any suggestions on 845 tubes?

beat · « **on:** 28 Oct 2004, 06:16 pm »

Hey all,
just wanted to know if anyone has rolled through the 845 tubes with much opinion. I know the copper base 845b from shugang/valve art is supposed to be nice. Any other low priced competitors?
thanks, beat

JoshK · « **Reply #1 on:** 28 Oct 2004, 06:49 pm »

Before you blow a wad of cash on a mega buck 845 tube, you might do a little looky loo to see what people have to say about rolling SE amps like this. Everything I have read and tried indicates that 90% of the rolling benefit is in the driver tube, not the output tube. So it may be far cheaper to get some nice driver tubes instead.

beat · « **Reply #2 on:** 28 Oct 2004, 08:24 pm »

I hear ya Josh,
that seems to be the concensus over at the tube asylum also. I'll definitely swap the 6sn7 around first.
thanks

JoshK · « **Reply #3 on:** 28 Oct 2004, 08:26 pm »

I think I have some dozen pairs of 6sn7s I think. Looking for anything in particular? 6sn7s are sweet tubes IMO. Definitely where you are going to get the most bang for your buck probably.

beat · « **Reply #4 on:** 29 Oct 2004, 03:09 am »

Thanks Josh,
I was looking at some raytheon, sylvania, rca..It seems they can all be had for like 40 a pair in good shape or the supposed top of the list of the best americans 6sn7w for around 100. I am willing to drop like 50-75 or so on a bang for the buck safe bet. It seems alot of people like the chrome top sylvania...I dunno. What are your faves? I suppose I should say what are your faves in an SET?

Red Dragon Audio · « **Reply #5 on:** 29 Oct 2004, 03:24 am »

I liked the new EH tubes about as well as any and considering the price, they're great.
http://www.thetubestore.com/ehx6sn7.html

I also like NOS GE 6SN7's...again they can be found for about $20/pair.

Caveat with any gear suggestions: what might work for my ear won't work for yours. So try everything out.

For a while, the 6SN7 craze got way out of hand when people were charging $300 for a pair of "rare" VT231's or whatever. Just crazy crap.

I was just up at Jim Fosgate's house a few weeks ago and he must have 10,000-20,000 NOS tubes...most of which are NIB. I'm sure he has enough vintage 6SN7's to flood the market just on his own...Hmmmm maybe I should approach him about a little business deal where we could make MILLIONS of dollars off his NOS tubes....