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CAJames reacted to jonchard's post in the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.) with Like.
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CAJames reacted to jonchard's post in the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.) with Like.Ive first pursued 6SN7 for my Cayin 300b MkII. I settled at Tungsol Black Glass Oval Plates. Round plates were almost impossible to...
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CAJames replied to the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.).Yes, I've got GEC CV1135s that are some of my favorite tubes. A lot like the GEC straight glass L63, but trades a little bit of...
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CAJames replied to the thread Woo Audio WA22 Amp Owner Unite.My picks would be GEC A2293s with adapters for the 6080s and a Brimar 5Z4GY rectifier. But JMO/FWIW/YMMV and all that.
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CAJames replied to the thread For 6AS7G tube rollers here ......I actually just bought a quad of Soviet 6N5S/6N13S/6AS7G from the seller. They accepted my offer of $100 and the tubes sound great. I...
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CAJames replied to the thread Woo Audio WA22 Amp Owner Unite.The thing is there is a difference between gain: how fast the voltage aka volume increases and power: how much current the amp can...
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CAJames reacted to TLO's post in the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.) with Like.Update on the DIY adapter...I have decided to phase out the small enclosure for the bigger one. Here are some pictures with the octal to...
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CAJames replied to the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.).The 76 tubes I’ve used have not behaved like that. But, now that I think about it, very early on I might have had a couple of Tung-Sols...
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CAJames reacted to tawmizzzz's post in the thread High End Cables Thread (digital, analog, power) with Like.Please welcome me as an official convert into this deep rabbit hole "dark side" thread of HeadFi :). Of course prior to hearing myself...
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CAJames reacted to g0ldl10n's post in the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.) with Like.Are you sure those are 76s and not something like 27s that run on 2.5V @ 1.75A instead of 6.3V @ 0.3A, only reason I could see this...
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CAJames replied to the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.).Yeah, you're going to have to email them regardless, and my experience is Martin is happy to answer questions about what exactly they...
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CAJames replied to the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.).Yes, and they work fine for me. FWIW I get my ebay adapters xulingmrs whenever possible. I've had very good luck with them, I can't say...
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CAJames reacted to leftside's post in the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.) with Like.Treat the catalog as a guide :) The more expensive the tubes/bigger the order, the more likely you'll be able to get pictures/more info...
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CAJames reacted to TLO's post in the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.) with Like.Not sure who made these but there is a 2C22 datasheet from RCA. http://www.r-type.org/pdfs/2c22.pdf According to Radio Museum, 2C22 is...
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CAJames replied to the thread The Reference 6J5 Thread (L63, 6C5, 12J5, 6P5, etc.).Cool. FWIW no mention of 2C22 an any of several RCA tube manuals. Those look like NU made to me.