New 'Phones

[Paul Barker]

Alls well that ends well. Youve built it beautifully as you always do. You’ve still got it.

[Paul Barker]

Langrex are selling Western made 6C5’s fore runner to the 6J5 for £7.50, just saying. Prefer that to Chinese 6sn7 I know you need two but £15 not at all bad for a similar enough valve made properly in the West.

[Cressy Snr]

Langrex are selling Western made 6C5’s fore runner to the 6J5 for £7.50, just saying. Prefer that to Chinese 6sn7 I know you need two but £15 not at all bad for a similar enough valve made properly in the West.

Thanks for that Paul, I'll have a look right away!

[Cressy Snr]

Hold the bus!

I've just found a black T-plate 6SN7 from the 1950s by the Italian firm Fivre. It has a broken spigot on the base but getting it the right way 'round in the socket was easy enough. The base can be repaired with one of these from Hotrox:

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The prices of these particular 6SN7 in NOS form are tantamount to feckin' daylight robbery 400 to 800 Euros for a NiB matched pair
I'm sure I have another one somewhere without a broken spigot, but I'm damned if I know where it is.

Anyway this valve is a great deal better than any of the Russian or Chinese 6SN7s I have.

I still intend to get in a couple of metal tube 6C5 in though; why wouldn't you at those prices.

[simon]

I don't think it'll embarrass me at Owston in September.

You mean you're not going to try something else between now and September?

If you can use 12V heaters Billington has nos US 12SN7 for £11. Or 7N7 which is the same as 6SN7 with a loctal base, also nos US, for £10. The only problem with Billington is they charge a 50% premium for orders less that £240.

Or something completely different, but the same, a 7A4 which is half a 6SN7 but also in loctal - Jono Noble recommended these in the past.

[Cressy Snr]

You mean you're not going to try something else between now and September?

Probably not. Don't want to tempt fate with the respiratory stuff. Can't be doing with the unpleasantness of the symptoms.
However, I will look at the 7A4 option for when I feel up to doing a bit more.

[Cressy Snr]

OK,
Heres a pic of the headphone setup as it is now:

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Looks like the monitor has air extraction
It’s there to get prevent one posting too much hot air.

[Cressy Snr]

I bought a pair of the General Electric, 6C5, metal tubes Paul mentioned in an earlier post.
At £7.50, you can’t go wrong. I might get around to doing something with them before Owston; we’ll see how things go.