6v6 opinions?

[1800]

Anyone have any opinions on what are some good current production 6v6's? I realize that the NOS ones are best but I am curious about what opinions you all may have about some of the 6v6's currently being made. Thanks

[bluesfreak68]

Hi there,

JJ/Tesla has a brand new 6V6 and they obviously sound very good.
Check www.eurotubes.com for a review...

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bluesfreak

[Kap'n]

From what I understand, the EH models are the only ones available worth buying, and that's from a longevity standpoint only.

I'm looking forward to the JJ's, which I believe haven't shown up yet, even though I've got a lifetime stash of RCA pulls and GE NOS.

Edited to add..

I haven't heard the EH tubes, since I've got old ones. My point was that the EH's are the only current production 6V6s that are reputed to not blow up on a regular basis.

[Bolero]

the EH's sound great to me: I had a problem blowing them up in one of my amps for a while.....but I'm pretty sure it was the amp....it was a little PA thing that was never designed to be cranked out like a gtr amp , it didn't have screen/grid stopper resistors in it or something like that. plus I was running it at the wrong impedence, prolly didn't help.

otherwise I have old RCA's in a couple amps, they sound pretty good too.

[tom3k]

I like the EH's in my Marshall Studio 15's - A little more grind when dimed compared to GE NOS (my second favorite), and nearly equal to the GE's at cleaner settings to my ears. They also sound good in my Deluxe, but I gave the nod to the GE's in that amp.

[CocoTone]

Originally posted by tom3k
I like the EH's in my Marshall Studio 15's - A little more grind when dimed compared to GE NOS (my second favorite), and nearly equal to the GE's at cleaner settings to my ears. They also sound good in my Deluxe, but I gave the nod to the GE's in that amp.

I`d KILL for a Studio 15,,,one of the best amps ever made fora Strat tone-wise!! Lucky bastard!!!



CT.

[boonhogganbeck]

I'm sure the JJ will be good. Bob had stated on the Eurotubes website that there was no 6V6 being made that was worth selling. So, if he's selling one now, I would think that it would be good.

[chuckocaster]

if you are playing a champ, don't put the eh in there. trust me.

[BLUELOU]

TESLA MAKES THEM AND GT MAKES THEM AND SOVTEK MAKES THEM I LIKE MILITARY GRADE ONES
HARD TO FIND BUT GREAT QUALITY

KENDRICK AMPLIFIERS HAS GREAT SOUNDING CUSTOM MATCHED PAIRS VERY REASONABLE VERY REASONABLE HONESTLY EXCELLENT QUALITY ONLY TE BEST
THESE TUBES ALL ARE CHECKED FOR MICROPHONICS IF THEY ARENT UP TO SNUFF THEYRE DITCHED UNLIKE OTHER SUPPLIERS WHO GRADE TEM AS WEAK ONES YERLLOW OR GOOD ONES RED NAAA GERALD WEBER SELLS HIGHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS
NO SALES PITCH EITHER HE IS A GREAT HUMAN

HE EVEN SELLS REALRCA ONES ALL HERE:
ALL RCA 6V6GC 6V6 GT 6550 7027A GREAT TUBES

YOU CAN
PURCHASE FROM GT OR I LIKE AUDIO GLASSICS OR SOVTEKS 6550 PERSONALLY EVEN 5881WXT WILL WORK
TUNGSOL AHHHH

I LOVE NOS PLILLIPS OR RCA'S
TUBESTORE.COM IS GOOD
TH MAIN SUPPLIER F MY TUBES ARE:
WWW.KENDRICK-AMPLIFIFIERS.COM ( MY FAVORITE) GREAT QUALITY CONTROL NO JUNK OR 2ND HAND STUFF


SOMETIMES I MAIL ORDER FROM GT
I LIKE GT BECAUSE THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS OUTSTANDING A+

MAINLY I USE ONLY SOVTEKS IN ABOUT ALL MY AMPS COME TO THINK OF IT YEA ALL MY AMPS HAVE RUSSIAN TUBES I LOVE USING EH PWER TUBES THE ONES I UE ARE MILITARY GRADED GOOD STUFF I BUY MINE WHOLESALE AD I THINKAT 6-10 MAYBE $12 A CLIP EACH GOOD PRICE

THEYRE ALL MADE EITHER IN CHINA CHECZ OR RUSSIA
I LIKE RUSSIAN MILITARY GRADE ONES WXT ONES

I GOT SOME OLD ORIGINAL SMALL RCA 6V6 TYPES BUT TEYRE PRIZED MORE THAN PLAYED
THE CHEZHK TUNGSOLS ARE GOOD THERE MAUFACURING THESE I THINK

I USE 5881 OR 6550 ONES ALOT MADE BY EH AKA SOVTEK

ALL THE TUBES I BUY ARE MILITARY GRADED 99% OF THE TIME I BUY BULK OF EH MILITARY GRADED ONES REDS I LIKE THEM THEY ARE GREAT QUALITY
I USE EH EL84 MUL EL34'S OR SOVTEKS 6550 OR 5881 DEPENDSON THE TONES I AM AFTER I USE 3 DIFFERENT TYPES

*I NEVER EVER USE CHINA TUBES* I AM OPINIONATED ON THIS BUT THE QUALITY OF THEM IS NO WHERE AS CLOSE AS THE OTHERS OUT THERE PLUS CHINA TUBES LOTS OF TIMES ARE A HIT / MISS FOR THE PRICE HONESTLY THEY ARE MICRPHONIC AND NOISY AND CHEAPLY MADE......BIG TIME I HEAR THEY WILL B MAKIN MULLARD EL34 COPYS SOON I DONT WANNA HEAR THEM THOUGH WHO KNOS


LOOK AT THE NAME AND PLACE OF MANUFACTURE ON MOST EVERY GOOD TUBE YOU BUY THESEDAYS
AND 90%OF TIME IT WILL PROBABLY SAY USSR OR RUSSIA OR SOVTEK ON IT SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM ENGRAVED ON IT SOMEWHERE

PLATE VOLTAGE AND LOADS THE TUBES CAN TAKE
ITS HOW THEYRE GRADED FOR SATURATION DISTORTION CHARACTERISTICS
TRUTHFULLY THAS HOW GT AUDIO GLASSICS AND OTHER SUPPLIERS DO IT THEY MATCH UP PAIRS SETS AND GET THE TOLLERANCES CLOSE AS POSSIBLE AND BINGO GRADE THEM AND SELL THEM AS A PAIR RED USUALLY THE GRITTIEST SOUNDING ETC EACH COMPANY THA SELLS THESE TUBES USES SOME FORM OF A COLOR CODING SYSYEM
FACT
BUT 90% OF THEM TODAY DECENT ONES USUALLY DO COME FROM USSR SOVIET UNION SOVTEK OR RUSSIA
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER NOW GT IS MAKIN RCA REISSUES WHICH ARE VERY GREAT I LIKE THEIR PRODUCTS KILLER STUFF

TAKE A LISTEN TO A CHINA PRE AMP TUBE THEN LISTEN TO A SOVTEK PREAMP TUBE OR A OLD 12AX7A RCA TUBE TELL ME WHICH IS BETTER SOUNDING AND QUIETER .......

LOTS OF TIMES THE SOVTEKS COME VERY VERY CLOSE TO THE RCA'S
HONESTLY PLUS THE SOVTEKS HAVE BETTER GRIDS THAN THE CHINA COUNTERPARTS IVE PESONALLY COMPARED THEM ITS LIKE PEACHES AND LEMONS ....
JUST MY OPINION

MOST OF THE AMP MANUFACTURERS TODAY USE SOVTEKS IN THEIR BEASTS
ALL THE BIG AMP COMPANIES

ONE INTEESTING GREAT THING ABOUT GT.....
GROOVETUBES DOES MAKE A REAL NICE CUSTOM LINE OF AMERICAN MADE 6V6GC GT 6L6GC GT
ETC TUBES KILLER STUFF
THEYRE ONE OF THE ONLY US TUBE MANUFACTURERS IF NOT THE ONLY TRUE US MANUFACTURER
THEY ACTUALLY MAKE KILLER RCA REPLACEMENTS FOR VINTAGE BUFFS REPLACEMENTS FOR SYLVANIAS ETC
THEY DO MAKE TUBES THEY USE THE ORIGNAL RCA MACHINES UPDATED AND ARE REMANUFACTURING CUSTOM SETS OF HIGHLY GRADED TUBES ITS WONDERFULL

I DONT KNO OF ANOTHER AMERICAN TRUE TUBE MNUFACTURER YET DOIN WHA GT DOES ITS ALL POLITICS EPA SHIT

SINCERELY BLUELOU

[Don]

I've blown up Sovtek 6v6s within a short amount of time with a Princeton Reverb set at 8. It's been my experience that the Electro Harmonics are a little tougher. They're probably the the heartiest of the new 6v6 tubes although I haven't tried the JJ's yet.

Unless the JJ's are as good as we hope, the only way to go with 6v6s in a cranked up Fender amp is NOS.

[chuckocaster]

true dat, i use nos in my champ.

[Old Tele man]

FYI -- the "new" JJ/6V6-S tubes are receiving very good review, and are proported to have upgraded operating specs: 450V plate voltage and 15 W plate dissipation...

[Don]

Originally posted by Old Tele man
FYI -- the "new" JJ/6V6-S tubes are receiving very good review, and are proported to have upgraded operating specs: 450V plate voltage and 15 W plate dissipation...

That's great to hear!

[BLUELOU]

OK ONE FRIED UP
SHIT HAPPENS
I BLOWN RCA'S REAL SYLVANIAS AND LAFFYETTE REAL TESLAS ETC IN SOME AMP OR SOMETHING VERSIONS IN AMPS THRU THE YRS YUP I GOT A BOX OF OLD TUBES NOS ONES MY SUPPLY DWINDLED DOWN OVER LAST 20 YRS I JUST WAS USIN MY LAST GREAT SET OF ORIGINAL RCAS 6L6GC TODAY TO HEAR THE DIFFERENCES I COULDNT HEAR WONDERS THE SOVTEKS SOUND TIGHTER TO ME

WHO KNOS

EH TUBES ARE SOVTEKS THEY ARE MANUFACTURED IN RUSSIA
I JUST ORDERED A FEW BOXES OF THEM EH ONES AND THEY SAY MADE IN RUSSIA ON THEM ETCHED IN THE GLASS ON THE BOTTOM

GOOD TUBES ALTHOUGH

LMAO
THIS TOPIC IS TOUCHY
I LIKE THE JJ ONES ITS UP TO YOU

OK I GOT A SET OF NEW AUDIOGLASSIC 6550'S AND A SET OF GROOVE TUBES TOP DOLLAR REDS 6550 AND BRAND NEW EH UN OPENED BOXES OF QUADS 5881

I TRIED THEM ALL EVERY ONE ON MY FAV HEAD FULLY LOADED THRU A POWER SOAK AND O LOADED IT HARRD I COULDNT TELL THE DIFFERENCE AFTER TWEAKIN THE BIAS A LIL AND FUNNY THING WAS THE AUDIOGLASSICS WERE THE BEST SOUNDING
ALL THE TUBES WERE PUSHED HARD WITH A SINEWAVE IN THE INPUT JACK AND A MASS LOAD ON THE OUTPUT FOR 1 HR PER SET OF TUBES

OK NOW THE FUNNY PART OF IT IS THE GROOVE TUBES QUADS LMAO THE AUDIO GLASSICS (DOWNRIGHT PIECE OF ART ) REALLY AND THE NEW SOVTEKS QUADS 2 QUAD SETS OF THOSE


THEY ALL SOUND THE SAME REALLY HELD UP ABOUT ALL THE SAME LOADED HARD PUSHED HARD AND ALL EXCEPT FOR THE OLDER AUDIOGLASSSICS these are manufactured in russia
THE AUDIO GLASSICS DEFINITLY HAD A TIGHTER WARMER NICER TONE OUT OF THE COLLLECTION

THE 2 EH QUADS SETS I BOUGHT YESTERDAY NICE STUFF

EVERY ONE OF THEM SOMEWHERE SAYS :
ON BOTTOM OF TUBES
MADE IN SOVIET UNION OR SOVTEKS MADE IN RUSSIA LMAO

BUT THE AUDIOGLASSICS ARE THE BEST SOUNDING HANDS DOWN I DID HEAR THE DIFFERENCE ON THOSE WAY BETTER WARMER MORE TIGHTER REALLY NICE SOUNDING

THE BOTTOM OF THE TUBE DOESNT HAVE THE BLACK RETAINER LIKE THE OTHERS DO EITHER THESE AUDIO GLASSICS ARE MOLDED SO NICE THEY SOUND LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS

I PAID ENOUGH FOR THEM MANY MOONS AGO
IM GONNA ORDER 2 MORE BOXES OF THESE AUDIOGLASSICS

WHILE TESTIN TUBES I TESTED THE PREAMP TUBES
OK I GOT TONS OF ECC83 PREAMP 12AX7 TUBES 12AT7 12AXY7 ETC JUST LOTS OF TUBES I COLLECTED THRU THE YRS

AGAIN AUDIOGLASSICS AND THEY SOUND THE BEST HANDS DOWN COMPARED TO ALMOST ALL MY OTHER PRE AMP TUBES BY ALL TYPES OF MANUFACTURERS
NEW OR NOS RCA'S I LIKED THE AUDIOGLASSICS BETTER

THE CHINA ONES ARE SO MICROPHONIC I THREW 8 OUT AFTER TRYIN THEM IN 2 AMPS SOUNDED LIKE SHIT BIG TIME
NONE WERE AS PLEASENT SOUNDING PREAMP WISE AS THE AUDIOGLASSIC PREAMP TUBES AND I GOT NOS TONS OF PREAMP TUBES AND I USED THESE AUDIOGLASSICS