[Tom-s]

Found a picture from today 5 years ago. Among the first tube rolls in my Crack. A "Raytheon" with weird metal plate; Bendix tested.

Didn't know what it was at the time. With a 280 factory code I concluded it was a Raytheon, not a Bendix.

I've seen tubes with this plate structure pass this topic since, and now think it's a Bendix.

From my notes. I liked it best with Tung Sol 6F8G round plates and 1578 Melz silver hole plates.

Not much has changed since then. Happy new year all.

 

[gibosi]

Yes indeed, Happy New Year!

良いお年を！

 

[JKDJedi]

Found a picture from today 5 years ago. Among the first tube rolls in my Crack. A "Raytheon" with weird metal plate; Bendix tested.

Didn't know what it was at the time. With a 280 factory code I concluded it was a Raytheon, not a Bendix.

I've seen tubes with this plate structure pass this topic since, and now think it's a Bendix.

From my notes. I liked it best with Tung Sol 6F8G round plates and 1578 Melz silver hole plates.

Not much has changed since then. Happy new year all.

they're slowly popping up, I now know 4 Headfi members that have this metal plated Bendix tube. What's the date code on yours? So far the builds I've seen are from 1957 to 59.

 

[JTbbb]

they're slowly popping up, I now know 4 Headfi members that have this metal plated Bendix tube. What's the date code on yours? So far the builds I've seen are from 1957 to 59

A fifth member now! These joined my little collection yesterday and I’ve been listening to them all afternoon in my Euforia, they sound wonderful despite the disparity in construction of the top plate.

 

[therremans]

@JTbbb Those are the more sought after slotted graphite plates.

 

[Tom-s]

@JKDJedi ; Mine is from 1964 and has OO getters. Where yours appears to have DD getters?

@JTbbb; I've attached an overview of build types.
From left to right: solid graphite, slotted graphite and metal plates.

 

[JKDJedi]

@JKDJedi ; Mine is from 1964 and has OO getters. Where yours appears to have DD getters?

@JTbbb; I've attached an overview of build types.
From left to right: solid graphite, slotted graphite and metal plates.

That is very interesting!! Supposedly.. by the lesser known shysters Bangy Bang Bang .. there were only 7 of these made... anyways.. to my knowledge from the few I know that are out there we have them ranging from 57 to 64.. good to know, whats the date on yours @bcowen ? and yes DD getters

 

[gibosi]

That is very interesting!! Supposedly.. by the lesser known shysters Bangy Bang Bang .. there were only 7 of these made... anyways.. to my knowledge from the few I know that are out there we have them ranging from 57 to 64.. good to know, whats the date on yours @bcowen ? and yes DD getters

The date codes on my metal-plated Bendix have been rubbed off, but they have halo getters.

 

[bcowen]

That is very interesting!! Supposedly.. by the lesser known shysters Bangy Bang Bang .. there were only 7 of these made... anyways.. to my knowledge from the few I know that are out there we have them ranging from 57 to 64.. good to know, whats the date on yours @bcowen ? and yes DD getters

I don't know. Some previous owner must have rubbed the date off. Seriously, I can't find any marking on it that would indicate the date. All I know for sure is that it was engineering sample 7X, and of course it has the most desirable feature of all audio tubes: Double D cups getters.

 

[CADCAM]

Could one of you 6080 Jedi masters take a look at this tube
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sylvania-G...357936?hash=item2d213fcdf0:g:2j4AAOSwihxf74HV
I really like the sound of my CEI 6080 (might be my favorite) and was wondering if this would be something with a similar sound signature?? or maybe just a good tube for my Monoprice Monolith tube amp.
thank you

 

[JKDJedi]

The date codes on my metal-plated Bendix have been rubbed off, but they have halo getters.

Nothing stamped
on the top?

Could one of you 6080 Jedi masters take a look at this tube
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sylvania-G...357936?hash=item2d213fcdf0:g:2j4AAOSwihxf74HV
I really like the sound of my CEI 6080 (might be my favorite) and was wondering if this would be something with a similar sound signature?? or maybe just a good tube for my Monoprice Monolith tube amp.
thank you

Well, if you got it because it's gone... then your in for a treat, especially for the asking price on it.

 

[gibosi]

Nothing stamped
on the top?

No, the top appears to be perfectly smooth, not even a trace of etching. And much of the text on the base has been rubbed off. Now, this tube is labeled Raytheon and for quite some time I couldn't decide if it was a Bendix or a Raytheon. But now that I've seen several of them, judging by construction, I feel quite sure it is a Bendix. And again, it has halo getters so it is not an early one.

 

[CADCAM]

Well, if you got it because it's gone... then your in for a treat, especially for the asking price on it.
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Yea I grabbed it hoping it would turn out well. I've read a bit about Sylvania Gold Brands and even though I just got that Parts Express GE 6AS7GA and a '62 GE 5 Star, for the price how could I resist this one?
So this tube collecting is a bit of an addiction. I pretty much just got this amp and so far, along with the stock Chinese 6N5PJ, I have bought 2 '66 Svetlana 6H5C, a vintage RCA 6080, a '66 RCA 6AS7G, a CEI 6080 and the aforementioned 62' GE 5 Star & GE 6AS7GA! Here we go...

 

[Slade01]

Yea I grabbed it hoping it would turn out well. I've read a bit about Sylvania Gold Brands and even though I just got that Parts Express GE 6AS7GA and a '62 GE 5 Star, for the price how could I resist this one?
So this tube collecting is a bit of an addiction. I pretty much just got this amp and so far, along with the stock Chinese 6N5PJ, I have bought 2 '66 Svetlana 6H5C, a vintage RCA 6080, a '66 RCA 6AS7G, a CEI 6080 and the aforementioned 62' GE 5 Star & GE 6AS7GA! Here we go...

That was a very nice price for that Sylvania GB-6080. Hope you do like it. It is personally one of my favorites.

 

[LoryWiv]

That was a very nice price for that Sylvania GB-6080. Hope you do like it. It is personally one of my favorites.

Agree Gold Brands are generally very well-built and amongst the best of the Sylvanias, I have GB 6550's (with adapters) in as powers now in Feliks-Audio Elise. Free of extraneous noise and great sound.