The Reference 6SN7 Thread

[Deceneu808]

I resoldered my 63 perf plates a while back. I was getting pops and crackles all over. Those are gone but they still buzz slightly when no music is playing. Might do them again

 

[Paladin79]

I did never solder before and don't have a soldering gear hehe, that's my problem.

And you are in Germany or I would solder it for you at no charge lol. I hate to get involved in shipping it between countries. Maybe you know an engineer or technician who could help?

 

[Paladin79]

I resoldered my 63 perf plates a while back. I was getting pops and crackles all over. Those are gone but they still buzz slightly when no music is playing. Might do them again

I have had some I had to redo a few times and I extract the old solder, clean the inside of the pins with liquid rosin, then use rosin core solder of a small diameter inside the pins. I did a tube once where I could actually see the solder was around a pin but not adhering properly till the fourth cleaning lol. Rosin cleans the metal you are about to solder and after 60 years or so, the pin wire can be corroded.

 

[Renexx]

Sadly I'm the only one with this hobby haha.
I doubt it's that easy to do without knowledge.

 

[JTbbb]

All this talk of Melz 1578’s means I’m going to have to get my ‘63’s back in

 

[Paladin79]

All this talk of Melz 1578’s means I’m going to have to get my ‘63’s back in

Those are a pretty good year, I bought them in bulk and matched pairs and quads but I did not have them for long lol.

 

[bcowen]

That's why I was saying one can't find one

Yeah, @Paladin79 owns them all. Well, except the single, lonely one I have. That he gave me.

But if I get to feeling inadequate at some point, I'll call up the Foton army and obliterate him. Strength in numbers and all.

 

[Isaacc7]

I tried searching for this and didn't find anything so apologies if this has been answered before. I'm a fan of sylvania *sn7 and *n7 tubes. Pulled a Sylvania 12j5gt out of my stash and was surprised by the plate structure. This tube has the familiar bottom getter and three holes but it looks like it has a round plate? I always thought that the 6j5gt and 12j5gt were just single triode versions of the 6/12sn7 but this looks different. Are there 6sn7 tubes with the same plate?

 

[jonathan c]

I doubt it's that easy to do without knowledge.

What Bangybang prays for and preys on…

 

[Isaacc7]

What Bangybang prays for and preys on…

Thank you for saying that. I'm glad to see it isn't just me that thinks that ebay seller is out of his mind for pricing.

 

[jonathan c]

Thank you for saying that. I'm glad to see it isn't just me that thinks that ebay seller is out of his mind for pricing.

This is a post, a bit ago, on the DarkVoice thread :

 

[jonathan c]

Thank you for saying that. I'm glad to see it isn't just me that thinks that ebay seller is out of his mind for pricing.

He is one of the ‘triumvirate’: Bangybang, Menifee, wege_high_tubes…where the vacuum is always in your wallet…

 

[CaptainFantastic]

He is one of the ‘triumvirate’: Bangybang, Menifee, wege_high_tubes…where the vacuum is always in your wallet…

In keeping with the Roman theme, in Europe check out the prices from cartago_delenda_est. He has a tube I would want which is priced at 4x normal market price and with 50 eur intra-EU shipping on top. I don't understand who buys from these sellers...

 

[TLO]

In keeping with the Roman theme, in Europe check out the prices from cartago_delenda_est. He has a tube I would want which is priced at 4x normal market price and with 50 eur intra-EU shipping on top. I don't understand who buys from these sellers...

Yes, I have long noticed a crazy Italian seller selling tubes at crazy prices, another two are from Vietnam and India.

Check out this listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/e80cc-tube...p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

[Deceneu808]

I have contacts in Russia who look for such things for me. I was out of town over Xmas and one is going back to the seller on Ebay, look for this one and you can buy it pretty cheap.

Thank you. Found it ! Should arrive in March