Hi!

How is the russian 6sn7, both in quality and sound?

The reason for asking is that I'we got a chance of bying a NOS/NIB bach from
the Novosibirsk plant.
But don't have any references to / expierience with them...

Best regards
Tonni

Hi Tonni,

How is the russian 6sn7, both in quality and sound?

I am using several Reflektor plant 6H8C dated 04/1984
in my DIY projects and have nothing to object, except
maybe that for certain applications system matching
seems to be advisable. But on the other hand old,
I would do so with old American stock, too.

Tom

--
MS-DOS is the worst text adventure game I have ever played:
Poor vocabulary, weak parser and boring storyline.

I used many Novosibirsk tubes: 6SN7, 6SL7, 5V4G etc. and I never was
disappointed. As Mr. Schlangen already pointed out, tubes show a wide
variability in their characteristics, and it is not so easy to get a matched
pair of triodes inside the same glass bulb: this happens more frequently
with Russian tubes, therefore it is sometimes better to get a bunch of them
and sort 'em out.
By the way: in the Golden Age of tubes, I remember that when the TV guy
called in at my father's house to fix our old B&W TV set, he just used to
shove in there the first tube he found in his junk bag, without ever caring
about brand, "matchedness" & so on, nevertheless the TV lit up and worked.
Ex-CCCP tubes are as good as any other but some "special quality" ones, and
usually the difference is in terms of durability and/or microphony, not
linearity.

Ciao

Fabio


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Hi!

How is the russian 6sn7, both in quality and sound?

The reason for asking is that I'we got a chance of bying a NOS/NIB bach
from the Novosibirsk plant.
But don't have any references to / expierience with them...

Best regards
Tonni

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Hi!

How is the russian 6sn7, both in quality and sound?

The reason for asking is that I'we got a chance of bying a NOS/NIB bach
from the Novosibirsk plant.
But don't have any references to / expierience with them...

Best regards
Tonni
Tonni,
Performance wise OK, had some where the pins weren't soldered correctly and
were therefore intermittent; that was a drag til I figured out what the
problem was and resoldered the pins.
MarkS

I use them too and find them to be ok. A friend says that they are very
microphonic. The sound is good for me.

Hi!

Thanx a lot for your replyes. - You'we convinced me theres a chance in
finding good drivers in these tubes!

Was a bit curious in finding out the best drivers for the Sovtek single
plate 2A3 and EH-300B im planning a SET design for... ;-)
Has no 6SN7 yet - but some CV1985's ( 6SL7 SQ ) to experiment with...


Best regards
Tonni

Hi Tonni ,

Has no 6SN7 yet - but some CV1985's ( 6SL7 SQ ) to experiment with...

Maybe this is an option ?? It's a good sounding amp .
http://www.triodedick.com/stan_en_ol...ver%20copy.gif
Article in Dutch at :
http://www.triodedick.com/stanley_en_oliver_1.htm

Ronald .

Hi Ronald!

Thanx for the links! - Funny varia over the SSP driver-stage... - think
I'll
give it a try in a testcirquit...
But as is I'm playin' with the ideas i've been foolin' around with for the
last couple of years :-) You know, flexible driverstage to go, via
adaptors,
vith 2a3 45 AD1 300B and so on.....

Best regards
Tonni

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Hi Tonni ,

Has no 6SN7 yet - but some CV1985's ( 6SL7 SQ ) to experiment with...

Maybe this is an option ?? It's a good sounding amp .
http://www.triodedick.com/stan_en_ol...ver%20copy.gif
Article in Dutch at :
http://www.triodedick.com/stanley_en_oliver_1.htm

Ronald .

"Tonni" wrote Performance wise OK, had some where the pins weren't
soldered correctly and were therefore intermittent; that was a drag til I
figured out what the problem was and resoldered the pins.
MarkS

Ditto that.... Same is true for some EI tubes, especially their big bottle
6CA7.

Eric...