Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site
In the Forum: Melquiades Amplifier
In the Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier.
Post Subject: It will be the 6C33C harakiriPosted by Romy the Cat on: 9/19/2011
fiogf49gjkf0d
I actually took the remaining dozen of gold grided 6C33C from that eBay guy. It is hard to say what those tubes might be and it is most likely absolutely not necessary in my case. Still, I figured that to get a dozen of 6C33C for a price of a pair of 2A3 is not bad in the end of the day.
Also, I think that made specifically for air force application they might have some other advantages and the military specification was MUCH less tolerable and much more demanding. To the best of my knowledge there were not 6C33C-BP tubes (BP- military acceptance), so my presumption that gold grid s is a closed to the best 6C33C as one can get.
Now, would it have any sonic difference, particularly in my case – I doubt. Still to get them for the price of a single branch in downtown Boston I think is not a bad idea. I do feel that the eBay guy let them go a bit too cheap. The Morons sell Svetlana 6C33C from 1968 for $60-$80 per tubes. I did buy a few and they were absolutely not distinguishable by operation and sound from any other 6C33C. The Gold Grid 6C33C are 1000 less common then early Svetlana, and the guy sell then for $15 a tube… Well, I am game…
BTW, the funny part is that it is very hard (if even possible) to distinguish the Gold Grid from regular one. I think I will need to take one apart to find the piece with my purchase. This is why I got non-even number – to perfume my own 6C33C harakiri ….
The CatRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site