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I'm Adrian.
Hi
You might want at some point to try these out
PS-CV181-T/2 Psvane CV181-T/2 / 6SN7 Matched Pair they are hard to find but I got a pair from Tube Amp Doctor GmbH Online Shop € 159,00. I notice that HotRox have them for £199 a pair.
For me I find them pretty open and uncoloured giving a natural tone to the reproduction. Previously I had a pair of Electro Harmonix 6SN7 Gold.
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Adrian
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I'm Andrew.
Tungsol and RCA are probably the way to go.
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I'm Drew.
Don't forget the 6f8g variants, a cheap adapter is necessary due to the different pin out but they are fabulous and look so cool with the cap... The Tung Sol round plates are even better than their 6SN7 cousins IMO, all the characteristics plus greater 'space'... New issue 6SN7s don't come close.
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I'm Ward.
Bear in mind that like the black treasure variants, these are big bottle tubes so may not fit inside your valve cage; I've tried a pair of each as output tubes in a pure sound HP8 headphone amplifier and found the Psvane's to be noticeably superior, though very interested in your findings for alternative ideas to also try.
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Ward
Originally Posted by AJSki2fly
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I'm John.
The link supplied is where I gathered my first assessments of various 6SN7 Tube types.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-...thread.117677/
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I'm Drew.
Yep, it's the classic one :-)
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