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karma67
20-10-2019, 18:53
looking for recomendations,im using 2 russian 6h8c valves at the moment between the preamp tubes and power tubes and fancy a change.
da2222
20-10-2019, 19:04
Hi Jamie

The best 6SN7 is a 6f8g ;-) Identical, bar the pin out, easily remedied with an adapter.. It means you can find tungsol round plate equivalents (and others) for a lower price. They also seem to offer more 'space' to presentation. They also look quite wonderful.
anubisgrau
20-10-2019, 21:49
Hi Jamie

The best 6SN7 is a 6f8g ;-) Identical, bar the pin out, easily remedied with an adapter.. It means you can find tungsol round plate equivalents (and others) for a lower price. They also seem to offer more 'space' to presentation. They also look quite wonderful.

this, or to see if the pre can play with 6J5 (in case only a half of 6SN7 is used) or 6N7, a plenty to choose from at a fraction of the inflated price of 6SN7
montesquieu
20-10-2019, 21:58
I had great results with the TJ full music 6SN7.
Lawrence001
20-10-2019, 22:13
I'm sure it depends on other factors in the mix, just the same as cables. But the Black Treasure CV181 are very nice [emoji16]

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Jazid
20-10-2019, 22:16
Busy trawling my 100+ 6SN7 collection as we speak. Nowt wrong with the Russian valves. A good, strong GTB will deliver all you would want as a rule, for the rest its circuit dependent.
For example I have matched pairs of bad boys, bass monsters, mouse ears, all the main GT, GTA and GTB variants, but to be fair no smokey war issue toobs. As a man who likes a rabbit hole, this is as good a rabbit hole as the 300b equivalent. Best avoided is my advice [emoji1787]

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karma67
21-10-2019, 09:11
I’ve bought some adapters to use the 6f8g valves, the rca grey glass seem reasonable
da2222
21-10-2019, 09:15
I’ve bought some adapters to use the 6f8g valves, the rca grey glass seem reasonable

Nice one Jamie, if interested I've got some sylvania 6sN7s too
paulf-2007
21-10-2019, 14:00
Sophia electric Royal princess 6SN7 was the best I tried with my 300B, don't know if they are still available as I'm out of touch with valves these days.