For 6AS7G tube rollers here .....

[bcowen]

Just in case someone was wanting to boost some tubes, I've found the answer for you. Always glad to help.

I must, however, sheepishly admit with all due embarrassment that I have no clue what a tube booster is...or does.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vacuum-tub...rsOtherItemsV2&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219

 

[dpump]

IMHO the best 6N3P is the triple mica and they are, as far as I know, always labeled 6N3P-DR. They sell for about $8 + each and they seem to be dwindling in supply. Plenty of 6N3P-E types but they aren't nearly as well made as the 6N3P-DR not do they sound as good to me.

 

[fuzzroffe]

Just in case someone was wanting to boost some tubes, I've found the answer for you. Always glad to help.

I must, however, sheepishly admit with all due embarrassment that I have no clue what a tube booster is...or does.

It's for guitar, to boost the guitar signal and get more overdrive/distortion from the preamp

 

[bcowen]

It's for guitar, to boost the guitar signal and get more overdrive/distortion from the preamp

Aha. Learn something new every day. Thanks for the info!

 

[Toby Joe]

Does anybody know if a date code on a GE tube of 5-52 means the tube was made in May 1952?

Is there a “date code codex” for GE, RCA, Svetlana tubes and what are they?

Thanks………..

 

[bcowen]

Does anybody know if a date code on a GE tube of 5-52 means the tube was made in May 1952?

Is there a “date code codex” for GE, RCA, Svetlana tubes and what are they?

Thanks………..

December of 1955 if it was actually made by GE. Does it have the dots etched in the glass?

https://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=230932

 

[Toby Joe]

December of 1955 if it was actually made by GE. Does it have the dots etched in the glass?

https://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=230932

I saw it on eBay and the Seller said the tube is marked 5-52 and that the tube was from 1945. I figured 5-52 was May 1952, but shows what I know. Thanks.....

 

[CaptainFantastic]

Added this to my small collection. I am done on the 5998, 421A, 6AS7G, 6520 front. OK, maybe if I find another mint 6520... but I am not even going to open any ads for this family of tubes for 12 months.

 

[gibosi]

Added this to my small collection. I am done on the 5998, 421A, 6AS7G, 6520 front. OK, maybe if I find another mint 6520... but I am not even going to open any ads for this family of tubes for 12 months.

Surely you don't need four of those, so why don't you send a pair to me?

 

[sennfan83261]

Just in case someone was wanting to boost some tubes, I've found the answer for you. Always glad to help.

I must, however, sheepishly admit with all due embarrassment that I have no clue what a tube booster is...or does.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vacuum-tube-booster-handmade-12au7-Effector/203080401039?_trkparms=aid=1110012&algo=SPLICE.SOIPOST&ao=1&asc=225074&meid=b258948343124f6786c877b54f437745&pid=100008&rk=7&rkt=12&sd=203096653257&itm=203080401039&pmt=1&noa=0&pg=2047675&algv=PromotedSellersOtherItemsV2&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219

Hah, I was going to mention the same thing that the other person above me said. I wonder how my axe would sound through one though, . Been meaning to get a new guitar for awhile, but I keep pouring money into my audio setup, haha.

 

[bcowen]

I am done on the 5998, 421A, 6AS7G, 6520 front.

Me too. I'm not buying any more tubes.

 

[sennfan83261]

Me too. I'm not buying any more tubes.

 

[JKDJedi]

A couple of small differences between my Cetron and Tung-Sol 7236s. Cetron has ring getters and small fins, Tung-Sol has square getters and larger fins. That's probably just manufacturing differences over the years, otherwise they look completely identical. Just an observation, they sound pretty much the same

Digging the sound of the Tung Sol 7236 with the RCA Radiotron 6F8G combo, so much that I'm searching for another set of these, RCA I can find..Tung SOl..hard to find.. Cetron might be the ticket

 

[Velozity]

Digging the sound of the Tung Sol 7236 with the RCA Radiotron 6F8G combo, so much that I'm searching for another set of these, RCA I can find..Tung SOl..hard to find.. Cetron might be the ticket

TS 7236 not so hard to find my friend. Look no further than my signature...

 

[fuzzroffe]

Digging the sound of the Tung Sol 7236 with the RCA Radiotron 6F8G combo, so much that I'm searching for another set of these, RCA I can find..Tung SOl..hard to find.. Cetron might be the ticket

I got my Tung-Sol from vacuumtubes.net just recently, it was $50 though. They also had Sylvania 7236 so I got one of those too. To my ears, the Cetron is identical to the Tung-Sol. I have to listen more to the Sylvania for direct comparisons, but it sounds very nice.