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Re: 6SN7 currently HiFi market oriented. Ping! Len

Posted by Mechans (A) on April 26, 2007 at 05:34:23

In Reply to: Re: 6SN7 currently HiFi market oriented posted by Frihed89 on April 25, 2007 at 05:47:23:

May I remind you good sir, Mr. Frihed, that VT-231 is invariably a moniker given to 6SN7s by the military. They are generally speaking not different than the same civilian brand of that period. For a very good essay on this see Tubesellers link quoting our own tube asylum.
The truly ruggedized tubes are designated with a "W" and as in JAN CHS 6SN7WGT later versions had designations like WGTA etc. I am sure Len could shed some light on all this.
It does appear truly insane that such a well liked tube has so few current production choices. Can you imagine, the migration by manufacturers and consumers to a new production clone of a true round plate 6SN7 that sounded decent.
IMHO the Sino and EH tubes lack the fuller sound and richer tone of the most readibly available inexpensive old production 6SN7s.

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