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Feliks Audio Elise Impressions Thread – a New Start (please read first post for summary)
Jun 27, 2017 at 10:47 PM Post #8,957 of 11,833
Ordered a pair of tubes from Ukraine a couple of months ago - took 35 days for the package to arrive. So when i ordered a pair of Foton 6H8C (6SN7) from the same seller I braced myself for a long wait.

Today the tubes arrived, after 10 days! Go figure....

And I am hereby handing out the prize for the most minimalist packaging - truly green with a thinly padded envelope and a little cardboard box.

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Bubble wrap? What's that? Anyhow, I assume these tubes were built for tanks of jet fighter planes - they look very substantial.
Inside is a single large getter cup a la GEC and the getter flash is buried somewhere on the bottom and not visible.

And how do they sound? First impression very nice. A little bit of a contradiction using $4 driver tubes with the expensive GEC 6AS7G power tubes.

Did i say that the price includes shipping? These were made in 60's (June and Oct 1967 for my pair).

Feel guilty of spending $8 for a pair incl shipping? Then order the the same tube from the 70's for $6/pair incl shipping.

Or if you really want to splurge, order the same tube from the 50's for $10/pair incl shipping.

Or, if your wallet permits, order the special 50's low micro-phonic special audiophile tubes for $26/pair (said to equal the Melz tubes).

All jokes aside, this tube is a worthy acquisition and I agree with UT about its merits. Just add a zero if somebody asks you how much you paid....

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https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=uk.rabin&item=322557839621&_osacat=0&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1311.R1.TR2.TRC0.A0.H0.X6H8C.TRS0&_nkw=6h8c&_sacat=0

How do you remove the extra pictures I posted by error?
 
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Jun 27, 2017 at 10:52 PM Post #8,958 of 11,833
Lol cant even put some toilet paper in it?

These tubes are pretty good sounding for their cheap price. :)

I have no problems using them with gec 6as7g.
 
Jun 27, 2017 at 11:33 PM Post #8,960 of 11,833
UntilThen said:
Lol cant even put some toilet paper in it?

These tubes are pretty good sounding for their cheap price. :)

I have no problems using them with gec 6as7g.
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Hi UT,

Frustration free packaging - you remember when you had to unwrap those GEC tubes from Stavros - miles of bubble wrap....

Anyhow, felt guilty about using the aristocratic GEC tubes with the Foton farmer tubes, so I plugged in a pair of RCA 6AS7G tubes. Didn't realize that I have four pairs of these - forgot that I bought a 6AS7 lot a couple of years ago.

Definitively a warmer tube, almost burnt my fingers on it!

Everything sounds good in the Euforia - no need for expensive tubes! The RCA prices were in the lower Foton territory.

Very enjoyable sound, but will reserve a review after they have been broken in.

I think the RCAs were made in June 1953.
 
Jun 27, 2017 at 11:41 PM Post #8,961 of 11,833
Oskari said:
Too expensive at those prices if you need to buy it.

Or some newspaper…
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Hi Oskari,

Once I ordered a pair of 6N6P tubes from Hungary. They arrived in a regular paper envelope wrapped in a paper napkin, but they survived the trip.

I have some 6SN7 type sub miniature tubes that can survive 250G. Maybe I'll do a Frankenstein and plug them into the Euforia - tricky to get the 8 spider legs right....
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Jun 28, 2017 at 7:39 AM Post #8,967 of 11,833
I'm done buying tubes. It's now time to use them and I don't mean change the tubes every alternate song. That would be tube nervosa. :)

I mean really sitting down with one set of tubes to really digest it.

I'm really digging RCA 6as7g now on both FA amps and LF339. Any tubes that make my HD800 / HD650 sound musical has to be good.

I'm listening to 'Dark Side of The Moon' SACD version but playable on CD player. I can never get enough of listening to this album. The sound is just too good coming out of my system now.
 
Jun 28, 2017 at 8:28 AM Post #8,968 of 11,833
UntilThen said:
I'm done buying tubes. It's now time to use them and I don't mean change the tubes every alternate song. That would be tube nervosa. :)

I mean really sitting down with one set of tubes to really digest it.

I'm really digging RCA 6as7g now on both FA amps and LF339. Any tubes that make my HD800 / HD650 sound musical has to be good.

I'm listening to 'Dark Side of The Moon' SACD version but playable on CD player. I can never get enough of listening to this album. The sound is just too good coming out of my system now.
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Didn't you say that about a year ago as well? :darthsmile:
 
Jun 28, 2017 at 9:44 AM Post #8,969 of 11,833
attmci said:
No, I am with Mordy. I can only make my mind to purchase something like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vacuum-tube-6080-Philps-SQ-NEW-IN-BOX/232383212470?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
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Hi attmci,

$17 for one tube - too expensive! I think I paid $14 for a pair of these incl shipping....All right, you may have to buy a sleeve of 5 to get that price.
I have 6080 tubes from Chatham, Tung Sol, RCA, GE, Sylvania, Philips, Raytheon, Mullard. I guess that I have to revisit them again with the Euforia. I have only been using the Bendix 6080WB lately.

PS: Just checked out eBay - there are still bargains to be found in 6080 tubes - you could buy that Philips tube for $10 incl shipping, and pairs of other brands for $17

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...A0.H0.X6080.TRS0&_nkw=6080+tube&_sacat=183077
 
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Jun 28, 2017 at 10:30 AM Post #8,970 of 11,833
Suuup said:
Didn't you say that about a year ago as well? :darthsmile:
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Interesting. I check my ebay purchase exactly a year ago. Since then I've purchased these tubes:-

Bendix 6080wb
RCA 6080
Lots of EL11, EL12, EL12N
EF80, EF86 for my La Figaro 339 ---- which means I bought the LF339 2nd hand at around this time
Some LPs, vinyl accessories ----- this was the time I got really keen on LPs
Tung Sol 6sn7gtb 1960s black base
Sylvania 6sn7wgt - I bought a 2nd to pair with the only 6sn7wgt that I bought at the start of Elise.
RCA 6as7g
Hitachi 6sn7gtb
Raytheon 6sn7gt vt231 black glass
GEC 6080
GEC 6as7g

So looking back a year ago, those were some significant purchases. Some very important tubes, especially power tubes. Important purchases I'd say. :ksc75smile:
 
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