[Laines]

Hello im looking far a warm 6sn7 with good bass extention.

Any recommendations?

 

[DenverW]

Hello im looking far a warm 6sn7 with good bass extention.

Any recommendations?

Ken Rad Vt-231

 

[Laines]

Ken Rad Vt-231

Thanks for the pointer, just had a quick check, they are quiet pricey. Any alternative?

 

[Renexx]

National Union black glass, very liquid with punchy bass

https://www.ebay.de/itm/National-Un...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

[Laines]

National Union black glass, very liquid with punchy bass

https://www.ebay.de/itm/National-Un...2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Thanks will definitely look into them. (Vielen Dank )

 

[LoryWiv]

Thanks for the pointer, just had a quick check, they are quiet pricey. Any alternative?

RCA VT-231 are regarded as warm-ish as well.

 

[FLTWS]

RCA VT-231 are regarded as warm-ish as well.

I've never heard a vintage NOS RCA that wasn't warmish. I think it was their design goal, rich/lush, romantic. Late 40's to mid 50's examples in my inventory.

 

[jonathan c]

I've never heard a vintage NOS RCA that wasn't warmish. I think it was their design goal, rich/lush, romantic. Late 40's to mid 50's examples in my inventory.

That ‘warm’ attribute of RCA 6SN7s extends, in my experience, also to their 5U4G rectifier tubes…

 

[Galapac]

Regarding the Melz and Foton 6SN7 equivalents…has anyone ever scanned these with a Geiger Counter?
I have read that many of these Russian tubes were used in Mig fighter jets and automatic parts for nuclear reactors.
I am wondering if I have any Chernobyl knockoffs that are giving more to my music than I am aware of.
As far as I know they are not glowing with the power off.

 

[Ripper2860]

If your ears do not look like cauliflowers, then you're fine.

 

[jonathan c]

Regarding the Melz and Foton 6SN7 equivalents…has anyone ever scanned these with a Geiger Counter?
I have read that many of these Russian tubes were used in Mig fighter jets and automatic parts for nuclear reactors.
I am wondering if I have any Chernobyl knockoffs that are giving more to my music than I am aware of.
As far as I know they are not glowing with the power off.

Start with the tubes that are ‘unobtainium’ - those sound radioactive…

 

[bcowen]

Regarding the Melz and Foton 6SN7 equivalents…has anyone ever scanned these with a Geiger Counter?
I have read that many of these Russian tubes were used in Mig fighter jets and automatic parts for nuclear reactors.
I am wondering if I have any Chernobyl knockoffs that are giving more to my music than I am aware of.
As far as I know they are not glowing with the power off.

I doubt there's any nuclear material in a MIG (or perhaps hope there's not), and as far as a nuclear reactor, the half life of U-235 is only 700 million years, so we're getting closer every day to being safe.

 

[jonathan c]

I doubt there's any nuclear material in a MIG (or perhaps hope there's not), and as far as a nuclear reactor, the half life of U-235 is only 700 million years, so we're getting closer every day to being safe.

…think of this…if there is U-235 in a GE tube (on filaments?…), that tube has a half-life of….(the horror of it all!)

 

[tubebuyer2020]

Regarding the Melz and Foton 6SN7 equivalents…has anyone ever scanned these with a Geiger Counter?

Yes.

 

[tafens]

Regarding the Melz and Foton 6SN7 equivalents…has anyone ever scanned these with a Geiger Counter?

Yes.

And?
Of course, it can be argued that some of them are lethal anyway, radiation or not