[abvolt]

I just took a lot longer listen to some on my 6as7g's and admit the GE's are very nice sounding guess I must of forgot how good they are, almost as good as the mullard 6080's..

 

[Badas]

  I just took a lot longer listen to some on my 6as7g's and admit the GE's are very nice sounding guess I must of forgot how good they are, almost as good as the mullard 6080's..

That's what I'm finding. Not exactly the same but close. More important to me is I have now rolled 2 sets and both are the quietest tubes I have heard in my amp. I have 3 sets of Mullards. All are noisy in my amp.
 
I have rolled between the black base more bottle version and the normal metal base. For some reason the black base has a fuller sound. I don't know why. The internals look exactly the same. Maybe just different times of manufacture makes a difference.

 

[abvolt]

I agree the black base is the best sounding the metal base ge 6080's not very special in fact I've sold all of mine except 1 pair of 5 stars.. 

 

[Badas]

  I agree the black base is the best sounding the metal base ge 6080's not very special in fact I've sold all of mine except 1 pair of 5 stars.. 

I have a supplier that sells these in bunches of 20 tubes. That is where I got samples from. He sent me 4 for free. I will likely get a bunch of 20 of him.

 

[i luvmusic 2]

 

  I agree the black base is the best sounding the metal base ge 6080's not very special in fact I've sold all of mine except 1 pair of 5 stars.. 

I have a supplier that sells these in bunches of 20 tubes. That is where I got samples from. He sent me 4 for free. I will likely get a bunch of 20 of him.

So a link maybe?

 

[Badas]

  So a link maybe?

No links. We do business the old fashion way. Dial up phone calls.

 

[MIKELAP]

 

 

  I agree the black base is the best sounding the metal base ge 6080's not very special in fact I've sold all of mine except 1 pair of 5 stars.. 

I have a supplier that sells these in bunches of 20 tubes. That is where I got samples from. He sent me 4 for free. I will likely get a bunch of 20 of him.

So a link maybe?

He mention this awhile ago i think  its Langrex.

 

[i luvmusic 2]

 

  So a link maybe?

No links. We do business the old fashion way. Dial up phone calls.

Too bad for me i don't have  dial up anymore..........

 

[Badas]

  He mention this awhile ago i think  its Langrex.

No. Not Langrex. Altho I think they stock them.
 
The supplier is Harry from Aussie.

I have purchased heaps from him.

 

[Badas]

  Too bad for me i don't have  dial up anymore..........

Yeah. It seems weird but that is how the guy operates. He has pure gold. His tubes are the best conditioned I have received.

 

[abvolt]

Heres a guy with a lot of 20 ge 6as7g seems like a good deal also..
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/general-electric-co-6as7ga-/291502467539?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item43dee6a9d3

 

[Badas]

  Heres a guy with a lot of 20 ge 6as7g seems like a good deal also..
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/general-electric-co-6as7ga-/291502467539?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item43dee6a9d3

That's them.
 
That is Harry. I just deal with him direct, not through eBarf / eSlay.

 

[abvolt]

ebarf is right I hate using that source  Lol..

 

[Shaffer]

What's wrong with Ebay? Ginormous selection, as close to a perfect market as we get (in an academic sense) - an opportunity to play very little for high-quality tubes. Where is the problem?

I got two bad tubes once. The seller was unresponsive. Ebay was. The money was back in my account as soon as the return delivery reached its target, postage paid by Ebay.

 

[adeadcrab]

What's wrong with Ebay? Ginormous selection, as close to a perfect market as we get (in an academic sense) - an opportunity to play very little for high-quality tubes. Where is the problem?

I got two bad tubes once. The seller was unresponsive. Ebay was. The money was back in my account as soon as the return delivery reached its target, postage paid by Ebay.

I've bought a pair of RCA 6AS7G (labelled RCA on the photos etc), arrives as 'haltron' brand, not what was in the picture. Rebranded russian 6AS7G, I bought it for 3 times what I would normally pay for that tube.