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RE: My Favorite 6SN7s.

Everyone seems to love the Tung Sol roundplates.
I have never seen them at a hamfest or at any of the out of the way tube dealers I have met through them. I refuse to pay the $150 or $200 bucks each to try them. The price of premium NOS 6SN7s has gone through the roof in the last 10 years.
For driver tubes, I love the short bottle Sylvania 6SN7W. These can still be found for under $100 each as millions were made for the military. Up until about 5 years ago I was getting them for as low as $40 a tube and bargains can still be found. Almost the equal of the tall bottle metal based Ws that go for roundplate prices.
The 52s are nice, but not as clean as the Ws as drivers in my amp. The NUs are great but finding good quality pairs is becoming difficult. The RCA VT-231 are nice sounding but just too coloured IMO. Ditto the RCA 5692. The mouse ears Tung Sols are nice but have less punch and top end sparkle then the best Sylvanias in my amp.
Love talking about 6SN7s (can't you tell?) my favorite tube to collect (and roll)!

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