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In Reply to: Re: 807 vs 6L6 posted by tubelover@aol.com on January 31, 2005 at 20:41:10:
6146 is an RCA Radiotron design introduced in the mid 50's about the same time as 2E26, if memory serves. 6146 was primarily an RF device although there were orders from "on high" to use the tube for audio and it was mandated ( there's that word again ) for use in audio amplifiers. The audio engineers were not happy with the edict, but had to do as they were told. 6146 exhibited problems in service, unstable bias being chief. 6146 was really much better suited to RF service where it performed well. The concept of "one tube does all" just didn't work and was probably driven more the notion of selling more tubes. RCA retrofitted amps using 6146 with 6550 ( a TungSol device ) that was also introduced in the 50's along with 5881. Perhaps RCA was jealous of TungSol's success with 6550 & 5881. After all, RCA was a whole lot bigger than TungSol.
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