[ElephantTLK]

Thanks guys! I thin k i know what to order. So sq should be improved over stock tubes?

 

[Skylab]

OH YEAH. The stock tubes are not very good.

 

[skindog]

I just aqquired a THA 336 with several front tubes yesterday.. Quite frankly i'm loving it, it's my first venture into tubes..

After a few hours playing around with it I found the Brimar 6SN7GT brown plate to be the best sounding to my ears.. The rear tube is stock and want to know what would be the ideal match for the Brimar..

Been looking at some suggestions in this thread but my brain is getting frazzled..

 

[lnhd_113]

i want some suggestion about tubes for 336 SE.

 

[musicmind]

Well, you found the right thread. If you dont feel up to reading through the whole thread, then this post is a pretty nice summary :

Darkvoice 336 + 336i Tuberolling [ tubes ] - Page 81 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

 

[cjs]

I have updated my original post with two more tubes: The Bendix 6080wb and the RCA 5692 red-base.

Don't take it as authoritative please - there are many people here with much more experience than me. To decide which tubes to hunt for, I would leisurely read through this and other threads on head-fi

 

[BIG POPPA]

So I have a couple sets tubes ordered for the 336se on the way to play with. A Sylvania 6sn7gtb and a Jan 6080 made by GE from Ebay. And a Electro Harmanix 6sn7 and a Winged C 6as7g. I've seen some really expensive tubes for the amp. WOW. I will be playing with cheap tubes for a while I hope.

 

[Skylab]

Those all sound like nice choices except, IMO, the E-H 6SN7. That's actually a pretty awful sounding tube. But it's cheap so it makes a good emergency tube. Start with the Sylvania 6SN7GTB and the Svetlana 6AS7G, and then roll away from there

6SN7's can get pricey. Look for a CBS/Hytron tall bottle 6SN7GTB - they are usually pretty cheap and sound REALLY good.

 

[BIG POPPA]

Rob, I have hit the search button pretty hard today and have not stopped buying tubes. Have another set in mind. At least tubes are cheaper than power cables. And I have several power cables. The CBS/Hytron is a little spendy right now online and so is the Bendix 6080. Have not been real serious with the tubes since I have not heard the amp yet. Yes I know there is an elusive Mullard ECC34. And those Russian tubes for around 100 bucks a pop. I should have about a dozen tubes to try by the time the Amp comes.

 

[Skylab]

yeah, tube buying can be super addictive - trust me, I know

 

[babbu]

Hi Guys. I am planning to buy a DV 336 E and would like to change tubes. Can someone pls recommend two reasonable prices and good sounding back and front new tubes? My budget is 100 USD. Also, could you please advice on where I should buy them? Thanks in advance.

 

[Skylab]

No offense, but I strongly suggest to actually read this thread first

 

[babbu]

Thank you Skylab but there are so many posts and I got somewhat confused. Can someone give some guidance to a newbie please? My headphones are senn hd650s and, as I said, I am planning to amp them with a dv336e, on which I would like to change tubes. Thanks!!

 

[pataburd]

How about an RCA 6SN7GT (about $30) and a Sylvania 6SN7GTB (about $20) for two reasonably priced front tubes and an RCA 6AS7G (grey plate--about $15) and a Sylvania 6AS7G (about $15) for rear tubes? This way, you get these 4 combinations: RCA(F)+RCA(R), RCA(F)+SYL(R), SYL(F)+RCA(R), SYL(F)+SYL(R). This way, you can get an "all RCA" (rich and warm) or "all Sylvania" (detailed, extended and neutral) flavor, or a nice complimentary combination of the two.

Go to Brent Jessie's website: 6SN7 TUBES IN STOCK to look at the 6SN7.

Brent also has 6AS7 tubes, mostly RCAs. I've really enjoyed the Mullard 6080 in the 336i (about $20, but you have to order from England) and the Svetlana 6H13C/6N13S (about $10 apiece from Russia, the latter being easily found on eBay, for rear tubes:

http://cgi.ebay.com/6N13S-ECC230-6AS...3A1%7C294%3A50

 

[babbu]

Thank you very much!! Since I am based in Italy a European seller would be perfect. Do you know any good ones?