Re: 5687 substitute recommendations

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Posted by Peter Qvortrup on June 14, 2005 at 06:58:44

In Reply to: 5687 substitute recommendations posted by Srajan Ebaen (R) on June 12, 2005 at 15:21:12:

Dear Srajan,

The 5687 was designed in 1948/49 by Tungsol (I have 4 of the original factory test samples with dates!), the very early versions are by far the best sounding but extremely hard to find in good working order, otherwise the equivalents are,

7044, too bright and forward for my liking, although good in other applications, as driver or second stage line stage in transformer coupled circuits for example.

E182CC, best versions by Philips in Holland and Telefunken (off course), the Mullard UK was normally the US-made 7119 rebranded. The French RTF is a Philips tooled version, but sounds slightly less pure. The E182CC is my favourite sounding equivalent.

7119, the Amperex is the same as the E182CC Philips Holland above and sometimes cheaper as a result.

6900, I know this is a popular tube with many, but I have to say I find it quite poor sounding, heavy and bright at the same time.

All brands of 5687, my favourites are the Tungsol and Raytheon, but the five star GE and Japanese Toshiba is not bad either, generally the 5687 is slight dark in character, exemplified by the Philips/ECG version which is very common.

Hope this is of use.

Sincerely,
Peter Qvortrup

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Topic - 5687 substitute recommendations - Srajan Ebaen (R) 15:21:12 06/12/05 (16)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - Peter Qvortrup 06:58:44 06/14/05 (1)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - JG2 09:12:32 06/14/05 (0)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - mattybumpkin 14:47:14 06/13/05 (0)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - Seán 10:34:26 06/13/05 (0)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - Shakey 21:15:29 06/12/05 (0)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - Eli Duttman 21:13:32 06/12/05 (0)

Try Head-Fi and the recomendations for use in the Raptor? - braillediver 19:35:01 06/12/05 (0)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - jcoe 18:30:14 06/12/05 (2)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - jcoe 18:33:59 06/12/05 (1)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - Peter Qvortrup 07:09:41 06/14/05 (0)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - Homer Jay 15:34:14 06/12/05 (5)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - Peter Qvortrup 07:00:31 06/14/05 (0)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - Srajan Ebaen (R) 16:53:12 06/12/05 (3)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - GuyL 21:05:31 06/12/05 (2)

Second the 7119 - Joe Appierto 12:16:59 06/13/05 (1)

Thanks guys, for all your suggestions - Srajan Ebaen (R) 14:06:51 06/13/05 (0)

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Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - Peter Qvortrup 06:58:44 06/14/05 (1)

Re: 5687 substitute recommendations - JG2 09:12:32 06/14/05 (0)

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