great but if you got the 3 hole then you’re in for another treat.

 

[gibosi]

Can’t tell if it’s a 2 hole or 3 hole bad boy. Both are great but if you got the 3 hole then you’re in for another treat.

While the picture quality is too poor to make out construction details, as Mordy pointed out, the date code "H0M means August 1960". The three-holes were manufactured only in the early 1950's, so this likely has two holes. But then, it was a freebie.

 

[Phantaminum]

While the picture quality is too poor to make out construction details, as Mordy pointed out, the date code "H0M means August 1960". The three-holes were manufactured only in the early 1950's, so this likely has two holes. But then, it was a freebie.

Very true. A free tube is a free tube.

 

[Monsterzero]

Its time for my family duties,but later tonight I will sit down and do some listening.
The B36+5998s+GZ34 sounds very nice on the Verites. Crisp,clean,airy,great sub bass. Diggin' the combo.
Will roll in the EL8s and see how that goes.

So you guys think that Silvertone is worth trying out? Looks like someone dug it up outta the back yard.

 

[2359glenn]

Its time for my family duties,but later tonight I will sit down and do some listening.
The B36+5998s+GZ34 sounds very nice on the Verites. Crisp,clean,airy,great sub bass. Diggin' the combo.
Will roll in the EL8s and see how that goes.

So you guys think that Silvertone is worth trying out? Looks like someone dug it up outta the back yard.

You got it for free why not try it you can tell it is new or has low hours on it by the lack of black spots above the cathodes/filaments.
Silvertone was Sears brand. Sears TVs were Silvertone who made it? Might sound OK especially if made by Sylvania.
Clean it up and use it.

 

[mordy]

WOW! The B36 sounds amazing!!!!

Hi Monsterzero,
Today I rolled a number of drivers with the EL8/RCA6080 - 6SN7W, GE 12SL7GT, 13D1. Started with TS BGRP 6SN7GT and finished with another TS BGRP 12SN7GT (Arcturus).
While the other tubes are OK, the real magic so far only appears with the Tung Sol tubes - this sound presentation is really special. Interesting that I have to wait about 30 minutes before the tube plays at its best.
Here is a picture of my specially modified Arcturus driver with ETG technology (Enhanced Tube Glow) achieved through a special soon to be patented magnetic process: