[sacd lover]

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Originally Posted by Spareribs /img/forum/go_quote.gif Can the 6AS7 be replaced with a 6080 tube for the Darkvoice?

Absolutely!

 

[Spareribs]

Thanks brotha

 

[Ash]

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Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif A basic set of tubes would be an RCA 6AS7G, generally less than $10, and a decent RCA, Sylvania, or Tung-Sol 6SN7GTB - should be less than $20. You can get these at Antique Electronic Supply

Thanks Sky...
I need one of each right?

 

[Skylab]

Right, you would need one of each.

If you call them on the phone, they will tell you exactly what they have available.

 

[Ash]

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Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif Right, you would need one of each. If you call them on the phone, they will tell you exactly what they have available.

Thanks, I will have to call them I guess, because I couldnt find either of these tubes by myself either on this site or tubedepot. I also get confused with all the jargon - NOS/russian/svoteks so on and so forth.
If somebody can find these complementary tubes here or somewhere else please let me know...

 

[Ash]

Is this an acceptable pair?

Tung-Sol 6SN7GTB
and
Russian 6H13C / 6AS7G

There are so many options....

 

[DoubleEs]

Just want to say my TS-5998 have arrived and I'm liking it very much. I was using a 1965 Svetlana bought off ebay and thought they sounded quite good, it was certainly better than the non-NOS RCA 6AS7G I was using before.

But the TS is just something else, the difference is like 'night and day'

The bass is amazing, tight, control and there's lots of it

 

[Skylab]

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Originally Posted by Ash /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is this an acceptable pair? Tung-Sol 6SN7GTB and Russian 6H13C / 6AS7G There are so many options....

No. I wouldn't buy either of those. PM me and I will help.

 

[928GTS]

I'm not so sure....I'd say see if you can pick up a 6H13C on eBay a bit cheaper. I've played around with the Soviet era tubes quite a bit and I'm always surprised with what I hear.

 

[Skylab]

The 6H13C isn't a bad tube but what you want are Svetlana's if you;re going to go that route, and I think the RCA 6AS7G is better. And those re-issued Tung-Sol's are NOT good sounding.

 

[928GTS]

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Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif The 6H13C isn't a bad tube but what you want are Svetlana's if you;re going to go that route, and I think the RCA 6AS7G is better. And those re-issued Tung-Sol's are NOT good sounding.

Man I hear so many conflicting things about the new reissues of the Tung Sol & Mullard line. I'm beginning to think that opinions and actual quality of the tube vary on a tube by tube basis. A lot of people say the Tung Sol 12AX7 is good,etc,etc. You wonder if they're atleast built with old Tung Sol/Mullard tooling. Crazy stuff,man.

 

[Skylab]

Re-issued/current production 6SN7's are amont the worst of the currently made tubes, IMO, when compared to the vintage tubes.

 

[DoubleEs]

Anyone know if TS made 5998s for IBM?

 

[Skylab]

They may well have. All 5998's were Tung-Sol made, and they did rebrand them for people.

Also just a reminder that the GE-made 5998A is *not* the same tube as the 5998. It will work in the same applications, but has a plate structure much more like a 6AS7G and does not sound as good (IMO) as a "real" 5998.

 

[DoubleEs]

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Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif They may well have. All 5998's were Tung-Sol made, and they did rebrand them for people.

Does this mean that regardless of brand, if a tube says 5998 on it, chances are that it's a genuine TS-5998?

Great, I took a chance and bought the IBM 5998 in the FS Forum. The pictures posted on there does look like a TS-5998