Now that boy don't miss no meals!!It's not my fault. Nothing is ever my fault. And where is @Ripper2860 when you need someone to blame?
But since you're here, might as well drag you kicking and screaming to Cat-Fi (where dogs know their place).
Now what you have not mentioned are 56-58 with all the attributes of the hole plates but without the holes. I even ended up with one from the 80's without Melz markings. Other than the 63's those are my favorite Melz tubes and towards the top of any tubes I own. My guess is the factory ran out of perforated plates and used left over plates. 58 Melz is on the left.
Yes they are great on every genre of music for sure. Amazing bass and soundstage. They really rock !
Hope it's not a GE, or it's back to Dog-Fi for you..
Now I'll start a war.
Of course, everyone knows its the first 6sn7gt ever produced, which is why it has a special name !
If you think about it - a GE is just one 'C' short of stardom. So why wouldn't you love a GE without the C ?
Btw did you know that I started my IT career in GE fourscore and seven years ago? That's General Electric for you - without the Company. It's American not the GEC British.
Let me try one more time lol. The 56 and 58's I am talking about are identical to 1578's except without perforated plates. Same metal supports at the top, same bottom mica. Many of the older Melz have oval micas or mica supports at the top, those are not what I am describing here lol.Yes they are great on every genre of music for sure. Amazing bass and soundstage. They really rock !
I said earlier I had year 1956 but I may have been wrong, if I am not then I barely used it since I can't remember how it sounded like. Maybe I should try to order some from year 56' - 58' if you have that sweet 58' in your favorites !
Let me try one more time lol. The 56 and 58's I am talking about are identical to 1578's except without perforated plates. Same metal supports at the top, same bottom mica. Many of the older Melz have oval micas or mica supports at the top, those are not what I am describing here lol.
The first photo is a 58 and you can see the solid plates better than on my photo of the 56. What I am not talking about are these:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1pc-MELZ-6...202481?hash=item2af83a6331:g:QNkAAOSwoS9fvnB1
I have them, I have heard them, not the same thing. I sent a sample of a 58 solid plate to five people on here including @bcowen,@Ripper2860,@JKDJedi, @FLTWS, and @sam6550a. All but Sam had one of my amps with which to check out the tube and I hope to get him a loaner amp in the next couple months. All reports on the tube were fairly positive and many of these guys have the 63 perforated plates and other 1578's. I do not call this a 1578 because of the plate difference but that is the only difference.
If you are able to find these, PM me and I will make it worth your while. There is one version on EBAY right now but they do not have shiny plates, and they do not even have a Melz logo, I bought one and it looks like someone has added or reattached the metal base so I do not recommend them.
) is a different animal. I actually preferred it to the '63 true 1578. Not a night and day kind of difference, but I thought overall it was more musically engaging than the '63. And I prefer that '63 (true) 1578 to the regular Melz 6N8S (and I have several early '50's dates of those).
