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Aug 24, 2010 at 1:04 AM Post #4,921 of 42,298
Aug 24, 2010 at 9:27 AM Post #4,922 of 42,298
For anyone wondering, the Sophia Princess will fit with the Shuguang CV181-Z 6SN7 Treasures in the WA6. My Treasures came today so I can confirm that they do fit (although tubes are touching) and indeed they are very special sounding. I let them warm up for about an hour and listened with my DT880/600's and there is a synergie.
 
They also have more power than some tubes, I'm not using the pot as much as with my NOS Chrome Top Sylvanias. They look gorgeous and came in a beautiful presentation box also. No more rolling for a while I think.........
 
Aug 24, 2010 at 11:55 AM Post #4,925 of 42,298


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... They look gorgeous and came in a beautiful presentation box also. No more rolling for a while I think.........


Need pics... what good is Tube porn without pics
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Aug 24, 2010 at 5:09 PM Post #4,926 of 42,298
Can we have some pics please
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For anyone wondering, the Sophia Princess will fit with the Shuguang CV181-Z 6SN7 Treasures in the WA6. My Treasures came today so I can confirm that they do fit (although tubes are touching) and indeed they are very special sounding. I let them warm up for about an hour and listened with my DT880/600's and there is a synergie.
 
They also have more power than some tubes, I'm not using the pot as much as with my NOS Chrome Top Sylvanias. They look gorgeous and came in a beautiful presentation box also. No more rolling for a while I think.........



 
Aug 24, 2010 at 6:31 PM Post #4,928 of 42,298
don't want to steal SpudHarris' thunder too much... 
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but here's a shot of my freshly installed Sylvania 6SN7-GTB.
 
so far, nothing special.  sound about the same as my GE fat bottle 6fd7... 
we'll see how they sound after they cook for a while...
 

 
Aug 24, 2010 at 6:38 PM Post #4,929 of 42,298
I see you have the T1 currently plugged in 
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. Very nice choice of phones sir!!
 
Aug 24, 2010 at 6:46 PM Post #4,931 of 42,298
Mine arrive tomorrow actually, the tracking got updated by two days! I mean the estimated delivery was made shorter.
 
Can't wait to have my own set! Dave's pair was just....oh man..
 
Aug 24, 2010 at 7:58 PM Post #4,933 of 42,298


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For anyone wondering, the Sophia Princess will fit with the Shuguang CV181-Z 6SN7 Treasures in the WA6. My Treasures came today so I can confirm that they do fit (although tubes are touching) and indeed they are very special sounding. I let them warm up for about an hour and listened with my DT880/600's and there is a synergie.
 
They also have more power than some tubes, I'm not using the pot as much as with my NOS Chrome Top Sylvanias. They look gorgeous and came in a beautiful presentation box also. No more rolling for a while I think.........


Glad to hear they worked out for you.  Seeing somebody else drop big coin on tubes for the WA6 makes me pine for some round plate tung sols, but fortunately for me patience worked out in my favor.
 
I nabbed a pair of Sylvania Bad Boys the other day. 
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  These are actually real bad boys too.  These days people seem to think pretty much any Sylvania GT with green print and black t plates is a bad boy, but I stumbled upon the real deal and nabbed them up right away for what I think was actually a pretty decent price considering how incredibly rare they are now.
 
I can't wait for them to get here.  I think my tuberolling will be finished too once they do.
 
Aug 24, 2010 at 8:02 PM Post #4,934 of 42,298
Hate it when the forum software won't let you put the cursor below the quote.......
 
Anyway, the Sylvania yellow label are supposed to be a super value.  Possibly the best of all the GTBs, but it won't have the refinement or inner resolution of the earlier GT tubes or the VT-231s.  I think you'll be happy once they cook for a while, but if it doesn't work out there are lots of 6SN7 options out there still.  My greyglass changed a LOT during their first 20 hours so there is definitely something to look forward too if they really are NOS.
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don't want to steal SpudHarris' thunder too much... 
wink.gif

 
but here's a shot of my freshly installed Sylvania 6SN7-GTB.
 
so far, nothing special.  sound about the same as my GE fat bottle 6fd7... 
we'll see how they sound after they cook for a while...

 
Aug 24, 2010 at 9:01 PM Post #4,935 of 42,298
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I think you'll be happy once they cook for a while...


i think you're right on.  at 3 hours burn-in, i'm hearing them open up just a bit...
of course, too early to say anything definitive about the tubes, but...
 

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