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In the Forum: Melquiades Amplifier
In the Thread: Melquiades For Dummies™ - step by step.
Post Subject: Why did you buy them without glass? (6E6P & 6E5P)Posted by Romy the Cat on: 10/1/2007
 drdna wrote:
Hi!  I have got these 6E6P tubes from Georgia (in the former USSR, not the home of sweet potato pie).  I have removed them all from their protective glass packaging, but I am unsure of how next to hook them up.
BTW, if you are thinking about a full-range amp then I think 6E5P would be preferable. They are completely interchangeable, (juts different pins) but the 6E5P has a very slightly larger balloon. I feel because of it the 6E5P could be driven slightly harder – never hear for a full-range amp. The 6E6P have beiger standard of reliability and tighter specifications then 6E6P, but to talk about the tighter specifications in context of Russian tube is kind of funny… The 6E6P-DR (the military version) if slightly better but still has very wide margin compare to the better western tubes. I use the 6E6P for HF channels, thought I would not report that I detect a LOT of difference between the 6E5P and 6E6P. It is important do not buy those tube with “E” symbol - they are not good at all. In the end you might make as I did - the pin remapping adapter between the 6E5P and 6E6P. Then you can stick in there whatever you wish…

Rgs, The caT

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