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Re: VICTOR KHOMENKO:BEST 6SN7 TO REPLACE THE SOVTEKS IN THE VK-60

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While I would certainly use a word "change" in place of "ameliorate", there are couple of things to consider. We all have different references, and one of my fovorite is Stevie's guitar. I usually like the tubes that make it sound like Stevie's guitar. To me that is Sovtek tubes. I have not found another yet that I liked better.

Be it as it may, it is your unit, and you certainly can change the front tube to whatever you like. You don't need my guidance on this, just try them and pick the one you like. Stay away from the second stage, however. Many NOS's will simply die there with bad results, only few will hold the voltages. Sovteks don't have this problem.

Should I even mention you can try the Svetlana or ECC33 output tubes? I suspect you can't get them, so consider that soft teasing.

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