[bcowen]

More night sights in blue:

Just picked this picture because it is pretty...

Nice pic! That should be enough to turn even the most rabid transistor-head into a tubehead.

 

[jonathan c]

Nice pic! That should be enough to turn even the most rabid transistor-head into a tubehead.

…even into a GEek?…

 

[jonathan c]

More night sights in blue:

Just picked this picture because it is pretty...

Obviously, Marilyn Manson is not being played…(bcowen )…

 

[whirlwind]

This combo has been on a constant loop ever since the new album arrived Friday....even my wife has listened to the album twice with this combo and she rarely listens with headphones.

 

[L0rdGwyn]

I finished @Monsterzero 's modded GOTL, won't go into the details again as I already did here, but here's a pic.

 

[heliosphann]

I finished @Monsterzero 's modded GOTL, won't go into the details again as I already did here, but here's a pic.

Why you mod his but not me?

No one will probably get that reference.

 

[mordy]

I finished @Monsterzero 's modded GOTL, won't go into the details again as I already did here, but here's a pic.

Now we are all waiting to hear how the modded GOTL (LGOTL?) sounds in comparison to the original!

 

[L0rdGwyn]

Why you mod his but not me?

No one will probably get that reference.

It's over my head lol.

Now we are all waiting to hear how the modded GOTL (LGOTL?) sounds in comparison to the original!

I'll let @Monsterzero handle that one

 

[L0rdGwyn]

Here's one more pic with Tung-Sol 6J5G, I think these sound better than the Sylvanias.

 

[mordy]

Here's one more pic with Tung-Sol 6J5G, I think these sound better than the Sylvanias.

Both TS and Syl sound great, but did you try the early 1950's Sylvania tall bottle 6J5GT (not the 40's VT-94)? IMHO they sound even better. As always, YMMV...
On the other hand, my GOTL is not modded (yet).

 

[L0rdGwyn]

Both TS and Syl sound great, but did you try the early 1950's Sylvania tall bottle 6J5GT (not the 40's VT-94)?

I don't think I have those ones, I don't do much tube collecting / rolling these days though, mostly I am buying tubes for their specs to try in new circuits. Right now I am collecting pairs of high gm triodes / pentodes for potential use in a spud design and / or interstage transformer coupled designs.

 

[triod750]

I don't think I have those ones, I don't do much tube collecting / rolling these days though, mostly I am buying tubes for their specs to try in new circuits. Right now I am collecting pairs of high gm triodes / pentodes for potential use in a spud design and / or interstage transformer coupled designs.

L0rdGwyn is becoming narrowminded.

 

[gibosi]

Both TS and Syl sound great, but did you try the early 1950's Sylvania tall bottle 6J5GT (not the 40's VT-94)? IMHO they sound even better. As always, YMMV...
On the other hand, my GOTL is not modded (yet).

In my experience the National Union Type 76 sounds awful good. Have you tried an NU 6J5GT?

 

[mordy]

In my experience the National Union Type 76 sounds awful good. Have you tried an NU 6J5GT?

So far I only have one triple mica NU 6J5GT but I am on the lookout for another one. But not this one with bariatric surgery:

Probably dangerous to do bariatric surgery on an eighty year old lol...
Date code EU is 1941.
The one I have is a JAN 6J5GT/94D and dated HC = 1944. I rated it Excellent when I tested it, but probably matched it with a Tung Sol then. In addition, it looks different with three round micas.
Looked through eBay listings now - there seems to be at least six different contructions of this tube.

 

[gibosi]

So far I only have one triple mica NU 6J5GT but I am on the lookout for another one. But not this one with bariatric surgery:

Probably dangerous to do bariatric surgery on an eighty year old lol...
Date code EU is 1941.
The one I have is a JAN 6J5GT/94D and dated HC = 1944. I rated it Excellent when I tested it, but probably matched it with a Tung Sol then. In addition, it looks different with three round micas.
Looked through eBay listings now - there seems to be at least six different contructions of this tube.

I have one pair of NU 76 in military JAN boxes dated 1945, and an earlier pair, date code F (?), but based on construction, from the late 1930's. They all sound about the same to my ears. The 76 was first introduced in 1934.