[RANT] As I'm listening to various 6SN7s in the WA6 - not that I have so many differently branded pairs - I'm having a difficult time understanding how so many seemingly intelligent people recommend this tube unequivocally for this particular amplifier - over, and over, and over, not unlike the highly flawed Brimar rectifier - when the tube/amp combo is incapable of simply producing an extended frequency response. No weight to the sound, no chest on a male singer, slow as all fruck, a diffuse, unfocused presentation - a hazy, plodding, veiled sound. Mind you, I'm using my best 6SN7s and a ridiculous TV vertical oscillator tube is kicking their ass in this circuit, putting it very mildly.
When I'm in my home territory, I don't need to ask questions. I know what various gear sounds like and what I should buy. Here, I'm not as comfortable with my scope of expertise and for a good reason. As much as I hate it, I follow the advice of those who seem experienced and it bites me in the ass every time, present company excluded. That's it; I'm tired of the disappointments. My BFH came in very handy a few minutes ago, as the adapters for this joke of an exercise and the adapters for the aurally offensive 6N7s are in pieces. I feel much better.
There's a lot more I'm tempted to say.... for example, having spent weeks auditioning small signal tubes and identifying the one, pictures get posted of every tube of its type except for the right bottle. There was even a link, not to mention a description emphasizing the color of the label and its age! Didn't matter. That's just one example. What is the problem? I can't be the only one who thinks this. [/RANT]