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Best 6L6 tubes you know of?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:02 am
by LimpDickCheney
I need input. Considering the E-H 6L6EH, Sovtek 6L6WXT/WXT+ and JJ 6L6.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:18 am
by iCEByTes
Most Sell on my city is JJ Tesla , Stevelana Winged C and Sovtek ....
svetlana winged C i hear good comments but dont found them
JJ tesla found and gonna be used on my soldano amp
Sovtek is expensive at my city , anyway
Pair of svetlanas sounds real nice sad dont found , jj teslas is fine too
http://www.thetubestore.com/6l6gc.html
http://www.evatco.com.au/svet1.htm
rare Philips
http://thetubestore.com/jan6l.html
JJ tesla
http://thetubestore.com/tesla6l6gc.html
http://www.evatco.com.au/jj.htm
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:39 am
by mickie08
jj tubes are awesome. I have them in my peavey classic 50 (which i just sold), my super reverb, and in my SIB varidrive overdrive pedal....
Also, if you are in the US, trey www.eurotubes.com....That guy seems to know his stuff...
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:54 am
by Sloan
I luv JJ ng.
had them in the Classic 30 and now have them in the Blue Voodoo
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:47 am
by Mike
You have no experience. Stop just posting links.
LDC I've had JJ and Sovteks before and both have been great.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:16 am
by Doog
Ah loves me some JJ/Tesla.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:46 pm
by dots
never used tesla, but i haven't felt the need try anything else since going jj. whenever the jvm decides to need a re-tubin', it's
www.eurotubes.com all the way.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 3:54 pm
by Doog
dots wrote:never used tesla, but i haven't felt the need try anything else since going jj. whenever the jvm decides to need a re-tubin', it's
www.eurotubes.com all the way.
JJ used to be called Tesla, the tubes tend to be advetised with both names.. presumably to keep the old name's market.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:09 pm
by dots
ah-so.
then yeah, rock the jj/teslas.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:03 pm
by iCEByTes
Mike wrote:
You have no experience. Stop just posting links.
LDC I've had JJ and Sovteks before and both have been great.
not yet but i tested JJ teslas over an Meteoro amp and its good
meteoro is an brasilian valv amp
you read what i talked ?
Most Sell on my city is JJ Tesla , Stevelana Winged C and Sovtek ....
dont talked the best is ... coz i dont tested all tubes and i not playng tubes long time ....
cmon
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:05 pm
by Mike
You've played one set of tubes.
You can't recommend something unless you have experience of different sets of tubes in the same amp over a period of time. You know nothing about owning a valve amp.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:25 pm
by filtercap
JJ for me. I feel so... ordinary now.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:39 pm
by Doog
I might start using a different brand just to rebel against all you straights.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:57 pm
by euan
Join me on the Harma Cryo side. If these are any good that is.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:00 pm
by Mike
I use Tung-Sol preamp tubes and Winged =C= EL34s.
So there.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:23 pm
by Lanark
I'm currently sold on JJ's.
No regrets with either recent retubes for the Supro or the Traynor.
(The guy at Eurotubes is also great to deal with.) But I also likes me midrange a lot...
Harma is a new one for me. Never heard of them until I poked a nose into the Watford Valves thread. What are those like?
And is cryo really anything other than a way to charge a few extra bucks for the same shite? I'm more than little dubious.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:27 pm
by euan
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:47 pm
by filtercap
Lanark wrote:And is cryo really anything other than a way to charge a few extra bucks for the same shite? I'm more than little dubious.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:03 pm
by filtercap
The (apparently independent) reviewer does think it makes a difference, tho.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:12 pm
by Lanark
I read. I still remain dubious. (and I can hear the difference in sound when you coat the edges of a Cd with a green marker)
It makes some sense, but they sort of lose me with there being no quantitative measurable performance difference. At that point my skepticism starts kicking in. I'm kind of distrustful of the purely subjective perceptions when it comes to sound reproduction from spending a bit too much time with so called "audiophiles".
I'd have to hear it firsthand, I think.