[PsilocybinCube]

Ford would have used Philco branding, although they still could easily have been made by Sylvania.

All of you folks know everything. I am thoroughly impressed by how well all of you know tubes.

Thanks for helping a new guy to the tube world.

 

[JKDJedi]

Ford would have used Philco branding, although they still could easily have been made by Sylvania.

The Marconi only @bcowen could love...

 

[bcowen]

The Marconi only @bcowen could love...

LOL! I'll have to love it vicariously because a certain person didn't send me one (I won't mention any names because I don't want to get @Paladin79 in trouble).

Oh, and what's that UFO getter-ed Russkie 6H13 doing in there? You have like a truckload of to-die-for output tubes. But at least it's not a GE I guess...

 

[Paladin79]

LOL! I'll have to love it vicariously because a certain person didn't send me one (I won't mention any names because I don't want to get @Paladin79 in trouble).

Oh, and what's that UFO getter-ed Russkie 6H13 doing in there? You have like a truckload of to-die-for output tubes. But at least it's not a GE I guess...

That is a 1967 version of the Russian power tube, so a different number was used 6n5s I believe.

And since you insist I will have to send you a GE tube now, I have to get rid of them somehow.
I hope to finish up an amp this weekend that will be suitable for the very best 6sn7's, it is starting to come together. I have not started the transformer cover, I need to think seriously about that.

 

[JKDJedi]

That is a 1967 version of the Russian power tube, so a different number was used 6n5s I believe.

And since you insist I will have to send you a GE tube now, I have to get rid of them somehow.
I hope to finish up an amp this weekend that will be suitable for the very best 6sn7's, it is starting to come together. I have not started the transformer cover, I need to think seriously about that.

That's gonna be one serious build...looking good, cant wait to see the finished product.

 

[Paladin79]

That's gonna be one serious build...looking good, cant wait to see the finished product.

I am working on a copper Faraday cage that @bcowen seems anxious to emulate, I will post a photo when all is done. Hopefully this weekend.

I was out of double wall cardboard so I ended up having to use real wood, from a tree on Bill's amp.

 

[Ripper2860]

Sadly, the prototype 'Plastic Litterbox Amp' build for Bill couldn't hold up to the heat.

 

[bcowen]

I was out of double wall cardboard so I ended up having to use real wood, from a tree on Bill's amp.

Yes, I was most disappointed that I didn't get the cardboard I'd requested, but hey...never look a gift horse in the mouth, right?

 

[bcowen]

Sadly, the prototype 'Plastic Litterbox Amp' build for Bill couldn't hold up to the heat.

That was pretty much not my fault. There was no O&M manual that came with the amp, so there was no way for me to know I was supposed to fill it with litter first. Live and learn, I guess.

 

[Paladin79]

That was pretty much not my fault. There was no O&M manual that came with the amp, so there was no way for me to know I was supposed to fill it with litter first. Live and learn, I guess.

I can certainly make you an owner’s manual but I would have to charge $10 a word. The amp was free but a manual would require some thought since you wanted the amp built sideways.

You have already messed with the only things you have access to, hard telling what kind of strange tubes you have plugged into the poor amp.

 

[Gazny]

Anyone have a bright sounding tube with lean bass recommendation for me? I could go for that right now. Thanks no bass monster tubes please

 

[JKDJedi]

Anyone have a bright sounding tube with lean bass recommendation for me? I could go for that right now. Thanks no bass monster tubes please

GE

 

[sfleming]

tried this Philco 6f8g in the 6sn7 slot in the Dennis Had Inspire the other day. I'm going to keep it there for a while to get a good feeling for it before swapping back in the 6sn7 'bad boy' to do a full comparison. Initial impression is quite good. "Light, airy, detailed" are what first came t mind for me.

 

[gibosi]

tried this Philco 6f8g in the 6sn7 slot in the Dennis Had Inspire the other day. I'm going to keep it there for a while to get a good feeling for it before swapping back in the 6sn7 'bad boy' to do a full comparison. Initial impression is quite good. "Light, airy, detailed" are what first came t mind for me.

Philco didn't make their own tubes. Most were made by Sylvania. If I am reading the date code correctly, "2 U", that tube was manufactured in the third quarter of 1942.

 

[Ranger Ron]

Anyone have a bright sounding tube with lean bass recommendation for me? I could go for that right now. Thanks no bass monster tubes please

Sylvania GTA with three hole opposing plates, not angled. Bright but spaciously pleasing, and lean.