I bought these a while back when I had a need for a lot of 6sn7s, but I no longer have any gear that uses them and I need cash, so am reluctantly selling them. I bought these from Brent Jesse, and the boxes have never beenopened -- they are just as he sent them to me in bubble wrap. Here's what he has to say about these:
6H8C:
This is a rather difficult to find Russian made tube that is a direct replacement
for the 6SN7. This tube can be confusing to buy for the novice, as there are several
versions available. The common version has a medium glass envelope and a black plastic
base, and are still in production in Russia. They are of fair to medium quality,
but certainly are not worth much more than $20.00 each. I have seen these tubes sold
for export to the West, labelled as 6SN7GT.
THE RARE VERSION, and the one to look for is the Russian military version.
This tube has a medium glass envelope, with a nickel collar around the base. It
has black T-shaped plates facing each other, with small holes in the sides of the
plates. There may be an "OTH" production number inked on the base, and the tube type
is etched within a circle on the glass. These military tubes are rare, and are built
like the Tung Sol oval plates, with spring mounted spacers at the top touching the
inside glass, and heavy support rods for each plate element. These tubes have incredible
air and accurate bass, kind of like what a Telefunken would sound like, if Telefunken
had ever made a 6SN7! They are amazingly dynamic, and at the same time delicate,
and very quiet. These tubes are actually rarer than the fabeled Tung Sol oval plates,
and clients have told me these sound better!
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And here is his current stock listing (the 0 means that he has none available):
6H8C Russian Military 6SN7GT, black "T" plates, nickel base. EXCLUSIVE STOCK, RARE!
New Old Stock White Box, aged. Line stage grade, special price! This is the rare
military version of the 6H8C, NOT the junky blackbase version selling elsewhere for
$25. Worldwide stocks of the military version have virtually vanished from the market.
Heavy duty metal bases, T-shape plates, and spring steel plate supports like Tung
Sol oval plate construction! These tubes have incredible air, image, "rosin-on-the-bow"
realism, and powerful yet accurate bass. Very hot testing tubes with great gain,
yet incredibly quiet. Some clients say these are the best 6SN7 tubes they have ever
heard. I have a few RARE matched pairs of these, carefully selected and matched to
within 1-2 percent. Better grab them now, before these Russian beauties become rarer
than Faberge eggs!
$199.00 per pair
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First $150 takes them -- shipping in lower 48 included and no paypal fee to the buyer.
Thanks,
Jim
