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In the Thread: The 6E5P tube data.
Post Subject: Shift into overdrive?Posted by Paul S on: 12/4/2007
Adrian, I agree that SETs generally have issues such as you describe, and moreso the small ones, especially at the frequency extremes, and at saturation, which tends to occur all too soon, IMO. But I have not sourced these problems back to the 6SN7, or even the 6SN7/2A3 pairing, which I find capable of great contrasts, at least within the all-too-obvious limitations of the small SET.
Are your amps Wright SETs? I enjoyed my time with those amps, found more to like than dislike, apart from the power limits/struggles with my present speakers. I the Wrights work best with top NOS 6SN7 and the rough-and-ready Sovtek 2A3, and that 2A3 does like a good, hard kick in the pants. Vaunted RCA is nice but too tame for me, not the best lens for the 6SN7, IMO.
Besst regards,
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