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In Reply to: The illogic of rare parts posted by Triode_Kingdom on September 29, 2016 at 13:24:16:
Rare is often equated with good, but not necessarily in tubes.
My favoured Sylvania 6SN7Ws were made in vast quantities, for example, but are hoarded because they sound so good. Ditto for Mullard, Amperex and Telefunkin 12ax7s that were produced in mass quantities and are not rare even today, but command high prices due to their high quality. I have never delt with any tube reseller who did not have several of these tubes. and they were always at a premium to other (U.S. Made) 12ax7s.
A couple of the best 6SN7s not yet mentioned are the Russian hole plate 1578 IF you can get a quiet matched pair and that takes some some effort, and the Raytheon 6SN7WGT brown base which I prefer to either types of the earlier Raytheon VT-231.
Below the tubes mentioned so far in this thread, my favourites are the Tung Sol GTB tallboys, Sylvania bottom getter two hole plate GTs and early chrome top WGTs and GTAs, the early Hytron tall bottles and early GE GTAs. Good tubes and still available for similar money as reissues.
Enjoy the Roll!
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- RE: The illogic of rare parts - Mendel 18:21:55 09/29/16 (1)
- Raytheon mil spec 6SN7WGT - FenderLover 18:47:42 09/29/16 (0)
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