[Phantaminum]

One of @L0rdGwyn's 7802's tubes was acting up, so I had to smack it around!

Now it's behaving gloriously.

By the way Helios,

What did you think of the 7802s? How do they match up to the 7236s?

 

[UntilThen]

Can see many are rolling great tubes in the GOTL and the Sylvania 6sn7w metal base is one of them. I hope mine last forever. I don't think I have done 100 hours on mine because I have a lot of good drivers to rotate but the 6sn7w with 6 x 6bx7gt ranks amongst my fav combination.

 

[Monsterzero]

By the way Helios,

What did you think of the 7802s? How do they match up to the 7236s?

He told me in a PM what he thought of them,but I will allow him to share his thoughts. It wasnt good news though.
Not that he didnt like them,no. Its bad news cuz theyre impossible to find,and now im in competition with this whole damn thread to find a pair!

 

[whirlwind]

Well, don't feel too bad Glenn. my first set of tubes made it here.....Osram KT63


I put them in the adapters and popped them in the amp...but unfortunately nothing no sound.

Not sure if it is the adapters or the tubes...Deyan said he tied pins one and eight together.


I did receive my new headphone stand today also, I can report that it works fine.

I have wanted one of these stands since i saw it for the first time. It keeps the headphones pads from compressing. Zach has some nice new headphone stands also...but I had already ordered this one, but I am pretty happy with it.

 

[Zachik]

Not that he didnt like them,no. Its bad news cuz theyre impossible to find,and now im in competition with this whole damn thread to find a pair!

Not the "whole damn thread" - I will skip these
Good luck finding good ones.

 

[Phantaminum]

He told me in a PM what he thought of them,but I will allow him to share his thoughts. It wasnt good news though.
Not that he didnt like them,no. Its bad news cuz theyre impossible to find,and now im in competition with this whole damn thread to find a pair!

Hah! Well if you find a second pair (probably easier to find unicorn fart dust) let me know. Hope you find a pair.

 

[UntilThen]

Joe, lovely stand. Would love to have one for the Verite.

Sad news about the KT63 but you're a pioneer. Hope it works out for the EL34.

 

[whirlwind]

Joe, lovely stand. Would love to have one for the Verite.

Sad news about the KT63 but you're a pioneer. Hope it works out for the EL34.

Yeah, maybe better luck with EL34

 

[L0rdGwyn]

He told me in a PM what he thought of them,but I will allow him to share his thoughts. It wasnt good news though.
Not that he didnt like them,no. Its bad news cuz theyre impossible to find,and now im in competition with this whole damn thread to find a pair!

Hopefully this means my ears can be trusted! Very curious to hear his thoughts myself.

 

[2359glenn]

Well, don't feel too bad Glenn. my first set of tubes made it here.....Osram KT63


I put them in the adapters and popped them in the amp...but unfortunately nothing no sound.

Not sure if it is the adapters or the tubes...Deyan said he tied pins one and eight together.


I did receive my new headphone stand today also, I can report that it works fine.

I have wanted one of these stands since i saw it for the first time. It keeps the headphones pads from compressing. Zach has some nice new headphone stands also...but I had already ordered this one, but I am pretty happy with it.

Did the filaments light up?
Something is very wrong if no sound at all.
Must be a mistake in the adapter.

 

[Deyan]

Did the filaments light up?
Something is very wrong if no sound at all.
Must be a mistake in the adapter.

I hope not. I'm trying to recall what I did when making them and from memory they should be alright. We will have to wait and see if @whirlwind can check the filaments of the tubes.

 

[mordy]

I did receive my new headphone stand today also, I can report that it works fine.

I have wanted one of these stands since i saw it for the first time. It keeps the headphones pads from compressing. Zach has some nice new headphone stands also...but I had already ordered this one, but I am pretty happy with it.

[/QUOTE]
Here are my two triple reinforced headphone stands. One is colored in the patriotic colors of red, blue and white, and the second is made of a rare linear wood in a white finish.

My room is so cluttered that there isn't any place for headphone stands so this was the solution.....

 

[L0rdGwyn]

I think I have a giant killer on my hands gentlemen...

Meet the Sylvania VT-94D, aka the 6J5 version of the Sylvania 6SN7W metal base. I started noticing a pattern as I was rolling 6J5 tubes that they seemed to hold an inherent advantage over their 6SN7 counterparts. So, who wouldn't want a improved 6SN7W metal base?

I was eyeballing some very obscure international sellers to get a NIB pair from the same era as the 6SN7W metal base (military version, same print, etc). There are other more widely available metal base Sylvania 6J5s on eBay, but I wanted to get these particular ones to make the best apples-to-apples comparison.

Well, Langrex made things easier for me when they posted a batch on eBay so here they are.

Yeah, they are better. More air, larger stage, better resolve and transparency, but they maintain the great tone of the 6SN7W metal base.

Oh, did I mention they are a third of the price of the 6SN7W? $67 USD a pair.

I am happy to say my prediction came true, these are some absolutely killer tubes.

 

[whirlwind]

Did the filaments light up?
Something is very wrong if no sound at all.
Must be a mistake in the adapter.

No the filaments did not light up.

 

[2359glenn]

No the filaments did not light up.

I would say there is a big mistake in the adapters. No way both tubes are dead.