Well I finally got a second adapter to facilitate comparing these two 1641, a General Electronics and a Raytheon, and I am not able to discern any significant differences. Granted my ears are old and worn out, but I notice that @Dubstep Girl featured both of these in her comparison, and it appears that she considered them to be the same. And her ears are definitely better than mine.
Curious if anyone has experience with the Sylvania 5931/5U4GB tubes? I've got my eye on a few made in 1957. They might be a bit noisy since they had a military application but seem to be incredibly durable and long lasting.
Curious if anyone has experience with the Sylvania 5931/5U4GB tubes? I've got my eye on a few made in 1957. They might be a bit noisy since they had a military application but seem to be incredibly durable and long lasting.
Curious if anyone has experience with the Sylvania 5931/5U4GB tubes? I've got my eye on a few made in 1957. They might be a bit noisy since they had a military application but seem to be incredibly durable and long lasting.
And if you like the Sylvania "house sound", that is, the sound of Sylvania output tubes and drivers, then I feel quite sure you will like the rectifier.
And if you like the Sylvania "house sound", that is, the sound of Sylvania output tubes and drivers, then I feel quite sure you will like the rectifier.
And if you like the Sylvania "house sound", that is, the sound of Sylvania output tubes and drivers, then I feel quite sure you will like the rectifier.
Difficult to say these days. I have some Sylvania 7236's but it's been years since I've listened to them, and that was in my old WA2. My notes on the tubes say they're "very detailed, lots of power". Maybe I'll break them back out and give them a listen again. I've got a pair of the black plate 6SN7's as well, I should toss them in with the 7236's.
In my experience tubes made in the same factory by the same manufacturer tend to sound very similar. And therefore, it is likely that this Sylvania 274B sounds about the same as the Sylvania 5U4G. But no, I haven't heard it.
I have one in my stable and it is an excellent rectifier with good dynamics, silent background and good details. Sound signature is similar to WE274B and if you got it at a reasonable price, it is a gem to use.
I have one in my stable and it is an excellent rectifier with good dynamics, silent background and good details. Sound signature is similar to WE274B and if you got it at a reasonable price, it is a gem to use.
Just rolled this in my WA22, with Mullard ECC32 as drivers and Chatham 6AS7 as power. Wonderful sound with good dynamics, deep and high quality bass, sweet mid and airy high.
I have one in my stable and it is an excellent rectifier with good dynamics, silent background and good details. Sound signature is similar to WE274B and if you got it at a reasonable price, it is a gem to use.
The brief listening I've done so far on my WA6-SE seemed quite nice. (It replaced a Brimar CV717)
Very quiet and seems to be a nice balance of meaty, yet well controlled bass and detail retrieval seemed to be improved over my trusty CV717.
I have not yet put it in my WA22 as I have a new set of RCA VT-231 that I've recently acquired, and have been giving them a good run.
Maybe tonight I'll try it in my WA22 in place of the USAF-596.
The seller was asking $300. I had seen he also had a Tung-Sol promotional Whale paperweight for sale that he was asking $50 for.
He then told me that he had some other promotional items from Tung Sol. He came out with the Tung Sol tube cube and thermometer.
I paid less than $250 for all of it.
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