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Celsius
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Post #: 41
Post ID: 20992
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Hello Romy, I finished the 6e5p – 211 amp,  I  help the 6e5p with CCS  to drive the 211, the 6e5p is not a easy tube, it is very exigent. At the begin give me a lot headache, oscillating a lot and give me a horrible sound, later I put a 1k grid stopper ti G1 and the oscillating finished. Too I had to move many times the bias point, sorry for not read you before, the 6e5p fell better far of the -2v bias and is very audible the different, now I use a battery Ni MH as cathode bias with 3 AAA at 3,8v, after tested resistor-cap ( Silmic II)  and Led bias ( red, green and blue ) , one day I tested the diodes  1N4002  4 pcs in line to give 2,9v but too was horrible.  Now I use the battery as the winner.

Well I have two different lot of 6e5p and I have found a big sound differences:

Lot 1  Reflector  1973    the sound is no bad but far of gentle and close

Lot 2 Reflector  1967 OTK logo  more open, more air, more all. 

In your big experience about the 6e5p same recommendation about which year or factory need to buy.


Here a pic of the baby 6e5p-211


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Romy the Cat


Boston, MA
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Post #: 42
Post ID: 20993
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How the amp sounds?
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Celsius, I do not know what CCS you impended, did you drive 6e5p’s plate with constant current source? I also do not know/like 6e5p with battery bias. The only application that I find 6e5p suitable was the Milq-style bias with two gas tube driving voltage across a grid resistor. I endorse only this application with THIS tube and I am not qualified to talk about sound of this tube in other configurations as I did not like this tube in any other configuration I have tried.

About the oscillating. Yes, a grid resistor, a ferrite bid in the grid do help. Some of them oscillate more than another however. The 3,8v for bias is about right. The cathode bias with batteries – I do not know about that.

About the vintage - it is universal rule for tubes and for Russian tubes in particularly – the older tube are better than newer. The presence of OTK logo I find is irrelevant but the fact that the tube 7 years older is good.



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Celsius
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Post #: 43
Post ID: 20994
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Good and neutral
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 Romy the Cat wrote:
Celsius, I do not know what CCS you impended, did you drive 6e5p’s plate with constant current source?*1 I also do not know/like 6e5p with battery bias. The only application that I find 6e5p suitable was the Milq-style bias with two gas tube driving voltage across a grid resistor. I endorse only this application with THIS tube and I am not qualified to talk about sound of this tube in other configurations as I did not like this tube in any other configuration I have tried.

About the oscillating. Yes, a grid resistor, a ferrite bid in the grid do help. Some of them oscillate more than another however. The 3,8v for bias is about right. The cathode bias with batteries – I do not know about that.

About the vintage - it is universal rule for tubes and for Russian tubes in particularly – the older tube are better than newer. The presence of OTK logo I find is irrelevant but the fact that the tube 7 years older is good.


The sound is good but the 211 need a lot of time to break in now with 150 hour is not enough. One friend told me that at less need 300 to 1000 hour, my last 6c33 needed  a lot of less time to give happy hours
The sound signature is very neutral, but I am not sure which tube like  more,  my last with the 6c33 or the 211, I need to give more time,  all components must break in included the teflon capacitor FT3.

This is my first DiY amp and your ML is a little dificult to begin, I had good luck that  the battery bias run very good, I recommend this bias over led or resitor-cap.

about the CCS is two dn2540 in cascade but I am not sure if like more with or without, I need more time.

thanks



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shannon
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Post #: 44
Post ID: 21530
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Look of getter
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Some few 6e5p have black dull getter not shiney chrome getter. never been used and they still test normal. do they sound any different? 
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Romy the Cat


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Bartola Valves: 6e5p beam tetrode SPICE model
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A nice British guy:

http://www.bartola.co.uk/valves/tag/6e5p/



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  »  New  A resistor between screen and grid..  How the 6E5P picks microphonics....  Melquiades Amplifier  Forum     9  100353  10-20-2005
  »  New  Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades?..  The survival guide...  Melquiades Amplifier  Forum     27  287846  11-25-2005
  »  New  7788 tube mic pre design..  Read my leaps: Absorb-GEL...  Analog Playback Forum     38  358336  02-14-2006
  »  New  Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity..  Re: My very different objectives...  Melquiades Amplifier  Forum     7  90727  02-16-2006
  »  New  DRU Tube for Melq’s HF channel...  DRU Tube for Melq’s HF channel....  Melquiades Amplifier  Forum     0  24883  05-14-2006
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